FTO AUSTRALIA

I have a couple of questions/opinions wanted for my upcoming foray into the world of in-car entertainment
My car currently has a Clarion double din DVD touchscreen, which I don't like. I find the dvd screens too distracting so I'm going to replace it with this JVC head unit ... http://www.jvc.com.au/car-av/head-units/kw-r700bt. Unless there is something drastically wrong with it, that's the one I definitely want. USB, AUX, bluetooth and a colour changer. Everything I want

There's an amp in the car already. It's only a 2 channel rigged up to the front door speakers. A Kenwood KAC-7204 which I was thinking about using for a sub or pair of subs and getting a new 4 channel amp for the speakers. A JVC (yes it's my favourite brand of stereo equipment lol) http://www.jvc.com.au/car-av/amplifiers/ks-ax3104
I did buy an amp from Autobarn the other day but I'm planning on taking it back. Buyers remorse lol It's an Option Audio OAK75. It was on special and it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I have 6x9 Kicker's in the parcel shelf - hooked up to nothing, and what sounds like nothing special in the doors. If it would stop raining for 5 frigging minutes I could take a look. PITFA not having a garage :/ There is also what I assume to be 4 tweeters, 2 on each door. My guess is the guy who owned this car before me just left me the crappy amp hooked up to the front speakers and took the good stuff with him

I don't have any sub/s yet. Was considering this ... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/200892593061 ... 1423.l2649
If I get a pair (which I'd prefer) I'd like to go down to 8" or 10" max. Something along the lines of these ... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2X-KICKER-C1 ... 2c5ed7e306. I still want to be able to use the boot as a boot considering how hard it is to get shopping out of the back seat lol I can build a sub box no problem. When it comes to building stuff, girly I am not


So my question is basically will this work? Am I at least on the right track? Unfortunately when it comes to car audio I'm such a girl *shakes head*
Do I even 'need' subs? I love doof doof, especially dubstep, but mostly I listen to stuff like Megadeth, Alice in Chains, Stone Sour, etc.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated before I start spending money I don't yet have

You are such a girl lol
I don't get what question you are asking because you seem to have it figured out already lol
In my opinion, get at least 10" subs... Don't get 8's and deffinately get kickers if you want clarity
Don't get a no name amp either... They will overheat all the time and f**k out on ya

I'm a girl ... you have to read between the lines


I doubt my decision making when it comes to things I don't know a lot about which is why I thought I'd post in here. Figured someone would come tell me I was a complete idiot, or at least halfway up the right track

XenaP wrote:I'm a girl ... you have to read between the lines


I doubt my decision making when it comes to things I don't know a lot about which is why I thought I'd post in here. Figured someone would come tell me I was a complete idiot, or at least halfway up the right track

Pretty much as long as you dont buy anything from the Sony Xplod series then you can't go wrong

Like Sahin said, kickers seem to be pretty highly regarded for sound systems.

Sahin wrote:In my opinion, get at least 10" subs... Don't get 8's

There's nothing wrong with 8" subs, I've got two 8" Alpine Type R's and they go hard. I have 330 watts going to each sub and got 137dB's at a sound off (and that was when I was still breaking them in and had the gains set a little lower). These subs can easily handle up to 500 watts each.

And best of all, I built a box that fits behind the strut brace. So lots of boot space.

XenaP wrote:I'm going to replace it with this JVC head unit ... http://www.jvc.com.au/car-av/head-units/kw-r700bt. Unless there is something drastically wrong with it, that's the one I definitely want. USB, AUX, bluetooth and a colour changer. Everything I want

I've got the model below that. I don't mind it, i've got no issues with it. The settings menus can be a bit of a PITA at first. But once you've got that all sorted the are pretty good.

I prefer something like that because it's easier to quickly change stuff when your driving, I find touchscreens to be too distracting. Plus these ones have a nice display and design

And yea speakers, plenty of decent ones on the market but as previously said, stay away from Xplods .

I have a JVC head unit similar to that one (single din though) in my Sirion and have always liked it which is why I chose that one for the FTO

Ok, so Autobarn in Lismore is no longer my friend Took the OA amp back, he (the original salesman) automatically assumed I'd hooked it up wrong, blown it and was trying to rip him off $200 - well that's what I guesstimate from him sniffing the product Needless to say I got my money back but he was rather frosty towards me

Ugh, now I have to get quotes on installing this lot *eek*

Vectose wrote:So lots of boot space.

I've got lots of boot space too

Vectose wrote:

Sahin wrote:In my opinion, get at least 10" subs... Don't get 8's

There's nothing wrong with 8" subs, I've got two 8" Alpine Type R's and they go hard.

I can testify to this!

Vectose wrote:

Sahin wrote:In my opinion, get at least 10" subs... Don't get 8's

There's nothing wrong with 8" subs, I've got two 8" Alpine Type R's and they go hard. I have 330 watts going to each sub and got 137dB's at a sound off (and that was when I was still breaking them in and had the gains set a little lower). These subs can easily handle up to 500 watts each.

And best of all, I built a box that fits behind the strut brace. So lots of boot space.

You sir have done something I was looking at doing a few months back, and you may have just given me the motivation to achieve this project once more

Decisions made Went with one sub rather than 2 and downgraded slightly on the stereo (no bluetooth).

Got it all from Supercheap for less than what I could have on Ebay ... now there's a first!

XenaP wrote:Decisions made Went with one sub rather than 2 and downgraded slightly on the stereo (no bluetooth).

Got it all from Supercheap for less than what I could have on Ebay ... now there's a first!

What'd you do with your old headunit?

Nothing yet, only just took the surround out today so it's still in the car

Anyone interested in buying a Clarion MAX386VD double din unit? Was $900 new in 2009 ... I'll sell for $150 + postage (and it's heavy!). In perfect working order. Can add pictures if needed. Even has an Alice In Chains CD in it - forgot to take it out before I uninstalled it



The info page @ Clarion

If sahin doesn't want this I'll take it..

Well I want to see a bit of fisticuffs for it

XenaP wrote:Well I want to see a bit of fisticuffs for it

Naa.. they're partner

He sleeps over a lot

Hahahahaha

Postage should cost around $25-30 for regular postage according to the Australia Post website. It weights 2.8 kg





Oh btw, phunkydude, I'm a 3d modeller and I love your avatar.

silverGPX wrote:If sahin doesn't want this I'll take it..

Do you normally take things instead of Sahin?

silverGPX wrote:He sleeps over a lot

etc.

There's probably a few more in there but im too lazy and tired to come up with them

Too bad I'm poor at the moment, that headunit sounds like a pretty good score for that price.