I am just interested in seeing what has been the Best Purchase you have ever Bought for your Car Stereo???

Here is Mine..

It would have to be my Subs...The Magnat XTC 1200's
They have been the best component in my stereo and have survived Sound offs, Cruise session in my Cars for the Last 4 Years..
They Crank with just 75W RMS into them and have Tolerated as much as 300W RMS..
Everyone who has seen them and Heard them are Impressed with them...
They have Great Excursion Ability and their Bass is not Muddy but deep and Clear They have A Chunky Rubber surround and send Air out of their Custom Enclosure with enough pressure so you can feel it Hit Your Chest...

Remember No one is to Be Flamed or Insulted.. It is Their Gear and Their Opinion..

i dont really have any fancy stereo... but neither is it your stock stereo. however the best part about mine is the remote. i have my chair fairly far back and it's too much effort to reach the deck to change songs.


so yeh... the best part is the remote.

I would have to say my sub and amp, with my new DVD Head Unit.

No more cds to carry around in the car as the dvd will hold 1000 songs easily.

Sub and amp were relatively cheap considering they are Alpine, and sound very good.

Tom

Best: Head Unit JVC-GD555 (something like that) Nothing but brilliant features and ease of use couldnt ask for more)

Worst: 2nd hand sony splits for rear fill. Distort above 20% volume! Tho prolly coz they are amped of the HU

my head unit clairon vrx935vd 7"touch sceen :2cool: pick it up for $1800 brand new bargin i think.

it would have to be my kx.700 amp.

never known a monoblock could take a set of 12' kicker CVR subs to mm's of thier existance

Best purchase is definately my IDMAX12, I love it! and got it at an unbeleivable price, thanks Marty aka FHRX!

To be honest I am excessively happy with my system overall. There isnt a single component that I hate, though I am likely to upgrade my JVC El Kameleon head unit in the near future. A close second in favoritism to the IDMAX is the amp that drives it, a Blaupunkt Burning Desire. Best amp I have ever had!! Has been cranking hard for the last 4+ years and never missed a beat. Next on the scale are my MB Quart Reference front splits, awesome splits that I got dirt cheap from Marc on CAA, then my PG Amp and alpine rear fill come in last :D

My Rockford T10001bd amp. So much power and it looks so hot :D

Well, it would be a close one between my Phoenix Gold QX900.1 and Digital Designs 2515 sub.

I'd have to say the DD wins just by a bee's doodle. I like them both a lot....though Im always on the lookout for another PG 900.1 so i can get ~2500wrms into my DD.

But yeah, 15" of DD goodness is pretty good sometimes....for going deaf :doubt:

Would have to be my carputer for sureeeeee, all up cost me like 800 dollars and that includes.
7" touchscreen
80 gig hardrive
2.4ghz Celeron D
256MB ram
Motherboard
Case
Inverter
All the other bits and peices to get it going.

And I laugh at my mates who spend 2 grand on a multimedia unit when my setup cost way less and can do an infinite more things.

I just gotta get some money together to buy a GPS and TV antenna then i'll really be laughing.

$469 + post for a 7" motorised screen with dvd player from ebay... works real good and haven't had any probs

hands down will have to be sound deadening

second skin audios spectrum V3 wins
sound off door kits were ok, heavy, but ok
sound off liquid was not bad... V3 was 10 times better
still waiting for my 70 sq feet of bquiet ultimate....

followed by my eclipse PA5422.. best amp for clarity....

My earthquake amp 4x130rms for $350 if only i had a sedan :(

I used to hate driving around, shuffling through a cd wallet for a disc.

Then I got my Pioneer 51 cd stacker for only $250 (cause it was not working). A couple of capacitors and a transistor later and she was up and running!! I didn't need to lower myself to mp3s, and I've got a vast selection of music on tap :dancin:

My deck :) went to car stereo city to buy an alpine 9825, they were hella busy and all the stock was in boxes so I said I'd come back on saturday(was thurs night) so he wrote the invoice and I paid for it there, 400 dollars. He must have been a home theatre guy cause the noob wrote 9835 on the invoice :P

So saturday comes round and I'm psyched and at the same time worried they might notice the error :P I take it to the counter and the girl behind the counter goes no worries I'll just grab it, back she comes with the 9835 which was retailing for 1300 dollars at the time and I walk out as fast as humanely possible without looking dodgy lol

Ohh and the deck rocks :P

Matthius

one of my amps: MB Quart RAA 4200 4ch 800wrms.... i loooooove it!!

stinger road kill expert door kit x2 sound deadening

made the most noticable difference to my car audio

next jaycar response 6.5" front speakers
pioneer P1Y HU
RE XXX12" sub
Odessy battery
stinger 0ga power cable
response amps

the internet to get the music i like to listen to ... without this why bother :)

I bought all mine at once, so I don't know what's made the biggest improvment! haha, they whoel thing is awsome! But, I think the best money I have spent was at Tandy, picking up a RCA to 3.5mm jack adapter so i can plug in my mp3 player, for only $3.95!

it would have to be my 12" L7 kicker sq and my orion 2500d amp :dancin:

my eclipse PA5422.. best amp for clarity....

:stoopid: I have two of these amps in my car currently - top quality!!!

Followed by my color iPod U2 which matches the interior of my Ralliart beautifully. :D

All my stereo was a good purchase otherwise it wouldnt be in the car

but $500 discount for a 2005 model headunit cuz the 2006 is out...was a pretty hot deal

JVC KD SHX705 was the one

Hmmm in order of best down I would have to say:
-Sound deadening ( G-spot )
-Stinger Cables & Wires
-Splits ( Boston FS-60 )
-Sub Amp ( Audison SRx2s )
-Sub ( Boston G5 In 0.95cuft Sealed Box )
-Front Amp ( Audison SRx2 )
-Battery ( Optima D34 )
-Headunit ( Pioneer DEH-5650mp )
-Electrical Tape Stopping The Rear Vision Mirror Vibrating
-Inline Capacitors That Are HP My 6x9's @ 150Hz
-Velcro That Holds My Sub Box And Amps In Place
-6x9's ( 3way Sony 200W/ 40W RMS )
-Switch To Control My Aerial
-CD's To Play Music.

The volume button.....

mmmmm cranks teh shiat

Wow It is Really Great to see all the different types of Gear...

Top marks to you all..

mine would have to be my Focal 6.5" v2 polyglass splits. Picked them up new for $220.
then the rest is pretty good aswell

jvc HU mid range one
jvc 2x150wrms amp (dohc)
kicker 400.1 amp
then my newly gotten 2x12" pioneer tsw304c subs and pioneer box
the subs are 2ndhand but for $70 they rock :)

Either the MRD-M1005 - Will make most subs go nutz or my two new SWR-1222D's which blow the socks off any sub combination ive ever herd. Makes your eyes jitter on a certain note.

to hard to decide between dvd deck, indash widescreen, 1000wts rms digital monoblock or the 2x12" 400wts rms kicker comp vr's !!

Front splits 6.5": Focal Polyglass 165V2. Brand new $200 delivered.
Rear 6"x9": Hertz DCX 690. Brand new $125 Delivered.

Good quality at low cost... if you have the patience to look for it.

My best purchase in terms of car stereo is my car... Without it i can't install anything onto it.

I like all my things without one the others wouldn't sound as good, mmm complementing system components...

Eric Clapton Unplugged.

Double Tape Set for My Cassete Playa.

my headunit, a pioneer den-p7550mp.
cost $550 brand new a year ago and free installation