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Bullfrog · 25th September 2006, 11:51

After spending lot of my time and of course others as well on the ICE forum went ahead and installed a system in my Car. Details as follows.

1. Car : Maruti Zen LXi - 2006

2. What is your setup (Head units, Speakers, Amps, Subetc.)
HU - Sony GT350X (double din, casette + CD/MP3)
Fronts - JBL GTO507C 5.25" Components
Rears - JBL GTO937 6"X9" Coaxials in the parcel tray
Sub - None
Amps - None
Wiring - Stock JBL that was supplied with speakers

3. How much did it cost?
Front Componets are 5k, Rear Co-axials 4.5k. Both white.
HU 7.5K, grey
Total value : 18.7K (including parcel tray, antenna, spacers, socket etc)

4.How serious were your about your system?
Got a bit serious after reading the ICE section on Team-BHP. Budget was fixed at 15K but overshoot by 2K was not at all bad considering the fantastic sound I get now.

5. which kind of music do you listen to ?? prefer deep bass or how is it...
Highly varied. Predominantly both Indian and Western classical. Sometimes rock, gazals, film music etc. Like very clear notes. A lot of my music is vintage recording so not much into Sound staging etc. Not into boom boom types but enjoy the deep notes and double bass.

6. would you recommend it to others???
Yes...provided
- You ride alone or with just one co passenger most of the times
- Listen to classical music predominantly
- You own a small car like with limitation of boot space
- Your budget is in range of 15-17K

7. Place where the setup was done
Sound factor at Lavelle Road, Bangalore
(OK install and I have some complaints)
- Not very gentle with the Car especially while drilling the holes. They are reckless with their powered tools.
- When I asked for flush mount of speakers was ready to drill the door panel without even thinking about the space required. fortunately one more installer arrived in time to stop it and now tweeters are mounted close to A pillar.
- At the last moment told me it would cost me extra if I pay by card. so had to run around to get cash.

8. Future Plans
None at the moment

A big thanks to all the guys on this forum who helped me in getting some very good sound without amps although (I presume) none of them listen to anything classical

Regards
Bullfrog

25th September 2006, 11:51	#208 (permalink)
Bullfrog BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 112	After spending lot of my time and of course others as well on the ICE forum went ahead and installed a system in my Car. Details as follows. 1. Car : Maruti Zen LXi - 2006 2. What is your setup (Head units, Speakers, Amps, Subetc.) HU - Sony GT350X (double din, casette + CD/MP3) Fronts - JBL GTO507C 5.25" Components Rears - JBL GTO937 6"X9" Coaxials in the parcel tray Sub - None Amps - None Wiring - Stock JBL that was supplied with speakers 3. How much did it cost? Front Componets are 5k, Rear Co-axials 4.5k. Both white. HU 7.5K, grey Total value : 18.7K (including parcel tray, antenna, spacers, socket etc) 4.How serious were your about your system? Got a bit serious after reading the ICE section on Team-BHP. Budget was fixed at 15K but overshoot by 2K was not at all bad considering the fantastic sound I get now. 5. which kind of music do you listen to ?? prefer deep bass or how is it... Highly varied. Predominantly both Indian and Western classical. Sometimes rock, gazals, film music etc. Like very clear notes. A lot of my music is vintage recording so not much into Sound staging etc. Not into boom boom types but enjoy the deep notes and double bass. 6. would you recommend it to others??? Yes...provided - You ride alone or with just one co passenger most of the times - Listen to classical music predominantly - You own a small car like with limitation of boot space - Your budget is in range of 15-17K 7. Place where the setup was done Sound factor at Lavelle Road, Bangalore (OK install and I have some complaints) - Not very gentle with the Car especially while drilling the holes. They are reckless with their powered tools. - When I asked for flush mount of speakers was ready to drill the door panel without even thinking about the space required. fortunately one more installer arrived in time to stop it and now tweeters are mounted close to A pillar. - At the last moment told me it would cost me extra if I pay by card. so had to run around to get cash. 8. Future Plans None at the moment A big thanks to all the guys on this forum who helped me in getting some very good sound without amps although (I presume) none of them listen to anything classical Regards Bullfrog