Hi people
First thing First - I do have read many threads on a Budget ICE >23K and to be honest i am more confused now
, so i decided to ask it in specifics (even though someone decides to refer me for similar ICE configs ;-| )
here we go.
My car is chevy Optra 1.6 LT (royale) and bought some 3 months back. It has 4 door coax speakers and 2 front tweeters ( or its just a hole probably). Now the sound quality in simple words - stinks. Mid bass is like a old philips radio and for tweeter , i guess they never existed !
but hey , my dealer did tell me that it has 6 speakers, i never could see the 5th and 6th. never mind.
And Finally! No question of low frequencies anywayz.
Only thing which is good ( based on my limited knowledge ) is the HU. Its a double din Alpine CDA - W560EG and has 4 channel output with a seperate sub out. And among other settings HPF and LPF can be adjusted (80 Hzs to 120 Hz)
Now My proposed setup
1) JBL GTO 607 Compos - approx 6200 - for the front doors
2) JBL GTO 75.4 - approx 12500 - 2 channels to power my GTO 607s and remaining two channels for sub
3) JBL Cs1204t (12" bass tube ) or JBL CS 1204b (sealed subwoofer box) approx 5 -6 K
4) Rear door speakers to be run by HU itself
Some offered discount will help me managing the wiring / fitting etc ( close to 1.5 K )
Finally the questions
1) The Big Bass dilemma - Sealed box or Tube ? yeah yeah..i know there are bigger threads dedicated on this. But since i have not found a dealer who can demo both in an in car envoirnment or may be i am too scared to assume and put my hard earned salary in it and then realise that may be a better boom would have done it or Vice versa( after all there is hardly much left after govt recover the taxes
). To be specific i listen mostly to 70' and 80's soft rock . eagles / R marx / CCR /g3 / GNR and may be Bryan Adams or linkin park at times. And i dont want excessive distortive bass. Just enough to thrill me or may be a bit more ( see , i told u am confused). Any advices?
2) 3) I was told that to get the true bass effect i need to put a 'hole" [ouch !!] in the rear tray otherwise bass will not be effective since the source is in the boot ?
2) Will the Optra OEM rear speakers spoil the party ? or i can let them be ?
3) Opinion on the HU , should i replace it ( i really hope the answer is no , otherwise after 20th of september i wont have money left for my GFs
more on Hu here -
Alpine CDA-W560EG Reviews at CarReview.com
4) Since my music essntially focus on vocals and guitars, i guess JBL compos would be good enough for the money i have. Any further suggestions ?
5) Is there a way of putting rear tray speakers ? someone told me that the bars beneat the tray will not allow any speakers there. Do i really need them ?? or my proposed setup with suggested modifications by Senior BHPians would be good enough)
6) What is the best placement for tweeters ? i can see 4 tweeter slots in the doors (close to dashboard just beneath windows). Are they ideal?
7) The wiring Kit ( boss brand for some INR 1500) will includes wires to connect amps / comps and Subwoofers? right! iif answer is no, pl advice the specification of wires etc i shoud look for. Also have read that Boss is not so good . What are the other suggestions in brand?
Finally any otheradvice ( as long they dont result in my GFs complaining on my near-beggar status during later part of september) is most welcome ;-)
I really hope seniors and techies including Sam / navin finds time to provide specific answers
thanks in advance
swayam