You guys remember back in the day when it was Kenwood vs. Pioneer vs. Alpine battling it out for car audio supremacy? It seems that with the Xplosion (pun intended) of inferior Sony junk, those three great names have been left in the dust. Maybe it's only up here in Canada, but all I see are Futureshops and Bestbuys pushing Sony, JVC, Dual and other crappy names.... I do see from the Kenwood website they still have great products, it just seems that you can't buy them anywhere up here any more.
I meant Kenwood's head units. I remember when your system wasn't complete without one. Although I was on their website and the in-dash DVD system had me drooling. But $1200! And what happened to Xcelon?
imagine if you replaced them how theyd sound
part of the reason it sounds good is the non bose eldo had 2 ohm speaks stock instead i believe of the bose gold which had 1 ohm
2 ohm have less bottoming out issue and distortion at high volumes with high power
hence why i run subs at 4 ohms regardless of the fact i can wire them to 1 ohm and my amp is 1 ohm stable and would push 2000 watts to it, im plenty happy with the 750 at 4 ohms of clean power
Ohms don't matter about bottoming out and distortion. Set your gains right and you always have clean power. Set your subsonic filter for bottoming out issues.
I found the same thing with the stock speakers in my 91. I installed my Kenwood hu and am blown away by how loud you can run the front stage without distortion, or rattles, louder than any confortable listening level. And they sound so CLEAR without any equalization with the seperate tweeter in the dash and midwoofer in the door. I had The Who's Live at Leeds at concert levels and the sound remained perfectly clear I had never HEARD anything sound so good. The Sony 5.25 coaxials I put in my old 90 sound like total garbage in comparison. So I added my two RF subs/amp and can't imagine improving the system in any way. By the way, check out my post on converting your rear deck speakers into a matrixed surround setup. You'll be blown away.
Meh...if I do change anything, it would be when I blow something. But if I did change something right now it would be to add small subs. Not too big as I don't want to lose the rest of my awful hearing, but just to help a little.
I think the majority of the people buying the best buy stuff are kids who used their birthday money to throw a half-assed system in there 82 celica. So the shiny lit up cheap crap is the way to go. The guys serious about it and wanting the quality know what they are doing and go where they know they will get the quality they are looking for.
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