Just wanting a system that is nice, hits well, and just something that wont blow your head off from a 3 mile radius.

What are some good speakers/subs to where it will hit nicely in a civic?

 

well its all on how much money you want to spend. i have a pair of rockford fosgate HE2 10" in my car being pushed by a 500.2 amp in a standard box. (no ported or anything) its pushing near 135db. wasnt that much money ethire.

 

Going to only spend like 1500 on the system.

What would ya suggest? Like I said..something NICE and not drastic to where the bass is going to make you explode just about.

I listen to Tool, yadda yadda, so I dont need the whole rap bass making the screws on my car fall off.

 

do you need a head unit too? (deck)

 

Well, I have 2 10" jbl subs in my car, with a 300 amp powering it. It sounds good but doesnt blow you away. I have a jvc kameleon as my head unit. Paid aound 600 for the whole system.

 

Sony Xplod
http://www.xplodsony.com/home/

HU - CDX-CA750X
Front - 6.5" 3 Way
Rear - 6X9" 3 Way
Amp - XM -754SX (800w max)
Sub - single sub 1235L 12" (800w max)
Box - 1 cu ft.

Package Price including installation

Good - $800
Normal - $1000

P.S. Have the HU power all 4 speakers and use the amp to pump the 12" sub. No kidney crushing bass, but will add a lot of meat to your music to improve quality.

 

1500, can build you a pretty good system.
What you have to determine is
1) What type of music do you listen to and what sounds best?
2) What type of car and how much space are you willing to sacrifice, and 2 door or 4 door?
3) What functions do you want it to have?
4) Are you going to do it yourself or hire someone?
5) Driving conditions? (windows up or down) (windows down doing 60, then you are going to need better speakers in the doors and such and also more power than the head unit to push them. Also remember that the signal power being pushed from the head unit is not going to be filtered as well than an amp. Head Unit pushes full range, amp can filter better for high or low or none.)

I myself am a pioneer person.
Everyday system

Head Unit
EQ
2 10" subs
2 component 5 1/4's for the front with 1" tweeter
2 3way 6 1/2's in the back
3 Two Channel Amps
Custom Box

= 1500

Also keep in mind if you plan on racing this stuff is extra weight, but atleast youll sound good going down the track.

 

$300- Soundstream Reference amp (used)
$300- head unit of choice
$300- two 8" free air subs mounted to trunk deck (requires trunk lid modification)
$300- good set of components (or used Focal Utopias/Diamond Hex)
$200- kick panel enclosures (pre-fab'ed, unles the local sound shop has a mold already)
$100- wiring

 

get a nakamichi cd45z one of the clearest most lively sounding units (has a 20 bit da converter) a nice 4 channel amp w/ both high and low outputs, a set of front components, forget back ones they just ruin imaging( or just leave the stockers and run them off the HU) and a 10 inch alchemy. run the components off the first two channels and bridge the third and fourth for the sub. clean and simpl

 

My opinion is to get a 1 or 2 JL 10's in a sealed box
a small, maybe 300 watt, rockford amp
then get a high end deck, like a kenwood excelon
just something that will let you control the frequencies to the channels

then you want to set it so the high frequencies go to the regular speaker and lows go to the subs

make sure to get at least 6gauge wire for your amp

 

What year and model is your Civic?

 

Some nice quality subs are:

IDQ's - Very good SQ, good SPL
Infinty Perfects - 50/50 SQ/SPL

I'd go with IDQ's. I would not get RF, Pioneer, JBL, or any other brand you can buy at Circuit City. Check out http://www.caraudioforum.com

 

Don't forget the Dynamat.