Car Stereo Advice

[Stonewall]

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http://www.Caraudio.com is good for US used items and http://www.canadiancaraudio.com/ is good for Canadian items.

[P Arkus]

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I agree with Tactic 12 about the JL subs, however I would advise 2 10W6's over 1 10W7. This is what I looked into for my setup, and as great of a sub as a W7 is, it weight the same amount as 2 W6's, but only has 100W rms more. so with the same weight, i'm pushin 800Watts (2 10W6's) instead of 500Watts (1 10W7). Very happy with my choice!

Also depending whether you beat the crap out of your subs or not, 1 10W6 would probably be sufficient, but if youre doing components and the whole 9 yards, get 2 subs and just turn them down. The clarity is incredible!

[MusicalGenius]

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The place I usually turn to for anything online is www.sonicelectronix.com good pricing and they ship out quickly, the downside for some is that anything over $500 going to Canada is paid with a money order, not credit card. Or at least it was when I got my headunit.

[blackradon]

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i agree with tactic12, IF you dont mind buying off ebay. If you go on the beyond forums you can find some pretty nice high end stuff for a great price.

[PRY4SNO]

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I say hit up eBay for good deals on hi-end stuff, and find a decent head unit (Pioneer/Eclipse) you don't mind selling with the car (but you keep your speakers/amps) at the place you get the install done.

Component suggestions:

- Focal Utopia Be

- JL Audio 8w7 or 10w6

- Precision Power Amps (PPI)

You'll love life in your car so much that you'll never want to leave.

[blackradon]

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ill second westhills. I bought all my stuff from them and got a guy from beyond(no longer does installs, makes carputers now) too install it all. He use to work at visions on westhills and said if i ever need anymore work too go there. I went will all alpine type-r and type-x speakers and subs. Eclipse head unit tho.

[P Arkus]

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What did you end up buying?

I would say that depending on what you want you will not be able to get really great gear at any of Visions Soundsaround BestBuy Futureshop.

If you want to order online, a popular US website is woofersetc.

My whole set up is JL Audio with Alpine DVD headunit. The major things, (subs, amps, components and headunit) I got from vision, but I got all my wiring (ALL JL Audio) from ebay cause visions doesnt have it. NO REGRETS about the system!

[Pshrynk]

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Audio Concepts was always cool, but I have heard they might be having hard times lately. Maybe some layoffs, not a lot of customers... economy?

I was in there in the last few months -- looked at some high end units -- told them what I wanted and they "said" they were going to try and track down some adapters/etc to make my factory steering wheel audio controls work with an aftermarket unit -- I even called in to tell them the name of a company that made said adapters -- well...

It's been over a month and a half & no call no nothin --- it seems to me that they couldn't care less about my business or my $2500 I was likely going to spend there.

Like I said above -- companies like this are gonna need to get their heads out of their asses and actually serve their customers to get business.

[Kor]

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I did all my purchasing and work through visions and they did a great job. If you go to the one in westhills, the install guys know their stuff!

What did you end up buying?

I would say that depending on what you want you will not be able to get really great gear at any of Visions Soundsaround BestBuy Futureshop.

If you want to order online, a popular US website is woofersetc.

[P Arkus]

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I did all my purchasing and work through visions and they did a great job. If you go to the one in westhills, the install guys know their stuff!

[Satnam]

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ARA south calgary - sucks the donkey's nuts, don't even waste a bit of your life looking them up

[Stonewall]

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I was just going to mention Mobile Solutions as I read about them in PAS the other day. I think I might go and check them out there one day.

[Kor]

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I think this is the new place:

http://mobilesolutionscalgary.com/

[Kor]

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Audio Concepts was always cool, but I have heard they might be having hard times lately. Maybe some layoffs, not a lot of customers... economy?

There is a big new place on Barlow Tr that is supposed to be pimp.

[MusicalGenius]

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I used to be "friends" with one of the sons of what's his nuts Grassi who own Soundsaround. My advice, stay the fu*k away from that company.