<--- under the avatar got location, lol.

as for shop, i did my ICE 4+ years ago from KF audio at kelana jaya/aman suria area.

There are also other good shops like EA autoworks (recommended since howiechoo is active in LYN too) at bukit jalil/sri petaling, or
audio creations at damansara ara (NiuZeXui) (few of their owners/members also active in LYN such as carcrazy)

for good audio, i can tell you that it does not come cheap, and the scale is much more expensive than headphones (think of headphones > car audio ICE > home audio/hi-fi)
so instead of "cheap", it would be more appropriate to refer the term as "reasonable".

I learnt how important it is to go to a reputable shop as well...it can have u alot of headaches n $$
I was in headphones but now venture into car audio once again lol. N i regretted playing those cheap ayam stuff last time...they don't last u.

lasting is one thing, satisfaction is another

id be happy to spend 4k that i know will make me happy, than to spend 2k or less, and keep complaining about it.

Next week i might going too

hi bros,

kinda new in ICE thingy, but lately wanted to really put in some waves while i drive.

so far, i only went to 1 accessories shop, which i went to since i got my car a year back. All of my other mods in my car is done ther. though they are quite specialize in car audio, i still stick with my stock audio cuz of their pricing.

during my last visit, they recommended me FOCAL (which whereby based on my limited knowledge in ICE, i never heard of it b4, onli heard of the usual sony, pioneer, JBL, ayam brand mohawk, pegasus etc)

they recommended either i go for the full set FOCAL

or mix and match with FOCAL speakers + FOCAL 10' subwoofer + sound magus 2 in 1 processor amp

or which i actually prefer FOCAL speakers + underseat 10' subwoofer + FOCAL / sound magus 2 in 1 processor AMP

cut short, basically what i hope you guys can help me is.... is FOCAL a good brand?

french, http://www.focal.com/

reputable brand, cant go wrong with them.
however sound being a very subjective/personal deal, id suggest auditing them before proceed

yeah... i actually inspected the product b4 hand, and the looks and built of the speakers DOES LOOKS LIKE quality material, and the big chunk magnetic piece DOES looks like a big piece of quality sound

and i do see a MADE in FRANCE in each piece of the components.

well, the local scene (at least the people i hang out with for ICE, basically majority of the LYN ICE folks lol) are lacking in Focal, so sad to say i have not audited a Focal setup before and thus i can't comment further

Do tell me if got any ice hang out eh, i wanna meet some ice folks and audit their system

I personally don't recommend Sound Magus. Their processor seems to introduce noise into the system or something cuz it spoils the output for me. Mind you this is a personal opinion.

I've heard the Focal Access, K2P and top of the range Utopia 3-way and personally I don't like any of them. They were paired with different Steg amplifiers (their supposed ideal matching partner amp) and were running without processors, some running active and some passive.

For the Access range the highs were too sharp and bright for my liking. K2P is better but lacking in mid. The Utopia has pretty awesome highs and all but the mids lacked the punch / oomph. But could be due to tuning?

I dunno. Personally I wouldn't go for Focal unless you have a really good matching amp and golden ears to tune it right.

man i am constantly hearing mixed feedbacks when it comes to focal's mid/mid bass.

some say lack bass/punch/kick/oomph, some say otherwise. which is which then? rofl

please proceed on the new thread as this one is 10 post away from 2500:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2289115

Thanks.

obviously it's time to have a tt with focal guys...

Ya, those Focal cars always hilang after install.... Stingy buzztat.

This post has been edited by MyWifeCar: Apr 3 2012, 09:52 PM

wait i call him back..lolz