Bewith is a good one

To be honest I'm not a home hifi kaki. I've only seen what the bewith looks like, haven't really tested or used one. Probably a good idea to PM mnkh78 since he's a hifi guy and sells loads of hifi goodies

Cuz he knows people like you will buntut gatal and change change change until budget hilang. Might as well help you hilang it one shot at his shop and you happy for a while.

Does anyone know what HUs (double din screens) have HDMI input?

Wah.. ok. Amongst the lot which ones have HDMI input and is relatively cheap? That X008EU isn't available yet here. I want proper warranty unit

oh those are for mirroring. I'm talking about input from a HDMI source like a DVD player or Google Chromecast.

I'm still in the hobby but moving away from the traditional setup. Mine's running off the music from my Phone.

Got the budget? I've been in a Camry that uses ipad Spotify as main source of music.

Ipad--> Apple TV--> Alpine processor --> Amps --> Speakers

Bypass the HU altogether and from Apple TV to processor using optical. Ipad to Apple TV using quite low loss or almost no loss connectivity.

I'm going to be testing a slight variation of this setup minus the Apple TV because that has a 2 minute bootup time.

Actually, very recently I just heard an Eton component set powered by a cheap Crunch amp together with a MBQuartz underseat woofer in a Toyota Chaser, I was very impressed with the bass, sounded like the system had a small 10" subwoofer + sealed box. Way better than the Rogers underseat woofer I have in my Myvi. I think the new underseat woofers these days are way better than the old ones we used to have.

These days sound systems isn't about the branding anymore, even the cheap and cheerful ones sound good.

My mind was always opened la. The only problem is even though the Eton setup sounds good, it's not good enough for my ears

I've heard better. That's the problem.

1. no cross over means your HU or an external processor is needed to process the crossover portion. Your amps will need to individually power the tweeter and midbass. If you have good amps and it can process highpass, bandpass, lowpass, then even better. Else use external processor or built-in processor in HU. More expensive setup but probably more rewarding.

2. with cross over - cheaper option. Only need one amp to power everything up and you don't have to think about crossover.

All depends on what you currently got.

I Personally think that you think too much. And I also personally think that the more devices you introduce to the system, the more "coloured" the sound will be. Less is more.

Don't be thinking too hard on all these things, sometimes it's the tuning that makes the sound, not just the equipment.

Whether active or passive setup, it's a personal preference. I am an active setup user and I'm quite happy with that. I've used custom passives, original stock passive and I just didn't quite like the lack of flexibility. But at the same time I know some people that use super expensive custom passives that cost more than their speakers and they are absolutely in love with their setup. I've heard their setup too and it's no doubt quite impressive. Then there's the issue of some passives that are massive power drainers like the Dynaudio passives. You need big power to drive Dynaudios via their passives.

So ultimately it all boils down to personal preference. Are you going to DIY this install? If not go find a responsible tuner and explain to him what you want. Listen to a few setups (that the tuner can introduce) and then explain to him what you want and what you don't want.

Then just pay the money.

Why on earth do you need 2 sets of the same component speaker? Go with package 1 la. But personally I wouldn't use that unknown amp and that Focal component.

Are you going to DIY? If not where do you stay? Easier to go to a reputable installer rather than asking you to go find brand X and Y.

Branding wise it looks ok. But sound wise I've never heard Pioneer coaxials before. If you're able to test the sound before deciding on whether to buy it or not, would be your best bet.

I know a guy who might be interested in selling his IDMax 12" with box. Would you be interested?

10k very good budget. Dynaudio speakers for the car are awesome. You'll need substantial amps to power them though, the Dynaudios are quite power hungry speakers. Recommend something powerful like the Helix A2, TRU Billet 4x100, Brax 4x100, Genesis Dual Mono. I've never heard them paired with other amps so I wouldn't know what else to recommend.

Depends on what type of sub bass you're looking for. In a car, you can't replicate that kind of bass but it's pretty good mid-bass. Perhaps you could figure out a way to seal off the Dyns to make it work like a sub bass.

Nothing wrong with underpowering the sub, but it's pointless to do so since you'll be severely under utilizing the sub. Percussions has a lot of tapping and snares I would assume and with a weak sub you won't be able to get that feel.

You're not going to 'blow' the sub la, on the amp you'll get to fiddle with the gain and as long as you're not tweaking it to the absolute maximum, you're not going to blow the sub with 350w if you had that much to begin with. And generally speaking that's the RMS handling power of the sub, not necessarily the max. Personally I like to feed the sub more power than the RMS power for a few reasons. I like my amps to run less utilized so in future any upgrades the amp can handle. Possible also hoping the amp runs cooler with less gain turned up. The other thing is I personally have tried underpowering a sub before and it just didn't sound right.

Your sub RMS is 350w (I assume), you don't need a super duper amp to give you 350w. Most bridgeable amps can give that sort of power and most monoblocks minimally provide 500w. So you don't have to be rich to buy a decent amp. The only thing is you need to know what you're buying. In a lot of cases, amps over-rate themselves and produce less than advertised or something along those lines. Just stick with reputable brands and reputable sellers and you'll be fine.

This post has been edited by izso: Feb 4 2016, 07:46 AM