Quote Originally Posted by I800C0LLECT View Post
I'd rather point towards DIYMA.com - Car Audio Forum & 12 volt Community Board

There's always going to be individuals who base installs on trendy knowledge vs. fact. But I've noticed that DIY maintains a small niche group that really likes to spend the time to put science behind their ideas vs. "I saw this at a comp..." If the op is really interested in learning the truth vs. parading about with more snake oil salesmanship ideas I'm sure he'll figure out the mess we call car audio.

Oh yea..."best sounding, loudest, clearest..." I'd like to say that you can probably spend $150 on raw drivers for an install and it could rival Focal Utopias, Be, Dyn...etc. The weakest link in car audio IS the car. Those high priced drivers might make a difference in a perfect environment but our cars are terrible as it is. What it really comes down to in a vehicle is your installation. 10% hardware, 90% install.

I agree entirely with this. I'd even possibly say the install matters more than that. Whatever you do, do it right. Plan through each part of your sound build. To give an example for my next audio build i have already planned out all the components: speakers, wiring, amplifiers, enclosures, sound deadening, design, prices etc, as well as how ill install it where the wires will go, how big the box will be and other parameters. I have even gone so far as to make sure of some of my ideas by posting them on here before i start purchasing just to make sure it will look and sound good once i'm finished.

You won't have to buy the nicest speakers and subs out there. You especially wont need to go as far as JL audio components and speakers. Great quality stuff but it'll cost you an arm and a leg and if you don't install it right it'll sound just the same as any other driver of its size. Pick out a budget and do what you think is best. Begin discussing whether or not you want to do stock sized speakers, or over sized speakers like 6.5's in the doors or running an amplifier to the speakers and things like that.

Once you have an idea of what direction you want to go with the car and what budget you have given yourself the forum as a whole can help you a whole lot more. Theres a lot of good audio products, perhaps to many, so your going to have to narrow down what you want use to help you with.