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hey guys, i dont know much about car audio at all, but i want to replace my speakers, and deck with better ones. i went looking today and got a couple quotes about fully installed everything. i dont know my brands very well but the one i am looking at is all JBL... front and back and 2 10" in the back including JBL amp... is this a good brand, and it's all done for 1700.00 taxes in... is that a good price? help me out please.
i got a 2005 civic coupe.

 
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jbl is good and i would recommend an alpine deck.

 
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alpine deck and amp, infinity speakers. good low end stuff that sounds like expensive stuff. stay away from chain install stores and do it yourself. they overcharge and do a crap job.

 
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A couple of questions first,

what are you looking to get out your system? something better than stock with some added bass?
are you willing to install everything yourself?
are you willing to purchase stuff on line or do you want to go to a store and buy it?

 
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Couldn't agree more !!!! Especially stay away from a beep..beep..beep...Best Buy, those stupid mother...ers broke my car and tried to hide it from me !!!!!!!



Yes JBL is good, I got JBL speakers in my computer and they sound great! Be carefull with Alpine though, it's not all that craked up to be,IMHO.

 
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What happened?

 
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They broke a lock inside and out and left it like that.Thought I wouldn't notice such obvious thing. They also made a crack in the door panel,so it had to be replaced. They also didn't do a good job installing speakers, they would stop working if you hit a bump on the road. After everything was fixed I had other store go through and check if everything was alright and turned out locking mechanism was still broken inside and they didn't tell me about it.They just hid it from me when replaced door panel !!! After that news I was really ready to go in berserk mode,get a gun and shoot all of those mother****ers!!!!!!
At the end they fixed everything for free,paid for fixing that lock in the bodyshop,refunded all my money that I paid for installation and gave me a $100 gift card.But it cost me a lot of nerves and time! Stupid,dumb bastards ended up lossing about couple of grand,loyal customer and gettin even worse reputation, on this situation.As it is they getting sued almost in every state nowdays,that's a fact.They just had a lawsuit where I live. Still, that was really truly terrible experience that I wouldn't wanna go trough ever again and wouldn't wish it to my worse enemy. If I could go back in time I wouldn't gone in that place.

So to all of You kids out there: "Stay away from Best Buy !!!"

 
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yes, stay away from bestbuy. my buddy bought an entire setup (2 12" alpine type-rs, rockford P4004, rockford p8002) for $2000 installed and bestbuy wired his system wrong and ended up destroying the amp. it took them a month+ to refurb the rockford amp and it still didnt work. after many months of getting the issue solved, bestbuy was giving him the runaround everytime he went back. i felt bad for the guy so i reinstalled his sytem for him and now everythings working.

fattshaft, i recommend buying the equipment online. www.cardomain.com is a very legit site and thats where i order my subs, amps, accesories. flawless transactions and prices. on top of that, they warranty it AND its below retail pricing. first off, what exactly are you looking for from this new stereo system?

 
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stay away from hi-fi buys too. they suck bad.

 
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damn that sucks but uhh good looking out!

 
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Before you spend all that money. I suggest you do your own research on speaker brands, decks, amps, and subs. That's if your looking for all that.

Just like James77 said. What are you looking for in a system?? bass?? SQ?? All the above??

I wanted a good system, I mean nothing crazy. Right now I got a deck, one 12" sub, mono block amp, stock rear speakers, cheap a$$ 30 JVC speakers in the front. Most of you would be amazed how well this sounds for what I have. I suggest you figure out what you want before you go spend all that money.

If your willing to learn and read up on installs, that'll save you a lot of money. There are several DIY on this board, including the one for the deck. $1700 is a lot of money. Basic installs are very easy.

btw, whats including in this package for $1700???

 
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thats hella money and i bet hella is going to installations.

 
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hey guys... well i went with the package before any of you wrote back. right now i have two 10" JBL GTO subs in the back, with a 600w JBL GTO amp as well. they replaced the stock speakers (all 4) with JBL GTO speakers. right now it sounds amazing... i mean amazing, but the trunk rattles pretty bad (hear it only on the outside)... anyone got any ideas on how to fix it. i couldn't afford the alpine deck like everyone suggested, so i opted for a pioneer...(good choice or bad one) its the DEH-P7700MP. help me out guys... thanks