Need Help with Car Audio System
Mar 6, 2009 at 10:22 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 5

davebozy

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I'm clueless about Car audio or any audio. I'm restoring a 1977 Porsche 911 and want to get quality sound for no more than $1000.00. I need a reciever, two 6.5" Door speakers , two 4x6 rear speaks and 2 10" subs and a amp.

Problem1:
Very little space. I do not want to cut any holes in the car so I need to find a sub that will fit under the seats. Room under seats is: 14" x 14" under each seat and the Heith is 4" in at the front of the seat and it tapers to 3" at the rear of the seat.

Problem2:
What type of amp do I need? should it go to all the spreakers and the two subs?

Any sugestions?? Any help will be greatly appriciated
 
Mar 6, 2009 at 10:34 PM Post #2 of 5
This may be a tough situation. Getting a decent amp, and a decent sub into such a tiny car is challenging. You may do well to go with one MTX sub under one seat, and a sub amp under the other seat. The cable will need to run over the transmission hump or something to connect the two.

MTX Car Audio Superwoofers

I'm not sure which audio company you prefer, just visit their site and see what they offer for car sub amps. I had a small Kenwood a long time ago. It worked well for pushing a sub, but not at very high volumes. In the small confines of a Porsche, you may do well with a good 80W sub amp.

For the higher end frequency range of speakers, you may have to put an amp in the front storage compartment somewhere and run wires through the front wall. It might be a good idea to put the amp where it's easily accessible just in case you want to change it down the line.
 
Mar 6, 2009 at 11:52 PM Post #3 of 5
Don't waste a lot of money on it - your 911 won't be anywhere near soundproof enough for it to be worth it, and the stress on the electrical components isn't something I'd do to a classic car. If you can't soundproof it, you won't hear the music well unless the engine is off and you're not moving.

Just get a nice Nakamichi player (looks vaguely stockish) and replace the speakers.

Listen to the engine instead
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Mar 7, 2009 at 12:10 AM Post #4 of 5
I agree with not spending a whole lot of money on putting sound in such a nice classic.

If you absolutely need to, just get a deck and the 4 speakers first. Most decks can output about 50W per channel or more and some of the decent pairs of 6.5" speakers get decent bass.

If you are set on the full system. I enjoy Kicker for speaker products, seem to have a good price vs. quality ratio.

I also see this is your first post. We are a headphone site; we may be knowledgeable but by no means are we the best to ask for advice. Did you try a more car audio involved forum?
 
Mar 7, 2009 at 5:48 AM Post #5 of 5
Thanks all for the good advice and no I did't realize this was a headphone site. I feel like a real idiot. I did get a nice set of Bose as a gift but they are way too big and they don't work at all when the battery dies. I don't recomend them....

I think I'm going to go with the Nakamichi player and speakers.
 

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