Now i repect the brand and it is a very good brand but why does it seem to be the most popular?

Im a big fan of Alpine Headunits and kicker SUBS

 

I have only used Alpine for the last 15 - 20 years. never had an issue with them.

 

Alpine blew my stock speakers jeje on every car i put a stero on

 

Is that a good thing or bad thing?

Stock speakers suck in general. It is a good idea to always check watts as well as impedance, but reminds me of what I see in a lot of home theaters... You see people buying $2500 flat screens, $700 7.1 channel stereo, and the $300 for a surround speaker set.

My rule of thumb as been 50/50 or better head unit to speakers. If I am spending $400 on a head unit, then I want $400 on speakers, etc. I have had good luck with Infinity Kappas, Boston Acoustic, and used to use Rockford Fosgate ages ago, but haven't used them in years.

Then again, I was also generally running 1/0 gauge back from the engine compartment to a splitter block and then running 4 gauge to the amps. Definite over kill, but then again, I also have a fuse in my Integra GS-R that I am finally selling that is probably 12 years old and never had an issue either.

Other thing I always tried to do is run speaker and interconnects down the opposite side from the power, so if the cars power was running down the driver's side to the trunk, I would run my amp power there, and run the interconnects and front speakers down the passenger side.

Only problem I have had with Apline HUs is after about 4 or 5 years, the laser pick-ups become more sensitive to road bumps or scratches on the CDs, but this is the nature of most mobile audio CD players I imagine.

 

i think its a good thing beacuse ive had other had other brand steros and they dont sound as good alpine so i notice alpine headunits give out better sound quality than most other brands ive tried sony, kenwood, jvc, dual

 

^^ try pioneer for head units....Polk Audio for speakers isnt bad either....

 

o yea pioneer is pretty good too cant for get about them

 

JL is a good speaker but not the best. There are a lot of other players out there too. I would take a Image Dynamics sub over them all. Then again your kicker, cerwin, rockford and quarts are all great. There are plenty more as well. Some just like to follow the pack.

 

any one hear or tired out TREO? we make them hear in omaha and my cusin is buissness partners with the CEO/owner of the company and since my cusin owns a shop and dealer ship hes always stuffing the TREO brand in his rides


to bad we are not close cusins cus i cant get the hook up on prices

 

Crossfire has done me good. I have heard Hi Phonics is owned by MB quartz now.

 

I forgot about MB Quartz. Those were in my car that got stolen a while back along with a pair of ADS PQ-20s that I loved. A little old school, but I loved the PQ-20s for what they did

 

JL is a decent brand, just very overpriced. Good marketing has gotten them a good rep though.

There are much better things for the price though, Image Dynamics, Quartz, Memphis, Fi car audio, etc just to name a few.

I just picked up a 10w3 though but for 50 bucks used.

 

I worked car audio for a few years. I have done Alpine, Pioneer, Kicker, Focal, JL, Audiobahn, Crossfire, MB Quart, Boston, MTX, Panasonic, PPI, and a few others. JL is by far my favorite and IMO, for the money, the best subs on the market.

 

anyone heard of HERTZ brand. i heard a 300w 10" compared to a jl 12w3 and the hertz sounded way better, could have been the enclosure though i guess

 

hmm really? 12w7 runs for 600+ new. that is insane! i agree it is a very nice subwoofer but for what else you could get at that price i believe it is just paying for the brand then