Hey guys, I am interested in upgrading my sound. I have been very, very happy with the upgrades I have but want to step it up a bit. Since I tried to upgrade my stock bose sound, I purchased better speakers for it. Now I have a new HU and am just tickled. I listen to all types of music 50cent, Skrillex, Clapton, Jazz, Bieber, Soundtracks etc. I like the bass you feel before you hear it and the crisp plucking of a guitar string that stings my ears when cranked up. Here is my current set up.

HU is Kenwood DDX418

Fronts Boston Acoustic Pro60-SE 2-way (250 watt peak power)

Amp- Polk Audio PA330 MOSFET 75 Watts x 2 (2 Ohm) continuous power, 100 x 2 (2 Ohm) dynamic power, or 200 x 1 (4 Ohm) continuous power

Alpine sub SWE 1043 -250 watt

I will soon be installing Steering control, Second Skin Pro, and a Kenwood CMOS 200 camera. I figured it would be a good time to upgrade something while I was in there. I have an extra Alpine sub (bought 2 on clearance for 30 bucks each)but I am still looking for a passenger 4080 type box. BTW JK about Beiber.

My budget is about $500

I appreciate any help/suggestions and thank Wrathernaught and Eggyhustles for the guidance they have already given me!

 

I would

Get more power to the front speakers

Put both subs in a better enclosure. Not a big fan of small sealed.

The ddx doesn't give u much in terms of eq, but another dd or even a processor is out of your budget.

 

Eggy! Thanks for stopping by. More power meaning a different sub or adding another sub? I don't know what a processor is but I am going to google it now. I am stuck with the little sub boxes because I often put my seat down to transport things. Thanks!

 

More power to the boston's.

They're somewhat power hungry & 75 x 2 isn't much.

It's expected, usually even normal to vastly exceed the long term power handling for a few miliseconds at a time in order to have a dynamic system.

Looking at some of the material I've looked at lately, a 50w rms system would need to be capable of a peak of 500w to remain true to the source material's dynamic peaks.

I've fixed plenty setup's by adding more power/getting the subs in a better enclosure.

Keep the subs you have now. They'd perform well in a good enclosure.

 

Can you recommend an amp that would have enough power for my Bostons and my sub/subs (if I add the second?)

Do you suggest I go with 2 amps?

 

yeah, 2 amps would be better.

1 4 channel that can be bridged down to 2 channels for the front speakers & a 1 channel for the subs.

You can toss these amps under the seats

for the sub
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vibe-lite-bo...item27cfc2d971

For the speakers
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOUNDSTREAM-...item460485824c

Someone will grab that vibe audio amp soon(they're very sort after)..so i'd grab that asap if i were you.

 

Do you think that vibe is worth buy it now with $50 shipping?

 

Definitely.

Supply and demand with those amps. They were selling for 300-350+ a yr or so ago.

This is the same amp in a different case http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARC-AUDIO-KS...052342&vxp=mtr

 

Just bought it. You haven't steered me wrong so far but there goes almost half my budget!

 

The soundstream is $83.

Still have enough left over for a custom designed enclosure.

 

Do you think I still need the other amp or will my polk now send enough powa to the Bostons now that the sub is going to have it's own?

 

Not enough power

 

Is all this extra equipment going to mess with my car battery? I sometimes eat lunch in my car and watch movies or sometimes I go watch a movie at the drive in using my car stereo.

 

At full tilt, it'll pull about 140 amps.

You should eventually upgrade the battery.

 

I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the other amp. For the price, I hope to hear a noticeable difference. Thanks again Eggy!