Hello fellow members,

I am proud to say I just got a used Scion TC 2006 which I love.

Since I consider myself an audiophile I was thinking aboutinstalling an expensive aftermarket stereo system with a new head unit (touchscreen, Navigation, the works) I want to stay around 2000$ installed… thiswould mean that it would have to have a bit left over to have it professionallyinstalled as I do not want to mess with my wiring harness on my car. (Badexperiences)

My question now is what parts would you go for?

As a head unit I was thinking the pioneer AVH-X8500BHS. Roughlyaround 650$

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/DVD-Receivers/AVH-X8500BHS

But the speakers I have no idea. I believe I know the sizeof the speakers. (The link below will show them)

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/scion-tc-2006-car-speakers.html?gclid=CNeY2oeH37cCFWNp7AodQVQAUQ

I would also like to include a sub and a few small amps tokeep the components really kicking. Also since I am kind of picky, I want thesystem to be discrete, meaning that the subs would need to not be sitting in a1’ by 3’ box in the truck, but instead tucked away. (Hence why I said smallamps)

I’d love to hear opinions and see pictures if any are outthere J

 

I read your [posting but as I am a picky person too. I looked up the cd player as I am now interested in it. I personally have th Pioneer AVH-P2300 and want to upgrade mine to one that has the app radio. like the on you listed above.... but...... you will need to buy the AVIC-U250 for it for the navigation and that is between 300-400$ depending where you go. Now you could judt buy the radio off of ebay http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40

or Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...s=AVH-X8500BHS

For a cheaper price and also do the same for the AVIC-U250. Mine requires the AVIC-U220 and its the same price as the one you'll need for that cd/dvd player.

avic-u250

but if you got the dough go for this it has built in navigation:
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...on/AVIC-Z110BT
as for the subs speakers and all that stuff i am not the person to talk to about that but i hope this helped

 

Well like i said id like to stay around 2000 for the whole thing but that would be pretty nice, sorry if it was unclear.

 

I have the Pioneer AVH-X3500BHS and love it.

 

It's kool. If you get it let me know how it is.

 

Any cons for this one?

 

It doesn't have built in Navi. You need to buy an extra part like above or a cable to plug your iphone into so the radio can use your GPS. I found out I rarely even use the Navi so I am good with it.

 

That's what I did I bypassed my ebrake. And now I use my app called wazer to navigate. But I can't control it on my avh-p2300dvd.

 

That's a cool idea, any opinions on speakers?

 

Not really. I am still stock on mine at least I think it's still stock speakers. I'd go for some kenwoods that's what I would go for. As for subs idk that's something that never interested me.

 

You're an audiophile, but you want to go with a navi head unit? Also, $2k will be pretty entry level if you're looking at getting premium components. I've easily spent $4k on my most recent setup, and finally feel I've got something decent. If you want to step up to audiophile level, do yourself a favor and get a head unit that focuses on pure music reproduction. Most navi units, including Alpine use a pin-plug converter for RCAs, which defeats the point of even trying to achieve a decent audio system. Keep it simple and clean, using top-level components, and you can't go wrong.