quick question bout sound sytems...im planning on getting a Rockford Fosgate 1000W Class BD Mono Amp and Rockford Fosgate Punch 10" Single Voice Coil 4-Ohm Sub..how do you think it would sound? Is it going to crack/kill my battery/too much power, etc. Im new to the amp/subwoofer world so bare with me. I'll Greatly appreciate your responses

 

Amp sounds waaay too big for that sub.

 

Whoops forgot to mention Im getting 2 of Those subs.

 

Anyone else got suggestions??

 

The general guideline is 10% equipment and 90% installation.
Expensive audio can go to waste in a poor installation.
Cheap audio can actually sound very good in a proper setup.

How the subs will be installed along with how it will be tuned will greatly influence the quality of the sound.
Go visit an audio shop and hear them for yourself.
Sound is very subjective so what I like might not be what you like.
Also a honest audio shop should be able to work within your budget to create the best possible solution for your needs.

 

rockford fosgate subs are junk. dont buy, they will crack. The rockford amps are decent though.

 

Hmm good ideas..Im most likely gonna get an amp by Rockford but for the sub it's either between them or kenwood.

 

never used kenwoods. I recommend diamond audio, best subs out there in my opinion.
49 dollars at onlinecarstereo.com
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...o_D110D42.aspx

 

Wow what crappy companys.

woofersetc.com

 

My kicker L7 10" saves space and sounds like 2 decent 12"s. No complaints from me but everything I have is kicker. I got everything 70% off when I worked at circuit city.

 

I keep hearing that good sound is 10% equipment and 90% installation. Having worked in car audio for 7 years and currently as lead sound technician at my church (driving a Mackie 26 channel, 4 bus 4 aux mixer, digital compressor limiter, 2 1/3 octave eqs and about 2000 watt RMS in amps and the term "Technical Excellence" is what we strive for), I have to differ on that opinion.

Quality equipment poorly installed usually results in the equipment not showing it's true qualities and potential. You won't get all the transparency in the upper range, the smoothness in the mids, sharp attack in the midbass and depth and control in the subs. But it's not that hard in doing it correctly! The biggest block to a good install is taking the time to plan the installation of the system: how to mount, planning your installation steps, stopping and asking advice when you encounter a problem, taking the steps and time to doing it right and most off all NOT RUSHING.

On the other hand, poor equipment properly installed will sound only as good as the equipment itself. If the tweeters are screechy and edgy, a great install won't help it sound smooth. Nor will an eq. Low s/n on your amps just mean more noise in your music. If the amp doesn't have the current output (note, not wattage) to drive the speaker, the speaker can't move in a controlled manner.

Car audio is about compromise. You have only a few places to put thehardest working speakers , your midbass and tweeters. These speakers have to play 90% of what you hear (100-15,000hz) and play it to a quality that your brain (not your ears) thinks it's real. BTW, how come I didn't say 100-20khz? Only infants hear that high, by the time you get to be an adult, your hearing naturally starts to drop out at that frequency. Play your iPod loud or crank your system, you're normally top out at 10-12khz. Not only are you mounting locations poor, they don't even let you hear them evenly! Who in their right mind would pay $3000 for a home theater system and be able to hear only one speaker well? Not you, not me. But we're stuck with it in car audio.

On a budget? Do a trick that good home audio shops (not Best Buy, but the independent shops) do: design the whole system. Front end, amps, front and rear speakers, subs. Buy and install what you can afford now. Is it just the head unit, an amp and fronts your wallet can handle? Start with that. Then add in the other parts in your plan as you can afford them. In the end you get the system you like, not stuck with.

Quality is never inexpensive, but always a great value. Cheap is always waste of money, because you'll just end up replacing it later on with what you really wanted.

Sorry, I know this was long, but sound is a passion on mine.


Good enough is the greatest enemy of best.

 

^^^Sounds like you expanded upon the 10%/90% idea and added some good info.
The installation part, at least from my understanding, always included the planning.

 

hmm thanks for all the advices, especially Kaneohekoa. that was alot of great info. im going to plan it all out and tell you all what i came up with