sraudio

I am opening a Car Audio Shop in Northwest NJ and I am very interested in feedback on what type of Equipment you all buy or shop for. let me know any input accepted

THANKS!!!!

mfenske

My favorites in no particular order:
-Eclipse (for headunits)
-JL Audio (subwoofers)
-Boston Acoustics (great speakers)
-Optima (batteries)
-Zapco (amps)

Mark

grizzly_choppers

Make custom subwoofer enclosures!!

Totally.

cyclotron_burst

Clarion and Eclipse Head Units

......but grizzly_choppers has a really good point. You should make custom enclosures especially for the Scion owners.

DuxwhiteXB

Kenwood headunits, never had any problems

sraudio

Thanks!!
we will be offering custom work

Keep your responses coming

v12

PIONEER ...especially for head units...along with kenwood

RTon20s

I have always liked Kenwood Head units. In the way of subwoofers I prefer Diamond, and JL.

hotbox05

pioneer for everything.

mike51392

iv always rocked SONY people clown but iv never had any problems with any of there stuff amps,head units, subs, and speakers

another is KICKER i like there speakers the sound NNIICCEE

jallamas

Cadence amps and speakers.


John

Prototype_xB

I'm personally a 100% Pioneer/Premier guy for everything.

Prototype_xB

Although other than my bias, my preferences are:

Video-- Clarion, Eclipse, Concept
Subs-- Audiobahn, MTX, JL
Amp-- JL, Audiobahn, Memphis
Speakers-- Infinity

Mosh_xB

Alpine makes pretty nice stuff too

whatmovesu

as you can see you have some of everything so my advice to you
is to keep a broad range of products from low end to high end just don't forget bout the poor college student like me

JVC HU

Spr0ket

Better advice than you might know. Find a good quality low price entry level setup and make sure you shop the other stores nearby. A good line of middleground speakers is Memphis. You can't go wrong with Kenwood Exellon line for the upper end. A good contender for Kenwood would be Alpine, but make sure you don't offer Kenwood speakers/subs as most of them are pretty much cr@p. JL would be nice, but not an easy product to nab for an opening store.

Accessories wise, make sure you get either Stinger or knuconcepts for wires and wiring accessories. Contact SecondSkin about sound deadening. Talk with Ant and tell him I sent you, he's a fantastic business man and stands behind his product like no other. Get sponsored preview options with XM and Sirius, you will have to pay some, but the sales will return your profits. Also, keep in mind the hardware for satalite radios may yeild you $10 per unit at most, so your money will be in the install of said items.

Get in kahoots with a local tint shop and offer cross sales for finished product applications.

Cheers and good luck.

mandos

I like Elemental Designs...

err...wait...for a shop?

JL, Eclipse, Tsunami has quality wiring.

-Keith-

Many people already do that.... like my company... just need to ask and put a deposit

SmartAss

Best to just go into the other local shops and see what they are offering. Alot of the companies are territorial.

JL
Kenwood
Memphis
Eclipse
Alpine
MB Quartz
Focal
Diamond
Pheonix Gold
MTX
CDT
Pioneer
Audison
Sony
Zapco
All the DEI crap
and so on.


What city are you located in?

PaRaGoNViCtiM

Alpine, Alpine, Alpine!