Speakers, Subs, Sound Suggestions

Doomslayer

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Hey everyone.

I figured it's about time to treat myself to abit of a sound system in the mirage. I'm planning on getting a mini sub under the seat and an amp.
Then just buying new speakers.
What does everyone recommend for brands and good bang for buck sound?

thanks
 
Bang for buck, i really rated my old Pioneer gear. Wasnt high end, but it was very good quality for the price. Been a fair few years since i touched anything audio though, so cant give more info than that. Back in the day, Sony had *poo* headunits, Fusion was below botton of the barrel, and Alpine best for the everyday person.

I run an Alpine HU, Sony and Pioneer 6" speakers (F to R), and a 10" Kicker sub in a custom box in the boot with its amp mounted under the passenger seat.
 
I never used to think the under seat subs were worth it until I experienced one daily. Solid 8-9/10. The one in my car is a sony, probably 5 years old. Has line control as well as the independant controls from the H/U. Adjustability is key with these.

Sony mids in the front doors, added sony tweeters to where the door on the inside of the mirror and rears and left stock. Both fronts are amped from an ott sony unit.

Your head unit will come down what you want out of it. Single or double din. Amount of line level outputs. Amount of RCA outs. Aux front or rear, bluetooth, CD player, DAB, ect. The one I have is an older sony xplod unit. At the time it was the only hu with dual rca out, 4-6x line level, sub out, rear aux in, CD player, digital FM, a full equalizer and graphic display.

A lot of new cars rely on lots of average spec speakers driven by kick ass amps and head units rather than quality speakers, so thats something you could do too.

My pick, would be the sub, going to 6” fronts apline for mids, alpine tweeters in the front, and adding in a set of rear speakers, anything will do to start with. H/U will be your choice, best to speak to an audio shop to get yourself up to date on all the models ect. Same deal with amps. Any name brand will be fine.

I would do the fronts, sub and h/u, then get used to it all and see where it lacks. Upgrade from there. You may find it lacks depth or volume, so do the amp. You may find the lows are all coming from the sub, so add some rears to do that job. Ect ect
 
So I'm gonna go look at alpine and pioneer fronts. Idk where to start for amps or subs, so just research what has the best rep

My question with adding tweeter is: I kept my manual mirrors so idk where I would add them to without making it look trash.

Thanks for the advice gents!
 
I have seen them installed on the door cards in many places and also in the little kick pannel just under the dash.

Maybe go for the a-pillar trims?
 
Kick panels is a neat idea. Thing with tweeters though is you want these at ear-level, or at least facing towards you/least amount of blocking. I'd go with A-pillars, or even in the top back corner of the dash if you grab yourself a small circular drill bit
 
My Mirage stereo is a bit of cheapie here cheapie there collection haha

Car came with a Kenwood H/U (and you know what, having been an Alpine fanatic for years, im converted to Kenwood with 2 of the DDX series Android Auto compatible units in our Paj and the Evo X)
Chucked in some Sony splits in the front and some coax Sony in the rear kick panels (my tweeters are just mounted to the door atm, but i lose that treble because they're low / obscured etc).
Aaaaand my sub is the $70 carryover from my Barina, Alpine Type S in a box that i got from Cashies cheap cheap. Goes hard, rattles the *poo* outta everything, and is fair compact. Got a pair of loop type bolted tie down points that ive attached to the strut top bolts (one on LH and one on RH) in the boot, box is held in with a ratchet strap strung between them. Means its a pair of push connectors and undo the strap if i need to change a tyre

Ive got a stack of DLS gear that i have been saving for my Mini, but im thinking i might go a bit more sensible with that, and throw some of that gear in the 'Rage instead
 
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