This is what "CustomSounds" in San Antonio recommended.

Alpine 9857 HU with ipod cable (their price 299/ebay 260 with shipping)
JL 10W3v34 Sub (trunk on the side)
JL 250/1 amp for sub (trunk on the side) their price 299/ebay 245 with shipping)
JL vr 6.5 components (their price 219/ebay 165 with shipping)
Kicker zx200 amp for components (under seat) (their price 170/ebay 125 with s)

wires(16g kicker speaker wire and RCA cable)

I will get a DIC also.

Should I buy the stuff from ebay, which comes up about $200 cheaper all together, or should I just get it from them because of the warranty?

 

Headunit yes. Everything else no. Im gonna go get something to eat, then Ill post up what you should get.

 

Thanks man, I'll b waiting!

 

Amp:

$341
JBL PX300.4

Subwoofer:

$190
Eclipse SW7104DVC-T2

or

$180
Alphasonik PSW810


Component Speakers:

$200
Infinity Kappa Perfect 6.1

or

$175
Alphasonik PCT6501


Wiring:

RCAs (you need 2 sets of these) $20 x2
Krystal Kable

Speaker Wire:

For component speakers:
Use what the shop has.

For Sub:
Use what the shop has.

Power/Ground wire....
Use what the shop has (4 AWG)

Thats it. Youll be happier than a pig in sh!t. All of the above equipment is superior to the recommended equipment. They are selling you all JL because they pay the highest commisions.

Total Price.....from shop:
$1110, give or take a few bucks.

My price:
$791, give or take a few bucks.

Let me know if you need any other info.

 

NERs2000NYC, check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PAIR-ALPHASONIK-PSW810...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

While I know your feeling on JL Audio, I am more than happy with my system. I chose JL because I have installed them in the past and have always been impressed.

Your original would be a good system, except for the amps. I would suggest either the JL 300/4 or 450/4 either of those amps could run the entire system.

 

It would be good, just simply more expensive and not as good as the system I quoted.

Like I said many times....I dont think JL is BAD. I just think others are better, for less. Thats all. Also, you never find this peculiar?....search for any post in the electronics section that a member went to a shop for advice and gear. Every single one of them recommends all JL products. Kind of hard to get a fair and unbiased opinion nowadays huh?

 

What do you need two for? I assume you can always just sell one though.

 

Oooh, I don't know about recommending that JBL amp. S/N ratio of 78db's? Wow, the last time I saw a spec like that was back in 1974... I think it was made by Audiovox or maybe it was Craig. No, I'm sure that it was Audiovox.
Why a JLAudio sub amp? Because for the money they are the best. (I need to get one). What other amp in that price range has a damping factor of 500 to control that sub excursion movement?
The only thing that I would change is to forget about the Kicker and upgrade to another JLAudio amp. Or, better yet, just go with (one) four or five channel JLAudio amp.
NFR, buddy, it's been 6 months since we went at it. I just had to reply to this topic. You know I love to talk about JLAudio with you. We had a great Mega-meet in South Florida a couple of weeks ago. We had 95 S-2000's attend. You ought to try to make it down next year. I'll buy you a beer.

Good Luck JiuJeetz,
Thraak

 

Like I said a number of times....my recommendations are specifically for the s2000. They would change drastically if this was another car. I installed the JBL in another s2000, and it performed great. It was loud, clean, and reliable. Is it the cleanest sounding amp on the market? Of course not. However, the s2000 is a dirty car. It makes more noise than the middle east.

IMHO, the amp worked well.

P.S. JBL/Infinity is owned and made by Harmon.

Ill try to make it down next time

Ill hold you to that beer!

_-Dave