im on a $500 budget and looking for a good sound system. im not looking for anything spectacular or trying to win any competitions but i do want as much bass as i can get for the price. i want something thatll last too..

i need an amp, sub(one or two), and a box that fits in the rx8 trunk for about 400 cuz im guessing installation is gona be about 100 at car toys or wherever i get it installed.

does anyone know anything good i can get with such a limited budget?

 

If you're going to somewhere like Car Toys, see what they recommend. My guess is you'll need about $800 or so for a single sub with an enclosure, an amp and a nice, clean installation.

Shop around, and do your reasearch.

 

car toys rips you off like no other

 

ebay is your friend... tons of stolen audio equipmnt for really cheap prices!

Ray

 

ok i know where i can find all the cheap audio equipment i want.

i was asking for suggestions within my range so if anyone can actually suggest something and not tell me to look around myself i would really appreciate it.

 

I can't see your location, however I'm guessing that 500$ (750$ Can) is in US money. I live in Canada so all the dollar amounts are going to be in Canadian. You can get 10" entry level sub for about 100$ (Rockford, PG, Alpine, Clarion, Kicker or several other brands). I perfer RF. You can also by a prebuilt sub enclosure for about another 100 to 15o dollars that will drop into your trunk. Now all you need is a amp and get it installed. 300$ for a good entry level amp RF, PG, Sony...etc. That should leave you some for the install. Which should take no more than 2 hours tops.

 

Oh yeah...make sure your sub enclosure is ported...

 

for an entry level system with one woofer i would get the following:

1 JL Audio 10W0 (4ohm model) (budget $150)
1 MTX Thunder 311D amp (310 watts) (budget $150)
1 Properly sized ported enclosure (not a generic ported box) (shop around, not sure what your local shop will charge for a custom, ported box)
Wiring as needed (budget $100)

Ray

 

Id go with Rockford, JL, or Kicker. Good speakers for the price you pay for them.