It will be hard for anyone to read this , but it might be interesting how unnoticed we waste money.
I am insulting myself here for my stupidity in past. though everyone goes from that phase.
I had started with pioneer HU and pioneer component and speakers 3 years back in my old car. I was new to ICE , just wanted a music system that is loud , cheap.
So i bought pioneer oval speakers seeing its overrated wattage like some 460 watts each. bought pioneer components too. and separate set of pioneer tweeters. Tweeters worked for 15 days and then started producing weird sounds got it removed. For components , tweeters were too harsh , to high pitch sound no clarity , it was damaging my ears and brain cells directly. got that tweeters disconnected too.
then i bought sony subwoofer. lol that subwoofer was a joke to the bass. I dont know what stupid frequencies it was playing. Bought JBL GTO 4 channel amplifier it is still in my car and i love that amp. it never gets heated how long you play it and since 2 years not a single problem. but what an amp sony monoblock was? Just play for half and hour and amp was boiling , it switches off for safety and starts again when amps cool down. sold it off and bought JBL GTO 7001 monoblock one of the best.
Then i sold pioneer HU and bought Sony double din MP3 HU. Only it looks good ,not satisfied with its sound quality cause pioneer HUs are far better in sounding.
By this time what happened to those pioneer speakers. front speakers were ok without tweeters but rear speakers , oh they were 460 watts. i felt like everyday it was loosing 1 watt. and now they were sounding like 60 watt speaker. How loud you increase the volume they are not going to play. Arghhh that was one arrogant speaker. As i hate arrogance , component i sold off to my friend and I left those speakers for free to whom my old car was sold. I didnt care to ask whether he kept those speakers or crushed it.
Then i bought infinity sub , sounds good and still there in my car. i bought Helix e6x speakers , they sounds really good. I dont know why helix didnt get that fame. then i bought hertz speakers for front door , they sound good too , but not like helix though. Then i bought pioneer AVH 2690bt HU. I know their software is not good but their sound output has always been better. Then Rockford punch p3D212 woofer. Best thing in whole setup. it can give you a back massage literally. LOL what was that stupid sony subwoofer comparing to rockford. Then rockford punch p152s components fitted in rear plank. they are good unlike those worthless pioneer components.
I have heard most of the brands. My friends having full JBL setup. It aint promising. You will only know the difference when you have heard them all. Initially i was thinking i have awesome music system which eventually faded down.
Ya what happened to those pioneer comps i sold to my friend. they are almost gone like those ovals. he is planning to trash it off and to buy rockford punch or power series speakers. he has pioneer sub that too deteriorating. he is tired of it just feeling like why all those trash is there in his car.
I dont have polk or focal in my setup , but i have listened to them and they sounded better then all others , so i prefer it to others. There are brands like morel / cerwin wega etc people gives good review about but i didnt have much experience about it.
So i am not anti-pioneer, sony, jbl etc. as i have pioneer HU and 2 jbl amps. but their speakers and subwoofers are not worth wasting money. Sony nothing is good that i can guarantee you.
If someone was there to advice me 3 years back , i would not have wasted my precious money over those worthless products.
So buy step by step , but buy good.
@ksuresh92
If you are concerned about space then buy slim subwoofers like rockford R2SD212 or similar. Dont let speakers play lot of bass. Set hi pass and low pass filters for that in amps or your speakers life gonna get decreased and sound quality will reduced too cause speakers cant handle that many frequencies at one time.
If you do so , when song hits the bass your vocals will diminish for that period and then it will increase again. it happens most of the time in ampless setups.