What are the best brand car audio products?

Question

i've been doing a lot of research on car audio and i want to have a nice system for the lowest price possible. i need two 6x9 speakers, two 5.25" speakers, an amp, and two subs. i have an aftermarket 50 watt Pioneer deck. i want the best sound quality, i dont need people hearing me from 3 blocks away but i want something that will be clear at high volumes and i want my subs to thump hard. Please help me out i have a budget of about 700 dollars

Answer 1

At my shop, for that kind of money, I would get you into Pioneer Premier (TSD502 AND TSD902) 5.25 Yellow cone Speakers and a Premier 6x9 for about 250 on both sets.  

The premier Yellow gives you a good quaility sound for a very reasonable price.  Its better then a conventional coax speaker but priced well below a component speaker set.  the secret is a real soft dome tweeter in the coax mount  (not 3 tin dots that make a speaker 4 ways)  The speakers also come with a factory 2 year warranty.  

Next for subs, you get 2x Pioneer Premier 12"(tsw1207) 400 rms each and a kenwood 9104 amp (900 rms) for for about 450

add 100 to install all and your out at 800 + tax.

The Pioneer Premier  will not be cheep but a good local shop will work with you on the price and they are Always looking to help out a reasonable guy with a reasonable budget.  Your Key Words were sound quality.  Our shop is always looking for customers that are looking for good sound quality because in time, they become great long term customers (not like kids looking for deals on ebay)

Answer 2

everything pioneer

Answer 3

you need to stick with CEA-compliant brands- which means that the amps have been tested and produce or exceed the advertised RMS wattage with minimum distortion and the subs can handle their advertised RMS wattage also

here are the top CEA-compliant brands

Alpine (highly recommend)

Bazooka (don't like their subs)

Blaupunkt (don't like their subs)

Clarion

Eclipse

Infinity (highly recommend)

JBL

JL Audio (very good but over priced)

JVC

Kenwood (don't like their subs)

Kicker (the best in my opinion)

MTX (highly recommend)

Pioneer

Polk Audio (highly recommend)

PPI

Rockford Fosgate (highly recommend)

Sony (don't like their subs)

Answer 4

Get Alpine Type S for the 6x9's and 5.25.

I'm a HUGE fan of Type E subs, or L7s.

You wont regret it.

Answer 5

Loudomatic, Thumpmaster, Blastosonic