Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Audio What equipment are you using?

Just curious what everyone has in their contiques? I think it would be a good resource for people to look at when they want some recommendations for equipment.

What do you have?

Likes/dislikes??

What improvements would you make?

What would you do differently?

Future plans?

I'll start it off.

I have a Sony CDX-C910 HU running a Toslink cable to the Sony XDP-210EQ in my trunk.
I have all Street Wires 5.0 RCAs 1.5 feet long running to my McIntosh MC440M amp.

My front speakers right now are MB Quarts, my rears, Vifas. The subwoofer is a Shiva by Adire Audio. The amp runs 50 watts to the satellites and 400 to the Sub. Never had my SPL measured but from what I can put together from other peoples posts, I should be able to reach 133 dB.

Of course, the amp is my favorite single component in my system. I really like the Vifa seperates for the rear fill. I like the Quarts but regret buying them. Cost too much for the SQ. The HU has had some problems with the mechanical flip down face but the SQ is amazing.

When I get the money I will be running some Adire Audio 8" subs in the front doors and I'll be adding another Shiva Subwoofer (2 12s and 2 8s should do the trick for subwoofers). The quarts gotta go. I am going to be building some custom kick panels with 1 or 2 4" Morel/Dynaudio/or Focal (probably Focal or Morel for budget reasons) and one tweeter (probably a Morel 1 1/8 dome tweeter).

The bass is outstanding but I need to get more bass upfront. The MB Quarts just don't cut it in the lower octaves and my soundstage is pulled towards the back of the car.

I also would like to upgrade to the Sony CDX-C90 sometime soon.

Total cost, way too much to admit too...

Thanks for the posts!

Heh heh...I'm almost ashamed to post my system since it is so much more humble. Oh well, it meets my needs and cost a lot less.

Pioneer DEH-P3100 HU w/ 'premium' amp bypass.
Pioneer TS-A6855 in all doors w/ Dynamat Xtreme.

I should have spent the extra ~$25 for the DEH-P4100 since the non-dimming white display on the P3100 is a bit annoying at night. I like the volume knob on the P5200/P6200, but the display starts to get too silly for my tastes. The displays on the higher units are just plain abnoxious IMO.

I should have spent the extra few bucks for TS-A6865 3-ways in the front--no need in the rear since I usually use the DEH-P3100's Front Image Enhancer which cuts out most of the higher frequencies in the back.

Dynamat was a lifesaver--it cut out ~95% of the door panel resonance.

In my ride I have a 8 track with some nice audiovox 5x7's sweet!
No really

I have a 12" kicker solo baric sub in the trunk, 2 rockford fosgate amp a punch 400 4ch and a 250 2ch running mono to the sub. I think my wire is phoenix gold. I have no Idea what my mids are because I bought the car with them! My head unit is a Clarion DRX-9375 sweet player flip face with screen savers and more cool functions!

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Garrett Stines

'99 SVT Silver Frost
painted Rear valance silver
18" Masitaly's
Nitto Rubber
Eibach Springs
Carbon Fiber sail panels
SCA Cold air intake
K & N dual stage filter
Series 5 superchip
SVO Tach
lots 'o Carbon and Chrome
Boomin Tunes
and more
http://communities.msn.com/MrMotoscoolstuff&naventryid=100

HU=Kenwood KDC 7011
Front Speakers=Phoenix Gold XS 6.5" seperates
Back=Phoenix Gold XS 5x7
Subs=2 PG XMAX 10's in a third order bandpass box
PG ZX475ti
PG Bass CUBE
Stinger 1 Farad cap
all stinger wiring.

I love the PG stuff. It is expensive but well worth it.

I have an Alpine Head Unit, bypassing the factory amp. 4 orion 6x8's with swiveling tweeters, all pointed toward ceter point of the car. Pioneer 200watt amp, feeding a set of 10" MTX subs...

Not competition grade, but if sounds excellent

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-Steve
'99 T-Red SVT #102

www.geocities.com/sweetsvt99
SweetSVT99@aol.com

Head unit: Kenwood eXcelon X811
Front speakers: Polk dB 5.25" components
Rear speakers: Polk dX 5x7 3ways
Main amp: RF Punch 600a4
Sub: Infinity Perfect12.1 in sealed box
Sub Amp: RF Power 250.2C
Streetwires 1farad cap
Stinger Bullet RCAs
generic dynamat in all doors, floorpan, etc

dnewman,
For info & pics on my system, check out my web page @ www.cardomain.com entitled "Michael's 1999 SVT Contour, #2140 of 2760."

HU = Sony CDX-M750 great features and SQ
Amps = Sony 504x on the 6x9s, Sony 1002hx 2 ohm on the subs.
Speakers = 4 Infinity Kappa 693i 6x9's in the doors. These fit great but they can be a bit harsh on some cd's.
Subs = 2 JL 8W3 D4's in .3 cu ft sealed boxes suspended from the rear package shelf and firing through 7" holes I cut in the package shelf. Solid SQ bass and directing the bass into the cabin eliminates trunk rattles.

HU: Pioneer DEH-P3100
Speakers: Pioneer TS-A6855's

major improvement over factory system, decent price range, easy to install and use

Head unit: Alpine 3DE-7886
Front speakers: Pioneer TS-6805
Rear speakers: Pioneer TS-6803
Amp: RF Punch 200a4
Dynamat in all four doors

Likes: Love the sound (tight but not boomy bass), but I think that I will upgrade the speakers (at least the front speakers) to 6x9s in the future. Another like for me is my head unit; having the CD magazine in the head unit is a real convenience.

Dislike: The HU has only one set of preamp outputs; thus, I lose my fading capabilities.

There's not much that I would have done differently. But I'm thinking about getting a four-channel Alpine V-12 amp in the future to replace the Rockford Fosgate amp.




[This message has been edited by Reg E (edited October 30, 2000).]