Complete car audio system in 2001 grand prix....?

Vern Serratos: $2300 can go along ways for car audio or it will buy 1 pair of really high end component speakers. This is a great place to start looking and they have the biggest selection I have seen. http://woofersetc.com/I would say to buy 2 sets of component speakers costing around $250-$300 each. I would get one really good 12 inch sub. This will keep the sound quality at a premium, while requiring half the amount of power as 2. Apparently for every speaker you add you only increase the volume by a max of 30%. I would budget about 400 for a good 12 inch and a good BOX. Image Dynamics has one of the best subs made for sound quality. It's the ID Q version 3. It's on woofersetc.com for $280. Spend around $100 or so on a good box. (the box is just as important as the sub)We are at about $1000 for speakers and sub and sub box.Budget around $300-350 for a good receiver either Alpine or Eclipse.This leaves $1000 for 2 amps. One REALLY GOOD 4 channel amp for the 4! component speakers. Let's say $400 for that.A mono channel or 2 channel(bridged) for the sub.Let's say $350 for that. You should have around $200 for wiring and all that. This should put you around $2300. Remember to figure out what ohms you want to run the sub at and make sure you buy the amp that will do that stably. This is a good spot to learn how to wire for different ohm loads: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-AFLDRffflD1/learn/lea...I would later save some money for sound deadening as this will reduce distortions caused by vibrations and dramatically reduce road noise if enough is applied to the right areas. This can get expensive rather quickly though.If you are dead set on having 2 or more subs, just remember that every extra sub is that much more money and then to power those subs will cost a lot and then you will have to start looking around at batteries, capacitors and or alternators. These are the brands that I would choose from:Alpine, Focal, JL Audio, Im! age Dynamics, Rockford Fosgate(amps only), Boston Acoustics! , RE Audio, FI Audio, Infinity(Kappa Perfect), Pioneer Premiere(only the high end stuff), some MB Quart, Morel, Rainbow, Zapco, Brax, Mcintosh, Nakamichi, Alumapro Alchemy, Kicker(is decent), etc.Stay away from: Pyramid, JVC, Boss, Pyle, low-end MTX, Bazooka, American Bass, Legacy, Lanzar. Dual etc. usually if it sounds like it is cool or looks flashy i wouldn't get it.Hoped this helped....Show more