Picking It Out and Pricing It Up

[Funky Diver]

So I've set a price target (notice I didn't say limit... I love scalable flexibilty, haha) of £1k on my ICE, to include EVERYTHING.... including the following (so far)

Amp
Speakers x 4 midrange
Speakers x 2 tweeters
Speaker x 1 Sub
Head Unit - iPhone compatible
Sound proofing (Dynamat or suitable variant in abundance!!)
Cabling, connectors and wiring
Handsfree Mobile Car Kit (already have)
ISO wiring adapters (already have)
Sharks Fin powered antenna - I'm actually thinking of not bothering at all, as it'd mean having to get a DAB tuner, but it looks cool I suppose.

Head Unit - for a change I'm actually going to spend some money instead of trolling around the tip for 3 to repair into one :D

So onto the question at hand (being a bit of a novice with ICE)

I'm looking at this amplifier because it's compact and seems to be fairly reasonable. This would therefore mean I would have to go Alpine on everything (I'm a snob, lol) although I'm also quite partial to Pioneer, but only have experience of their Home audio gear.

Now, how do cross-overs fit into the equation? Would I need to get 2 additional tweeters high up in the rear to match the front?

[Mr Funk]

That's quite a list!

Component speakers normally come as kits so you get the woofer, the tweeter and the crossover. dead easy to wire up and do all the fiddly work for you.

[Funky Diver]

haha, I like lists, they help to create some order out of the chaos that is my right lobe, lol.

And yeah, tis a bit of a list, but I only want ot HAVE to do it once, so might as well get it right first time, seeing as the trimming is gonna be done around everything.

[stu.gtx]

If you're planning on getting component speakers you're going to need to think about door/shelf builds. Unless you're going to bosh something together yourself, this probably won't be cheap. You're probably looking at £100+ for pro door builds.

[Mr Funk]

If you're planning on getting component speakers you're going to need to think about door/shelf builds. Unless you're going to bosh something together yourself, this probably won't be cheap. You're probably looking at £100+ for pro door builds.

That sounds about right. I did mine myself and they sound superb but the hours that ent into getting everything right sometimes I wondered if paying up wouldn't have been easier. Although I think I've perfected it now. Ish