I've sourced a bunch of things 2nd hand myself. However, I'm definitely a bit deeper down the rabbit hole.. parts and material I'm at around $7600.. I can't say I paid that out of pocket, though. I won a couple of raffles over the years and sold that gear to buy this current version.. (Helix Veight and director, kenwood dmx1037s) I also had some vintage gear laying around that I bought in the 90s that sold for way more than I paid for new.. if you cut my total in half, that would be a good realistic estimate out of pocket... labor would be crazy to factor, I have around 14 hours on each of the front doors alone, maybe more. Front stage is Brax ml1, ml3, dynaudio mw182.. subwoofers are Arc A12's x2. Amps are 2 JL HD600's and a HD750 ARC PS8-PRO dsp and controller. The only part I bought new from a retailer was the DSP.
True but if she finds out, just tell her that all the gear you bought and time to install will probably prevent you from buying a new car anytime soon. So really it's a savings - it worked for me🤣
Alpine - super detailed and accurate, but of all the Alpine maps, speakers, subs I've had, they always left me wanting when it came to bass. I'd take Alpine over the likes of JL and Hertz all day, every day, though!
Yes, it's ABSOLUTELY budget because this is functionally a competition full vehicle build for right around 2500 US dollars, all in. You could have saved even more money by not going all out with install things that are not "needed" but make a huge difference to the end result from a looks standpoint. You have a 7 driver, 3 amplifier, DSP system for less than most people have in their "regular" builds, that's a great job!
This is my little installation in my golf mk2 : Headunit : pioneer deh s720 dab 80€ occasion. Front : 2 focal kit 165 as3 300€ new. Sub : focal 21v2 90 € occasion Ampli : 2x dd audio sa 300.4 350 € new. + 1 x dd audio sa 500.1 180 € new. Active filter : 5 ways stetson stx 104 170 € new. Wiring and other thing : ~ 150€ Old installation for old car 😅 Total approximatif 1350 €.
Very informative video, I,m on the same principle of buying 2nd hand car audio equipment and hopefully once it warms up. I ll be doing my installation. Similarly 2yrs in the making.
Excellent job bro! You know this hobby it's easy to let it get put of hand chasing the next best whatever. I commend you on your restraint. By the way I commented on Facebook and I'm up over 5k on mine and it's not even installed yet because I just bought this car and the only thing I carried over from my old build was Sub and Dsp. The rest is all new😮
I'm way over budget, mainly because I didn't plan it out well and didn't really stick to what I had planned. So I have bought thing I didn't use, some I sold for a loss. Also, some things I tried to save money on ended up costing more time and gave me poor results, so I ended up buying the more expensive options in the end anyway. Selling old equipment isn't fun, but I'll sell some of the unused stuff soon to get some money back.
With my radio, speakers, 2 amplifiers, dsp, cabling, sound deadening, etc. I am still under $1K USD My DSP was the most expensive part at around $220. USD if you include the $22 power cable I had to buy for it. I’m sure your system sounds a bit better than mine since I am using the factory speaker locations with the addition of my (2) 12 inch subwoofers only. I did all the work myself also. I still love it though.
Mine is a Helix DSP Mini, Helix G One, Helix G Four, Helix MPS 300 shallow sub, 2 Pioneer 7x10s, 2 Pioneer 4x6s and a digital Kenwood 1 din head unit. Total is $1,570 so far.
oh man! the four RCA cables running to the amp next to the processor is the shortest RCA cable i've ever seen :)) Very nice system and great installation.
Very nice install. My SPL install comes out to about $2800.00 US dollars. The amps, deck, and some of the cables came out of the old build. But the sub, door speakers, alternator, and batterie's were purchased new but on sale.
for the installation in the seat exeo I wanted to stay below 2K€ of material .... I "almost" got there 😄 unfortunately almost everything new ..☹️ helix v8 dsp, Dayton epic e150, dayton mx10, scanspeak 5f, helix conductor and helix BT HD second hand: helix M one and an old tweeter that I have had for years
Laughed at the "wife doesn't know" section. Feel you mate, feel you :D When I receive a package I go put it directly in the garage and throw the box asap.
@@RAW-CAt Aaaand just like this I bought a 3 way focal flax evo set with another amp (nothing fancy, just a esx 4x80w class D one). So will have musway dsp to focal impulse and this esx amps and a spare wheel sub, all active. Will do custom A-pillars also. Well i'm doomed xD But hope to manage awesome sound in my car. :)
Very good video and you had came up on some great equipment and it looks great....I am already 7k in the hole and that doesn't include all the other amps I swapped out because I did not like it
great video. I started out with sb17's in factory door locations and they were a great driver that performed very good. what do you have them crossed at?
@@RAW-CAt I really pushed them SB 17's with 2x100 watt channels bridged to each playing down to 85Hz when I had a 2 way system, paired with seas Prestige tweeters both powered with a 6 channel zapco amp, helix dsp and a lower end Audiofrog sub with 500 watt zapco monoblock. Those speakes impressed everyone that listened especially considering they were only $100 for the pair. Ultimately they didnt hold up well in factory door locations with moisture and started giving me problems after a couple years but I pushed that system to its limit. That was my 1st sq system 5 yrs ago and of course like most of us crazy people it only took a few years b4 I needed a bit more and have done major upgrades since. Really enjoy watching your videos, looking forward to more👍
One thing to think about is what kind of tires are on your vehicle. I always run Michelin on anything I drive. Besides being a great tire they are extremely quiet. If you have loud tires that’s going to affect your sound quality
Yes, I have quite a few: th-cam.com/video/35TbhN17Xao/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/3EozNAYZzys/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/ARpp4HQiiXw/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Pa2TvcPAq4w/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for sharing your secrets to the cleanest wires I have seen. Another question, have learned how to make my RCA's from you, what type of wire are you using for them? Where can I find that braiding you have on your RCA's?
Focal utopia 11" sub I bought with a genesis profile sub amp for £250 & sold the amp for£150 so cost £100 Focal I subs £240 on sale(new) Mb quart qsd 6.5 mid bass£170 Scanspeak discovery 4' £140 Ground zero nuclear 1" tweeters £120 (new) Billet aluminium pods for 4" mids& 1" tweeters £270(new) Musway m8 dsp amp with bluetooth 8ch amp 10ch dsp £460(new) Musway m1000 mono block £70 Sound deadening whole car all skins. The foof, doors, quarters, boot & floor. £100 All cables estimated £120 (mainly qed micro) Adding £50 for fuses & distribution blocks All bought second hand or new unused from abandoned projects or just sat in someone's garage for years. Total £1840
@@RAW-CAt Ok yes, found a distributor 45 mins away. I will give them a ring. I don’t have a clue how to install. Do you have a video for future reference?
I agree this is a "budget" audio system. I've had many systems (of varying quality) in many cars and all have been what I consider "budget" type systems. My current car is the only one that I bought everything new, but still budget. My record for cheap systems came in right around $100 and everyone was blown away how good it sounded. It's my nephew's first car, the audio was a mix of used stuff and ultra cheap stuff. mine is a 2005 Hyundai Elantra purchased for $800, components are as follows: Kenwood KAC-304 h/u with dsp $150 SKAR RP75.4 $120 Dayton Audio RS-180p midbass $125/pair Dayton Audio RST-28A alum dome $75/pair Stinger MT-2000.1d $190 Sundown Audio U-18d4 in 4ft3 l-port enclosure $330 (driver) KnuKoncepts OFC wire, cable and RCA signal cables ($150) 2awg welding cable (big 3 and primary power) $100 80 mil Killmat (86sq ft) $75 KnuKonceptz fused distro, fuse holder, etc copper 2awg cable lugs building materials and such $500 (estimated), total system cost around 2 grand (estimated) sounds great and gets loud *upcoming upgrades: 1/0awg primary power cable second battery or high-output alternator
I've sourced a bunch of things 2nd hand myself. However, I'm definitely a bit deeper down the rabbit hole.. parts and material I'm at around $7600.. I can't say I paid that out of pocket, though. I won a couple of raffles over the years and sold that gear to buy this current version.. (Helix Veight and director, kenwood dmx1037s) I also had some vintage gear laying around that I bought in the 90s that sold for way more than I paid for new.. if you cut my total in half, that would be a good realistic estimate out of pocket... labor would be crazy to factor, I have around 14 hours on each of the front doors alone, maybe more.
Front stage is Brax ml1, ml3, dynaudio mw182.. subwoofers are Arc A12's x2. Amps are 2 JL HD600's and a HD750
ARC PS8-PRO dsp and controller. The only part I bought new from a retailer was the DSP.
Lmao..nerijus..never ever tell wife how much stereo costs..you will find in pawn shop.
True but if she finds out, just tell her that all the gear you bought and time to install will probably prevent you from buying a new car anytime soon. So really it's a savings - it worked for me🤣
Alpine - super detailed and accurate, but of all the Alpine maps, speakers, subs I've had, they always left me wanting when it came to bass. I'd take Alpine over the likes of JL and Hertz all day, every day, though!
Yes, it's ABSOLUTELY budget because this is functionally a competition full vehicle build for right around 2500 US dollars, all in. You could have saved even more money by not going all out with install things that are not "needed" but make a huge difference to the end result from a looks standpoint. You have a 7 driver, 3 amplifier, DSP system for less than most people have in their "regular" builds, that's a great job!
This is my little installation in my golf mk2 :
Headunit : pioneer deh s720 dab 80€ occasion.
Front : 2 focal kit 165 as3 300€ new.
Sub : focal 21v2 90 € occasion
Ampli : 2x dd audio sa 300.4 350 € new.
+ 1 x dd audio sa 500.1 180 € new.
Active filter : 5 ways stetson stx 104
170 € new.
Wiring and other thing : ~ 150€
Old installation for old car 😅
Total approximatif 1350 €.
In south africa a buget system is about 250 to 300 pounds for an entire system! Thats an indian system! Sq is non existent!😂😂😂
No, its better to dont count the price of all components :D... you are very budget i think for some solid components. :D
love your vids
Very informative video, I,m on the same principle of buying 2nd hand car audio equipment and hopefully once it warms up. I ll be doing my installation. Similarly 2yrs in the making.
thats really cheap... usually in that kind system cost more...
Excellent job bro! You know this hobby it's easy to let it get put of hand chasing the next best whatever. I commend you on your restraint. By the way I commented on Facebook and I'm up over 5k on mine and it's not even installed yet because I just bought this car and the only thing I carried over from my old build was Sub and Dsp. The rest is all new😮
This is excellent. We’ll done for being patient with collecting the parts over the two years.
I'm way over budget, mainly because I didn't plan it out well and didn't really stick to what I had planned. So I have bought thing I didn't use, some I sold for a loss. Also, some things I tried to save money on ended up costing more time and gave me poor results, so I ended up buying the more expensive options in the end anyway.
Selling old equipment isn't fun, but I'll sell some of the unused stuff soon to get some money back.
Tell me about it I had 58 different people who ask me (is it available) on FB marketplace when I sold a amplifier and subwoofers. 😅
Nice setup. How do you make these wires organized in this way. You glued them?
Thanks. Yes, I used super glue🙂
With my radio, speakers, 2 amplifiers, dsp, cabling, sound deadening, etc. I am still under $1K USD My DSP was the most expensive part at around $220. USD if you include the $22 power cable I had to buy for it. I’m sure your system sounds a bit better than mine since I am using the factory speaker locations with the addition of my (2) 12 inch subwoofers only. I did all the work myself also. I still love it though.
Mine is a Helix DSP Mini, Helix G One, Helix G Four, Helix MPS 300 shallow sub, 2 Pioneer 7x10s, 2 Pioneer 4x6s and a digital Kenwood 1 din head unit. Total is $1,570 so far.
oh man! the four RCA cables running to the amp next to the processor is the shortest RCA cable i've ever seen :))
Very nice system and great installation.
Thank you. And yes, those RCAs were a pain to make and connect😁
Very nice install. My SPL install comes out to about $2800.00 US dollars. The amps, deck, and some of the cables came out of the old build. But the sub, door speakers, alternator, and batterie's were purchased new but on sale.
for the installation in the seat exeo I wanted to stay below 2K€ of material .... I "almost" got there 😄 unfortunately almost everything new ..☹️
helix v8 dsp, Dayton epic e150, dayton mx10, scanspeak 5f, helix conductor and helix BT HD
second hand: helix M one and an old tweeter that I have had for years
Laughed at the "wife doesn't know" section. Feel you mate, feel you :D When I receive a package I go put it directly in the garage and throw the box asap.
I'm runing out of places to hide stuff😁
@@RAW-CAt ahhhaa praying for ya man! :D
@@RAW-CAt Aaaand just like this I bought a 3 way focal flax evo set with another amp (nothing fancy, just a esx 4x80w class D one). So will have musway dsp to focal impulse and this esx amps and a spare wheel sub, all active. Will do custom A-pillars also. Well i'm doomed xD But hope to manage awesome sound in my car. :)
Very good video and you had came up on some great equipment and it looks great....I am already 7k in the hole and that doesn't include all the other amps I swapped out because I did not like it
great video. I started out with sb17's in factory door locations and they were a great driver that performed very good. what do you have them crossed at?
90-180Hz. But that might change a bit.
@@RAW-CAt I really pushed them SB 17's with 2x100 watt channels bridged to each playing down to 85Hz when I had a 2 way system, paired with seas Prestige tweeters both powered with a 6 channel zapco amp, helix dsp and a lower end Audiofrog sub with 500 watt zapco monoblock. Those speakes impressed everyone that listened especially considering they were only $100 for the pair. Ultimately they didnt hold up well in factory door locations with moisture and started giving me problems after a couple years but I pushed that system to its limit. That was my 1st sq system 5 yrs ago and of course like most of us crazy people it only took a few years b4 I needed a bit more and have done major upgrades since. Really enjoy watching your videos, looking forward to more👍
You should play your stereo on TH-cam please
I do have a few videos with demos. One of them is "NK demo playlist".😉
C'mon guys. First rule of Fight Club...
i can have this system built for a show and be proud of it. your attention to detail is superb!
One thing to think about is what kind of tires are on your vehicle. I always run Michelin on anything I drive. Besides being a great tire they are extremely quiet. If you have loud tires that’s going to affect your sound quality
Yeah, I don't have money for good tyres😁
Your wires in the trunk are nice and clean! Do you have a video on how you did that?
Yes, I have quite a few:
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th-cam.com/video/3EozNAYZzys/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/ARpp4HQiiXw/w-d-xo.html
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Thank you for sharing your secrets to the cleanest wires I have seen. Another question, have learned how to make my RCA's from you, what type of wire are you using for them? Where can I find that braiding you have on your RCA's?
@@bbriankb1086 I use acoax cable for my RCAs. The braiding is from Aliexporess.
Peter is brilliant Nerijus but you’re my new best buddy - don’t tell my wife 😅
Lol
Excellent topic sir,I'm building my system on the same principles.
All the best😉
Focal utopia 11" sub I bought with a genesis profile sub amp for £250 & sold the amp for£150 so cost £100
Focal I subs £240 on sale(new)
Mb quart qsd 6.5 mid bass£170
Scanspeak discovery 4' £140
Ground zero nuclear 1" tweeters £120 (new)
Billet aluminium pods for 4" mids& 1" tweeters £270(new)
Musway m8 dsp amp with bluetooth 8ch amp 10ch dsp £460(new)
Musway m1000 mono block £70
Sound deadening whole car all skins. The foof, doors, quarters, boot & floor. £100
All cables estimated £120 (mainly qed micro)
Adding £50 for fuses & distribution blocks
All bought second hand or new unused from abandoned projects or just sat in someone's garage for years.
Total £1840
I’ve heard great things about the Helix DSPs in the SQ community. Impossible to find in the States.
Really? I thought Helix market in the US is same as in Europe🤔 Go to Helix page and find a distributor.
@@RAW-CAt Ok yes, found a distributor 45 mins away. I will give them a ring. I don’t have a clue how to install. Do you have a video for future reference?
checkout MSC America, they are the official distributor of Audiotec Fischer in the US.
@@romeo-s Thanks. Found a dealer pretty close. The hard part is finding someone skilled enough to tune.
What battery are you using?
Bosch S5 100Ah lead acid.
@@RAW-CAt Thanks nice build btw
I agree this is a "budget" audio system. I've had many systems (of varying quality) in many cars and all have been what I consider "budget" type systems. My current car is the only one that I bought everything new, but still budget. My record for cheap systems came in right around $100 and everyone was blown away how good it sounded. It's my nephew's first car, the audio was a mix of used stuff and ultra cheap stuff.
mine is a 2005 Hyundai Elantra purchased for $800, components are as follows:
Kenwood KAC-304 h/u with dsp $150
SKAR RP75.4 $120
Dayton Audio RS-180p midbass $125/pair
Dayton Audio RST-28A alum dome $75/pair
Stinger MT-2000.1d $190
Sundown Audio U-18d4 in 4ft3 l-port
enclosure $330 (driver)
KnuKoncepts OFC wire, cable and RCA signal cables ($150)
2awg welding cable (big 3 and primary power) $100
80 mil Killmat (86sq ft) $75
KnuKonceptz fused distro, fuse holder, etc
copper 2awg cable lugs
building materials and such $500 (estimated), total system cost around 2 grand (estimated)
sounds great and gets loud
*upcoming upgrades:
1/0awg primary power cable
second battery or high-output alternator
Everything was super cheap
Has a helix dsp 😅 even 2nd hand theyre far from cheap dude
In SQ world it's super cheap. The budget is relative.