How bad does this stereo equipment suck?

Jay Dutton

I need a system in boat, I have nothing in it right now. I'm no audiophile, I just need some tunes. I know Pyramid stuff supposedly sucks, I used to have a pair of 8" subs the "competition" ones, and they actually sounded great w/a nice amp.

Check some of this stuff out. Seems a little too good to be true. I'm sure I'm just kidding myself by trying to find something cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3006925099&category=undefined

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3010844945&category=undefined

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1948698687&category=1498

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1948701281&category=undefined

Dees · Posted: Mar 04, 2003 11:11 am Post subject:

depends if you want to pay 329 or 224 for the same thing. the first link and third link are the same componets but diff prices

wakedork · Posted: Mar 04, 2003 11:29 am Post subject:

run away fast. Stay away from Pyramid the stuff is junk, in no way would I put it in my car much less in a boat enviroment. if you want something good yet inexpensive look at Lightning Audio, it's made by Rockford. not as good as Rockford but still well worth the money. If you have questions about stereo feel free to email me or PM me. I worked in a stereo shop for 6 yrs. Just let me know if you go tmore questions or want to know if something is worht the asking price.

jim Bogden · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 178 City: Sandy, UT

Jay, I wouldnt take the chance on that no name stuff. The warranty might have lots of exceptions and it may be a runaround to get service. I would try crutchfield.com or bestbuy first.

harenheadpaul · Posted: Mar 04, 2003 1:56 pm Post subject:

the more thump you want, the more money it will be, definately try to buy stuff that you have heard of and people have said comments on

Syth · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 661 City: Brentwood

Just to put in a little perspective, those auctions, the price, is what usually cost is on a good cd player, Just the player. So you can imagine the quality of it, and personally, Why have a 40k boat and put crap equipment in it?

Granted i dont know what kinda boat you have, but id never put anything other then the best in my x-star. Ill be redo'ing my stereo once it gets closer to summer from the stock clarion system, replacing the 6 1/2's with Infinity 3 ways and, i actually havent decided what im replacing the tower speakers with yet. I love the sound of the infinity series, the 63.5i or somethin, not sure exact model #.

Preston Duke · Outlaw Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 150 City: Richmond, Va.

"Just to put in a little perspective"...the average yearly income of a US citizen is less than the cost of your boat, so not all of us can afford "the best".

Syth · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 661 City: Brentwood

I was actually putting into perspective the auctions he had listed had entire systems for the price of a decent quality cd player (around 200 bucks) and the quality of them.

ohsix · Posted: Mar 04, 2003 3:11 pm Post subject:

wakedork- i tried to pm you this but i kept getting an invalid session message so i posted it here. any one else feel free to answer my question also.

i currently have a 2000 dodge ram pickup with the infinity 6-speaker factory upgrade. i also have a kicker 600watt 4-channel amp and two mtx thunder 6000 10's in a thunderform box. Right now i have the subs wired to 2 channels on the amp but on the box it only has one speaker wire input. and i just have both channels going to the same input. the way the amp is set up i think it is basically 2 300 watt amps put together because it has seperate controls for amp 1 and amp 2. so basically i think im just running off one amp. also i dont have any power from the amp going to any of the other component speakers.

my first question is are the infinty speakers any good that came with the truck. my second question is is there a better way to wire the amp to the subs and should i hook up any of the component speakers to the amp?

as it is right now the system sounds good at low volumes but when i turn it up the bass gets severely distorted. is there anything i can do about this with out replacing speakers?

btw- i am currently just usinf the stock cd player with a pre-amp output added to it.