Best brand of car audio

If u wanted the best be prepared to spend lots of money. Personally I am more interested in "bang for the Buck!" What I can get a good quality stereo for cheap. It may not be a competition stereo but it sounds clear and hits hard.


Cheap "bang for the buck"!

Radio shack 12" sub (built by MTX if anyone wants to know)
Rage amp (bridged)
JBL 3 way (6.5inch) $70 or Polk Audio Coaxial (preffered)
JVC CD unit

verdict: Hits very hard with a properly built box. Stomps the crap out of Solobarics. Personally I like Polk Audio's for high end. They have the soft dome tweeters, and the sound is very smooth with them, but JBL is a much crisper sound, still good too for the price, and cheaper than Polks.

the quality "bang for the buck"!

12" MTX Thunder Pro series sub
Polk Audio DB series component set
Polk 3-way 6x9
Rage amp (4 channel)


verdict: hits very hard. Very clear and half the price of serious systems. Again I like the Polks for high end. They are very smooth.

list of speakers that I like regardless of price:

Polk subs, Polk components, Infinity components, JBL components, JL subs, Rockford Fosgate components, Orion XTR Xtreme subs, Boston Acoustics components, MTX Subs, MTX components,

list of speakers that I hated or wasnt impressed with regardless of price:

Kicker Solobarics, Pioneer (all), Kenwood (all), Alpine (all), Sony Xplode, Rockford Fosgate Punch subs, MB quartz, Kove Audio