Thinking about replacing the factory stereo out of my 97 4-Runner. Any recommendations? I'm willing to spend about $400 on the receiver, 2 6.5" speakers, and 2 5.25" speakers.
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Car Stereo Recommendation
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Yeah, need IPOD connection and maybe an HD radio receiver. Don't intend
to get satellite radio.
Sony, Pioneer, Kenwood all make decent cheap head units.
JL Audio, Polk, Pioneer, Infinity,etc all make decent cheap speakers.
If it was me I would buy a reasonably priced head unit, spend more on speakers, and then get an amp to power the speakers.
It's been about 5 years since I've bought any car audio gear but I had good luck with a Pioneer head unit, Infinity Kapa's, and a JL Audio amp. No sub
JL Audio, Polk, Pioneer, Infinity,etc all make decent cheap speakers.
If it was me I would buy a reasonably priced head unit, spend more on speakers, and then get an amp to power the speakers.
It's been about 5 years since I've bought any car audio gear but I had good luck with a Pioneer head unit, Infinity Kapa's, and a JL Audio amp. No sub
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I've had too many stolen to ever put in anything other than factory.
That being said I always enjoyed Infinity speakers. Had several Pioneer units that I liked.
That being said I always enjoyed Infinity speakers. Had several Pioneer units that I liked.
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I'll also give my recommendation for infinity speakers, miss the ones I had in my old car (don't fit in my new one).
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Just looking quick here is what I would do if I was you:
Pioneer DEH-33HD CD receiver at Crutchfield.com
Infinity Kappa 62.9i 6-3/4" 2-way car speakers For 6-1/2" and 6-3/4" openings at Crutchfield Signature
Infinity Kappa 52.9i 5-1/4" 2-way car speakers at Crutchfield Signature
Pioneer DEH-33HD CD receiver at Crutchfield.com
Infinity Kappa 62.9i 6-3/4" 2-way car speakers For 6-1/2" and 6-3/4" openings at Crutchfield Signature
Infinity Kappa 52.9i 5-1/4" 2-way car speakers at Crutchfield Signature
I have had Alpine in all my cars and have loved them. I also had an Alpine head unit and subwoofers. Type R or S will work well for speakers. I used to work at Cyclone Stereo in Ames and the top speakers were easily Alpine or JL.
Try to use your headbox. Connect to a Kenwood Excelon 5 channel amp, 500-700 watts, 4 Kenwood Excelon door speakers and a JL Audio 12" 300 watt subwoofer.
JL Audio 5 channel amps are more money but stronger.
More than $400 but great sound.
Thanks for the suggestions. It's been 20 years since I bought a stereo. Always had Blaupunkt in the past.
If your just wanting a basic head unit, almost any name brand has cheap ones that are worth the money. I just bought a sony cd player with ipod/mp3 hookup and only dropped $100. Now I realize this is way cheap but if you are just wanting it to listen to the radio and what not, I personally don't understand the point in spending $300 on a head unit. And like what dmclone said, if you are wanting to upgrade your system, spend more of your money on speakers. Speakers are the essential part in a good system. You don't want to buy some cheapo speakers and have them be blown in a month.
If you don't have to have one absolutly right this minute i would recommend watching Crutchfield online for when they have sales and close out sales. I have gotten two great head units on there for about half price of what the MSRP was when they were on sale. One being a Sony Xplod and the other a Blaupunkt Monterrey. Got both for about $100 with MSRP's of $200.