little sound system

[djnineball]

i am a long time audiophile and when i bought my 86 CJ7 there was literally nothing installed so i grabbed some of the leftovers i had in the shop and threw together a little system for it.

kenwood x997
alpine spr-60 x 2
infinity kappa 692.9i
soundstream pn4.1000d

normally i would build my enclosures out of fiberglass but i was feeling lazy and the jeep came with the rear 6x9 enclosures so i just picked up the matching ones for the front. the glove box lock was broken and the inner part was basically worthless 30 year old cardboard so out it came and gave me a nice little spot for the amp. i matched the colors on the kenwood to the new speedhut gauges (though the red buttons did not come through so well in the photo). took me a few hours but everything is installed and thanks to having tons of spare speakers, amps, radios and wiring the only cost was the front speaker pods (being an audio hoarder finally paid off!). it actually sounds pretty decent considering the level of the equipment. all i have left to do is get a 1.5' iphone cable to get rid of the excess hanging wire and i'll be done.

ok, well done for now i think am going to build my own center console and house a jbl 8 i have sitting on a shelf. may as well get double duty out of it...

 

[gert]

I like the 6x9 boxes around the roll bar, I am wanting to hide my stereo in the tuffy center console , yours looks good I do like those gauges to, how does it sound?


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[Lumpy Grits]

I'm dig'n those gauges!
LG

 

[djnineball]

I like the 6x9 boxes around the roll bar, I am wanting to hide my stereo in the tuffy center console , yours looks good I do like those gauges to, how does it sound?


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surprisingly good. over the years i've become and audio snob. the front stage in one of my other cars cost me more than this system combined, practically double if i were to do it over again i would skip the pods in the kick panel/door area. i had 2 sets of the alpines so i did them both but if i was on a budget build i would only do the center dual pod. due to placement they are almost non-existent in the sound department - they point directly at your ankles. normally i could compensate for most of that with DTA but i wired the front left alpines in parallel to take advantage of the amp's power, same with the right fronts, so that really limits what i can accomplish with tuning. i'll play with it more at a later date, for now i am just happy i have music in the thing.

 

[gert]

Lol when mine was on the rode the only music I had was the sound of my AMC360 and the super swampers lol hope to change that when I get built


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[djnineball]

been there done that didn't have a system in my old 911 forever and just listened to the flat 6 but eventually i can't hold out and always install one. with the top and doors off and 33" bfg you couldn't hear the person in the passenger seat on the highway as it was so we may as well listen to some music.

guess i should have posted a pic of the outside too.

now



winter mode

 

[gert]

:drool: my favorite color
Don't be surprised when you see mine painted that same color..... It will be awhile but one day

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[CJ]

i am a long time audiophile ~

soundstream pn4.1000d

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Good amp choice. I competed for many years on the sound circuit(not for SPL) and have always used Soundstream and MB Quart. I still have and use older reference series amps as I really like the sound of them.

 

[djnineball]

:drool: my favorite color
Don't be surprised when you see mine painted that same color..... It will be awhile but one day

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like henry ford said - you can have your car any color you want, so long as that color is black

Good amp choice. I competed for many years on the sound circuit(not for SPL) and have always used Soundstream and MB Quart. I still have and use older reference series amps as I really like the sound of them.

yep, sq guy here as well. the nano series are not the cleanest amps but for power vs price they are hard to beat. i got turned on to these from bikes and run one in my ultra classic. small but pretty damn powerful. advertised at 250@2x4 and benched at 237. you can pick them up used all day long for $100-125.

i'm still sitting on my alto mobile falstaff 10 waiting for the next car to arrive

 

[t bone 347]

DJ, what size lift do you have? Not trying to hijack the thread from the sound system......

 

[djnineball]

DJ, what size lift do you have? Not trying to hijack the thread from the sound system......

pretty sure it has a 4" lift. the guy who sold it to me lied about a ton of things, most notably the block being cracked, but he said it had a 6" lift. based on my research the shocks i am running came with a 4" lift kit.