Thought I should start this thread as it was sort of hijacking Terrence's thread on his wheel project. I've given up on wheels at this stage, reckon that I would rather do suspension first, but given that the stockies are doing alright at the moment there's no need to go down that path.
I've previously had a professional install my old Astra Sri (JL Amp, 10" sub and MB Quart front splits running off a JVC head unit). This was on a uni/first job budget so the components weren't the best money could buy but still a massive improvement on the car audio from stock.
Now cars are not designed to be accoustically great (safely, running gear etc. take precendence) and the cost let alone the time involved in an installation, I'd rather spend my hard earned on other audio gear.
I've got a pair of Audio Technica AD900's at home for listening to music. As I am no longer getting wheels, I've had a look at some JH Audio 13 Pro's. These are 6 driver in ear headphones that are custom moulded to your ear. They're only $1,100 US (not including audiologist appointment time and moulding or shipping of moulds). Probably a bit of overkill using them with an iphone for the daily commute but I love the way you can customise further by way of color choices for the earbuds and designs to put on them.
I think that after I get these I'll have to invest in a proper dedicated headphone amplifier. If anyone has had good experiences with any I'd like to hear about it.
Also the next project will be to upgrade my home theatre speakers to go with the B&W PV1 I just got.
BTW if you want to test out bass, the air strike on Transformers 2 on blu-ray is awesome!
I've previously had a professional install my old Astra Sri (JL Amp, 10" sub and MB Quart front splits running off a JVC head unit). This was on a uni/first job budget so the components weren't the best money could buy but still a massive improvement on the car audio from stock.
Now cars are not designed to be accoustically great (safely, running gear etc. take precendence) and the cost let alone the time involved in an installation, I'd rather spend my hard earned on other audio gear.
I've got a pair of Audio Technica AD900's at home for listening to music. As I am no longer getting wheels, I've had a look at some JH Audio 13 Pro's. These are 6 driver in ear headphones that are custom moulded to your ear. They're only $1,100 US (not including audiologist appointment time and moulding or shipping of moulds). Probably a bit of overkill using them with an iphone for the daily commute but I love the way you can customise further by way of color choices for the earbuds and designs to put on them.
I think that after I get these I'll have to invest in a proper dedicated headphone amplifier. If anyone has had good experiences with any I'd like to hear about it.
Also the next project will be to upgrade my home theatre speakers to go with the B&W PV1 I just got.
BTW if you want to test out bass, the air strike on Transformers 2 on blu-ray is awesome!