jackburton
if you're comparing alpine to the other brands sold at retail stores (i.e. pioneer, sony, jensen, etc.), then yes, alpine is badass. but, most audiophiles (myself included) think of all car stereo equipment sold at bb or cc as "crap." It's all relative... to someone who's used to a P2-300 with a 4meg video card, a Geforce2 mx will seem badass... to everyone else, its considered crap. The true high end gear can only be found at custom car stereo shops, not at bb and cc. my very first system was 2 - 12" JLAudio W1's, very efficient, about $115 a piece at the time, and could out hit ANY sub sold at best buy, not to mention the clarity was incredible when installed in a sealed box. My current system is an Eclipse 7301 receiver, phoenix gold zx450 amp (for mids and highs), phoenix gold zx600 amp(for subs), 3 - 10" JLAudio W6's, MB Quartz competition components in the front and rear, audio control crossover, with monster cable all around. I guarantee this will eat your alpine system alive
(well, maybe not due to the fact that mine are in the annoying "rattling trunk" while yours is in a hatch) - not a single one of these components can be found at any retail store.
another point to make, is that having the best subs with subpar headunit and wires is useless. My headunit has NO built in power, it requires an external amp. It has 2 - 7v RCA preouts which deliver a very strong signal with almost no noise to my amp. This makes the speakers and amp more efficient as they amplify less noise and more music. Also, I can testify that going from generic RCA cables to Monster Cable (or similar high end cables like phoenix gold, etc.), makes a HUGE difference. The cheapies were giving me alternator noise and was distorting on the low end... Monster Cable took care of that for me
OT - big trouble in little china was one of the greatest movies ever made IMHO
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