Had to drive my dad back from the inspection shop yesterday. We drove out separatly and he rode back in the car with me. He had a 05 v6 with the shaker 500 and he was like" I bet you it sounds way better than yours, even with all that stuff you have." Well, he doesnt know what I have,but I'm curios anyways. I have had the headunit replaced with a cheap version of xplod. I had all the speakers replace with high-end pioneers(6*8's). I have a Phoenix Gold amp running 2 Jenson 10" subs.And, though they are not currently hooked up, I have a set of 5.25 xplod speakers fitted into the rear deck lid beside the factories. Your thoughts. BTW, mine is a 98 v6.
Nic

 

They will sound probaly the same. the shacker might be a hair better even. im not one who like stock stuff but when you have aftermarket stuff make sure you do it really nice.

 

in the shaker 500 the back speakers are actually only 20 watts. the doors have a 5 x 7 shape but is actually 2 separate speakers in a plastic frame, yup 20 watts each...and then finally...the door subs are actually dual voice coil 120 watt speakers. i'm not quite sure how that adds up to 500 but it works

 

my watts add up to...610rms...-175 each sub, 50 each pioneer, and 30 for the xplods

 

watts dosnt mean anything really. in my mustang i got 2 10"s that are hit 140s with 150watts each and anoth 150 watts for the front speakers and thats 450 total and itll waste the shacker 500 and your system. its all about installation and quality of equipment. alot of tube amps for home audio are like 3 and 5 watts and that stuff will waste so many other audio amps that produce 200 watts.

 

Well then theres no way to judge sound other than listening is there?

 

well when its your job doing car stereos you pretty much know how alot of stuff sounds so ihave a very good idea what your car sounds like.

 

lol, good job

 

Meh, I have subs with 600 watt rms 2 12's and 2 15's hitting low 160s...on the old meter at least

 

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