new car needs speaker advice

itchnertamatoa · Post by **itchnertamatoa** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:59 pm

hehe, just bought a new car, Kia Sorento
oem speakers are 6" front and rear
wanna change those to something better, any advice?
don't know which amp will be used to power them yet, maybe the 430 C's holding right now
not sure if I wanna put a sub in as it's gonna be the wife's daily driver
HU will be a sony cdx-m9900
after that, have to decide

on another note, what do you guys think of xtant amps, 2200i and 4180c ?

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:27 pm

XTant amps die a ugly noisy death from power supply noise. Caps change color from electronic noise and excessive heat build up inside. MTX- Mitex now owns XTant and they offer ZIP support for there legacy products. I have a 4180C without a lid that is homeless. I have been thru it but it will die again the same way as I just replaced everything as was, and did not correct any of its original engineering issues with its design.
All the original XTant amps die this way and anything with a Line driver level will blow the input section out and leave the amp silent.

MTX-Mitex wants these amps dead and in the garbage, I advise not to buy them my friend. You will end up in the hole with NO support and a guarantied gruesome death later on even if the amp is working.

In there day, and when they we still Xtant not Mitex they were very strong amps, but now without support, they represent a giant black hole for money in the long run....C

itchnertamatoa · Post by **itchnertamatoa** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:51 pm

thx C

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:30 am

on a diffeent note...you can afford to buy all these PG limited amps and you buy a sorento!?!?!?

eyesofra · Post by **eyesofra** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:33 am

man this is jsut not fair...back here u drive a sorento and ur upper middle class.....

itchnertamatoa · Post by **itchnertamatoa** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:49 am

Bfowler wrote:on a diffeent note...you can afford to buy all these PG limited amps and you buy a sorento!?!?!?

I know how that might looks

it's secondhand, never in my life (so far) have I bought a new car
but I sold one of the other cars, and wanted something bigger for the wife and kid, so ....

Post by **VW337** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:58 am

eyesofra wrote:man this is jsut not fair...back here u drive a sorento and ur upper middle class.....

Kia has a stigmata still in the US, while Hyundai is finally receiving the credit they deserve on the other hand Daewoo died and died quick in the US.

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:00 pm

VW337 wrote:
eyesofra wrote:man this is jsut not fair...back here u drive a sorento and ur upper middle class.....

Kia has a stigmata still in the US, while Hyundai is finally receiving the credit they deserve on the other hand Daewoo died and died quick in the US.

Kia has stigmata?!? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmata)

Hehehe, sorry, I just had to make a joke about that.

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:26 pm

lol, its very religious...and has a soundtrack by billy corgan

brenzbmr@sb · Post by **brenzbmr@sb** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:52 pm

well i would say def need to deaden those tin can doors.

do a good job and seal those holes in your door

it will help alot.

Post by **VW337** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:21 am

fuzzysnuggleduck wrote:
VW337 wrote:
eyesofra wrote:man this is jsut not fair...back here u drive a sorento and ur upper middle class.....

Kia has a stigmata still in the US, while Hyundai is finally receiving the credit they deserve on the other hand Daewoo died and died quick in the US.
Kia has stigmata?!? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmata)

Hehehe, sorry, I just had to make a joke about that.

Actually a Stigmata is an affliction, but popular usage was captured by the Catholic religion in regard to "afflicted" persons showing the signs of the crucifixion.

Post by **Bfowler** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:24 am

VW337 wrote: Actually a Stigmata is an affliction, but popular usage was captured by the Catholic religion in regard to "afflicted" persons showing the signs of the crucifixion.

I like that you are explaining the joke to the person that caught the mistake and made the joke. well done Errin.

Stigma \= stigmata

Post by **VW337** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:37 am

Bfowler wrote:
VW337 wrote: Actually a Stigmata is an affliction, but popular usage was captured by the Catholic religion in regard to "afflicted" persons showing the signs of the crucifixion.
I like that you are explaining the joke to the person that caught the mistake and made the joke. well done Errin.

Stigma \= stigmata

I was showing that the term I was using was not intended to be taken in the religious sense......but in the sense that people avoid afflictions.