First I think it's great that your upgrading your system. I. Teaming up with Chicago slick and jmrtsus to help people get the best advice on upgrading their sound system. I take the audio experience very seriously. I think it's a personal experience and it's different for everyone. With that said I would encourage you to ask those two the same question so you get a well rounded answer to your question. Let them know I sent you their way ������
I do want to say this. Picking speakers from a car stereo is tough because the environment is not the same as it will be in the car. The displays are just junk at best for enclosures. With that said if you head a set of speakers and they sounded good in the display you can bet they will great in the car. I have not heard that specific set but alone makes great stuff and great sounding speakers. I forget sometimes.
As for line driver the audio control lc2i is a favorite of mine.
As for the sound stream amps. Back in the day when they were made here when I was judging I could tell when I was hearing a soundstream amp over any other amp. They had a really unique sound very different from every thing else. As for their new stuff, I don't know. I know it's not the same company and their stuff is made overseas like everybody else. Is that bad? Probably not. It's really all we have to work with right? The soundstream stuff looks really good on paper. I would one off eBay to save some money and try it out. If it doesn't work sound wise your not out a lot of money. I don't remember if they participate in cea or not. Cea makes sure that what they say their amps are putting out they really are putting out.
I hope that helps and reach out to the other two guys to get their opinion so that you get options to choose from.
I do want to say this. Picking speakers from a car stereo is tough because the environment is not the same as it will be in the car. The displays are just junk at best for enclosures. With that said if you head a set of speakers and they sounded good in the display you can bet they will great in the car. I have not heard that specific set but alone makes great stuff and great sounding speakers. I forget sometimes.
As for line driver the audio control lc2i is a favorite of mine.
As for the sound stream amps. Back in the day when they were made here when I was judging I could tell when I was hearing a soundstream amp over any other amp. They had a really unique sound very different from every thing else. As for their new stuff, I don't know. I know it's not the same company and their stuff is made overseas like everybody else. Is that bad? Probably not. It's really all we have to work with right? The soundstream stuff looks really good on paper. I would one off eBay to save some money and try it out. If it doesn't work sound wise your not out a lot of money. I don't remember if they participate in cea or not. Cea makes sure that what they say their amps are putting out they really are putting out.
I hope that helps and reach out to the other two guys to get their opinion so that you get options to choose from.
I agree with antartica24 on using the LC2i. I had great success using it in my original upgrade. I would consider it one of the best LOC. You may also consider PAC Audio for an LOC. I have not used them before, but have heard many good comments about their units.
Soundstream amps were great back in the day. I cannot speak to how they are today. If you can get one reasonably then go for it. I probably would spend a little bit and get an Alpine, Pioneer, JL or RF. You will probably not be let down with one of those if set up correctly. If I’m not mistaken CEA certifications or testing generally does not apply to amps driving 4ohms and above, but I could be wrong. I only state this because you may not see CEA ratings with some amps.
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Something that is not discussed as much as it should be is cabling (power, ground, RCA, speaker wiring, general wiring). As previously stated by antartcia24, one of the things that Antarctica, jmrtsus, and I are hoping to do is provide some recommendations on audio updates. We may post some basic write-ups to help with installations later.