has anyone put a super high end system in theryre beetle?

[Eriksbug]

I was just wondering what kinda setup other people have in they're beetles. Anyone with highend brands like brax, zapco, mcintosh, audison, cdt audio, focal, dynaudio,etc? I just finished my system and am curious what else is out there. Here's what I have:

Clarion drz 9255(TOP OF THE LINE) cd player w/ seperate power supply.
Soundstream vacuum tube preamp
Audiocontrol electronic x-over
2 Butler audio tube driver 2150 300watt vacuum tube amps (front&rr)
Jl audio 500/1 500 watt sub amp
Soundstream 40 farad cap
Cdt HD component speaks (3way fronts/2way rears)
Jl audio 12w7 sub in custom ported box
Stinger 1/0 power and ground wire
10 gauge stinger speaker wire for every speaker in the car.
Custom soldered stinger bullet rca's
Dynamat expert covering everywhere in the car(including the floor and roof)
Pioneer 7" custom dvd nav system

[SilverShadow]

Will this do? :


Sound System: 3120w (MP) / 1560w (RMS)

Sony MEX-5DI: AM/FM/CD/MP3/Memory Stick/Magic Gate - Pre-Amp Only Head Unit
Sony XT-XM1: Component XM Radio
Sony XM-2150GSX (2): Separate Front and Rear Amplifiers / 760w (Music Power) Each
Sony XM-1600GSD: Subwoofer Amplifier / 1600w (Music Power)
Sony CDXMP70: 6-Disc MP3/CD Changer
Audiobahn ABC6002Q Component Speakers: 6.5" | 1.5" Front and Rear (4 x 6.5" and 4 x 1.5")
Rockford Fosgate RFR-3112 Power HX2 12" Subwoofers (2)
Rockford Fosgate RFQ-1201 Crossover
Q-Logic Sealed Subwoofer Box
Lightning Audio 1-Farad Caps (2)
Optima D34/78 Yellow-Top 870A Top and Side Post Deep Cycle Battery
Rockford Fosgate CPCB140 140-Amp Circuit Breaker
Lightning Audio Battery Clamps

[EVZBUG]

How's about this: Audison amps, MB Quart Q line speakers, JL Audio sub. Sorry, but I can't figure out how to put a link in my signature, so you're going to have to do a search.

[phatbeetlebug]

Kenwood Excelon Head unit
Kenwood 10 disc changer
Audiobahn parametric EQ
Soundstream Picasso old school class A 4 channel amp
Soundstream 5.0 old school class A sub amp
X-press 2.0 farad Capacitor
2 10" Audiobahn subs
Cerwin Vega componants
Polk dash speakers
Panasonic video coming

[Toad]

I love evzbug's system, custom trunk goodness and custom molded in dash kit.

Altho i dont think anyone on the org can beat my headunit, clarion hx-d10. No special features, just pure sound. I miss my system.

[Eriksbug]

Nice, sounds like some nice systems out there. I went through a lot of different equiptment before I figured out what I like. Now its even more fun to drive.

[green02turbo]

Tube pre and amps? Tubes in a car? really? I would think the cars vibrations would set up some serious harmonics in the tubes and translate into the speakers.

[Eriksbug]

Nope, no problems with harmonics. Just super clean sound. I love the rich sound of vacuum tubes. You can check out the amps at www.tubedriver.com. The preamp is a soundstream. I'm not sure what they're website is though. I cannot say enough good things about the butler tube amps. They are the best amps for car I've ever heard and I've worked in car audio for the last 8 years. I've tried most brands of high end amps and I haven't found anything I like as much.

[sb_beetle]

Any install pictures to go with the descriptions?

[Eriksbug]

I don't have a digital camera, but I'm sure one of my friends do. As soon as I take some pics I'll post them. Its not super bling bling, everything still looks almost stock. I got rid of my spare tire and hid my amps, cap, and xover in the spare tire well. The deck matches the color of my cluster perfectly and the eq lights up red so it matches the heater controls illumination. The sub box is just a standard jl audio ported box desighn that I had custom built. Nothing to crazy custom, just clean looks and clean sounds. I'll post pics as soon as I take them.

[bugley]

I now have the eclipse 6610. I used to have the eclipse 5495 but I had problems playing saved songs from the hard drive. I also have the MTX thunderform sub, but still have not connected it yet. It'll come though...

[Eriksbug]

The 6610? Isn't that a double din dvd navigation unit with a 7" screen? where did you mount it?

[bugley]

Yup, sure is a double din. And here's how the story goes: My kenwood got half burglarized (the fool couldn't remove the headunit and tried to pry it out of the console so he ended up busting through the vents). I wanted to go a step up in my headunit and considered getting a single-din with a flip-out dvd/nav screen - but I've seen those in our cars and they just don't seem right coz they block the vents.So I had the console redone to accomodate a double din and also had the much highly desired audi TT functional center vents as well. I love the look now - It's like it was always meant to be in our cars that way - the NAV and the TT rings, I mean.

Anyway, I promise to post pics soon.

[Eriksbug]

Wow, sounds trick. Can't wait to see some pics. Sucks that you got ripped off but cool you got a custom deck out of it. Any other custom work? Also who did the custom work?

[EVZBUG]

Originally Posted by bugley

Yup, sure is a double din. And here's how the story goes: My kenwood got half burglarized (the fool couldn't remove the headunit and tried to pry it out of the console so he ended up busting through the vents). I wanted to go a step up in my headunit and considered getting a single-din with a flip-out dvd/nav screen - but I've seen those in our cars and they just don't seem right coz they block the vents.So I had the console redone to accomodate a double din and also had the much highly desired audi TT functional center vents as well. I love the look now - It's like it was always meant to be in our cars that way - the NAV and the TT rings, I mean.

Anyway, I promise to post pics soon.

Awesome! I can't wait to see the pics. I'm about to do something drastic like this, too. What did you have to move to get the double DIN to fit?

[1COOLBUG]

Here's my stereo. Really like the clean sound. http://www.newbeetle.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10761

[InjunDon]

Have a Clarion 955MC head unit
Audiocontrol DQT processor with the digital dash control
Focal Polyglass 165V3 3 way components.
Midbass in the doors, midrange in the dash, tweeters in modified stock location.

Focal Polyglas 33V2 13" subwoofer
Steg K4.02 amplfier powering it all
plus 108 sq.ft of Dynamat extreme.
Where the mids will go

Mids in the panels flushed in.

Covered in 2 layers of speaker grill cloth


Woofers mounted directly to the door to avoid an internal door resonance (midbass echo) Mids and woofers were backed with MDF baffles, and dynamatted like crazyness.

Installed back grill.


head unit.

Stock modified tweeter location(before)


During


Haven't taken any more pics since I've finished. The DQT is mounted under the drivers dash, the DDC(controller for DQT is in the glovebox. Trunk isn't finished yet since I ran out of vacation days.

[Eriksbug]

Now that's what I'm talkin bout!! Nice system. What kinda amps are you running?

[InjunDon]

1 Steg K2.04 it'll give me 620Wrms for the sub and 120Wrms for the components.

One of the few 4 chanel amps that are 2 ohm mono stable.

To give you an idea, here's a pic of the amps internals

[bugley]

Well here it is, I hope it works.

And more photos of other stuff here:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/bugley07