Golf mkIV sound system

[georgep]

where would i put the 6x9s. on the rear console?

[georgep]

so what do you think the cheapest and best sounding system i can get. with quality?

[Swallowtail]

so what do you think the cheapest and best sounding system i can get. with quality?

LOL... you can pick cheap... or quality. Your choice. And what $ is "cheap" to you?

[team_v]

Why not go to your local jb hi-fi or car audi place and see what they have???

There is no use in us telling you what we think is the best if we don't know what you have access to and how much you want to spend per item for quality.

[DAS AUTO]

A very hard question to answer.
You can have cheap and you can have quality sound. It also seems that as you are talking 15inch subs you want loud, head turning from 100+ meters away. Again not cheap and quality…….well to have quality sound to match the bass output of a 15inch sub you are going to again need a heap of speakers\amps and cash.
If you want to have a decent system that is reasonably cheap then stick with a high powered head unit (Can’t go wrong with Alpine), upgraded front speakers (Jaycar have arguably best bang for buck splits) and a small (8 or 10 inch) sub and amp. Some sound deadening in the front doors helps too but is not essential as VWs are a lot more solid than other makes.
Keeping it small saves on amplification and needing to run massive power cables down the side of your car. It also keep the usable space of the boot high with little room anywhere else in the car for big amps. I used to go under the seat in other cars I had systems in but in a Golf that’s a no go.

Id’s search the classifieds and the car audio forums for some decent second hand gear as there are some good bargain out there. Especially for people upgrading amps and head units.

Here are a few pics of my system. The doof part anyway. (JL-Audio dual coil 10inch, MTX 400WRMS) It shows that you can have the bass without the loosing too much space that it still big enough for most people. The Golf being a hatch gets great bass loading and I can easily get the rearview mirror moving so I can’t see the people behind me.

[georgep]

thanks heaps mate. thats very helpfull. so under the seats is a no go.

[4wheelmotion]

nice boot job:banana mate

[G-rig]

just go and have a look at a few audio shops (and ask questions) and get a basic idea first, you'll find out more than asking a few one line questions on here (with no budget)..

$2-3k may be a nice reasonable budget, no point going too overboard with car (audio like i did ).

[pat_ballam08]

umm ill just throw my 2 cents in... from my experience, putting 6x9's in and a sub generally screws with the quality of your bass from the sub as 6x9's are primarily a bass speaker (just my opinion once again).

if it were me doing it, id go with a 6.5" component, gives you the nice high end sound and lets the sub handle the bass without being distorted by the speakers also trying to push out bass.

MY personal fav brands are Rockford Fosgate for speakers and subs (expensive) or alpine speakers and JL Audio for subs... Can't really go wrong with any 3 of them even with the cheap stuff.

Hope that helped

[SpeciP3]

Yeah mate a lot of the above is right.
You want a good quality headunit and splits (Alpine or eclipse for HU and focal or JBL for splits), 6x9's are ok but if you're going to run a sub, then after a while you'll notice a difference in sound quality from sub to 6x9's.

From experience, the mk4 standard speakers are pretty good, so you could look at replacing the fronts and simply fade out the rears a little (if you don't have many people in the back that is).
That way you can crank your sub and have some great sound without paying for unnecessary rears. a 15 inch sub is probably too big also for a golf, go with either a 12 or 2 10's, make sure you go DVC for a single 12, sounds tough!

goodluck with it mate, and remember spend the money the first time otherwise you'll be buyin it twice