Where to get a decent car audio system in okc?

[44minimum]

My little nephew is determined to ruin his hearing I guess, so I'm going to help him. He wants a new stereo, amp, subwoofer and speaker system for his extended cab pickup. He knows nothing about any of that and at the moment, I am not a great deal better. I don't have any experience with amps, crossovers, and subwoofers. I do know the right questions to ask however.

Where is a good place to go so that we can speak to knowledgeable people and have them help us pick out a basic, decently loud system? It would be wonderful if they were located in Midwest City, but a shop in Oklahoma City would work also. Most likely he will need to have the system installed.

 

[gfercaks33]

How serious is he wanting to go? Also what kind of truck does he have? I installed a touch screen DVD head unit in my truck in about 3 1/2 hours las week end and put a sub in in about 30 min a while ago. I have a jvc head unit with a 10" kicker sub and ken wood amp an it sounds pretty good. Kicker has a 10" sub that comes in a box that fits nicely in my silverado under the back seat for around $150.

As for stores the installers (not show room) people at best buy have always been helpful to me.

 

[zseese]

Best Buy or Audio Plus are both good places to go. If you would like a chance to do it yourself, then research and buy on crutchfield.com, also a great resource.

 

[44minimum]

Well, I talked to him last night and he is convinced that he wants dual 12 inch sub woofers and a big enough amp to make it sound good. He would actually like an amp loud enough to make his truck bounce up and down as he drives along but he doesn't have the budget for that. He doesn't want to spend more than $600, so he might be facing some tough choices. Kicker makes one that has dual subwoofers and a built in amp, that might be the way to go. Apparently it only has one main wire to hook up but I don't know if it hooks into the fuse box or directly to the buttery or what, I don't know how easy it would be. I can find no reviews on this particular model either, I don't know if it is a brand new product or what. And his truck is a Silverado extended cab, 1997 I believe. There just aren't near as many stereo shops around as there used to be.

 

[zseese]

Well, I talked to him last night and he is convinced that he wants dual 12 inch sub woofers and a big enough amp to make it sound good. He would actually like an amp loud enough to make his truck bounce up and down as he drives along but he doesn't have the budget for that. He doesn't want to spend more than $600, so he might be facing some tough choices. Kicker makes one that has dual subwoofers and a built in amp, that might be the way to go. Apparently it only has one main wire to hook up but I don't know if it hooks into the fuse box or directly to the buttery or what, I don't know how easy it would be. I can find no reviews on this particular model either, I don't know if it is a brand new product or what. And his truck is a Silverado extended cab, 1997 I believe. There just aren't near as many stereo shops around as there used to be.

Amplifiers connect with a power wire straight from the battery with a 30-40 amp in line fuse (a foot from the battery or so) and a comparable gauge ground cable (4-8 gauge for what you are looking at doing) to a seat bolt or something similar (usually). Then it will need a turn on lead (usually connects to the power antenna wire from the radio, usually orange, or a turn on lead from the radio, usually blue. Then it will need RCA cables or in line wires from the rear speaker leads from the radio, depending on what the radio offers). Its really easy to install, just run the cables under the door sills and behind the rear seat. Like I said before, you can look up the step by step instructions from a place like crutchfield. I have installed (many moons ago) 4-5 systems in vehicles and if you study up and get the correct parts before hand, it can be done in 3 hours or so. I always soldered my speaker connections, although twist connectors or butt connectors will work too...