modular01

That's a rather hard question to answer.

In my case (which works great for me, and was very cost effective, as you will read)

I have a 4 Channel Sherwood 420W amplifier (given to me for free by a very good friend of mine), 2 12 inch Pioneer 450W peak subwoofers in a ported box (found while garbage picking, work perfectly), a Sony Xplod MP3 player with Subwoofer controller (rated 52 x 4 peak, more like 23 x 4 RMS), and a 1000W rated amplifier installation kit that I paid $10 for including shipping.

All together, wiring an amp and subs up in my car, including the cost of the head unit (which I've had for 2 years) and all associated speaker wire, harnesses, etc, cost me only $215. I mainly listen to Alternative and Metal, so it works great for my taste. Plus it's not too loud.

It all depends on what you listen to, what you are willing to spend, what you want to get out of the system, etc. What is your ballpark to spend? What type of vehicle is it going in? These are all important aspects that I need to ask in order to help you out.

str33t punk

it matters what you would like to spend..if you are willing to pay the price go for bose in my opinion is the best. i have a sony xplod amp(600 w) and sony xplod sub (800w) and am getting sony xplod deck(head unit with mp3 input) my back speakers are 140w kenwoods and front are still stock..just shop around

Gregisteredtrademark

Unfortunately Bose does not make any after market products they are all original equipment, so that is not even an option.

It all depends on what you want to spend. JL Audio subs with MB Quart mids and highs would kick a*s. Toss in an Eclipse head unit and your rockin. Add in HiFonics amps and you will crap your pants. But the bottom line is price. You can get a pretty basic system together for 800 bucks. But to do it right and get great performance you can easily spend a few grand on equipment alone. Good luck, check out this link.

MAXXSONICS HIFONICS CRUNCH AUTOTEK MB QUART