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Oh, forgot, I would also like a few more exclamation points and question marks in this thread title.

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[quote=saden1;768742]I don't want anything in particular though I would happily accept anything...especially a tree planted in my name.[/quote]

Yea, I know what kind of tree you want planted.

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[quote=firstdown;769185]Yea, I know what kind of tree you want planted.

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That's racist yo. We don't all light up.

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[quote=firstdown;769185]Yea, I know what kind of tree you want planted.

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Hey! How the hell did you get in my closet???? ;)

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[quote=itvnetop;769026]Hmmm, how much is the Bose upgrade total? I got my whip hooked up for the first time ever through a car audio joint earlier this year. Even if that upgrade is no more than $500, you can get a decent amp and a couple pairs of two-ways that would cost around that with installation. I'd guarantee it'd sound much better than Bose. After you pay your car off and you're interested in that kind of stuff, start looking into brands like Rockford Fosgate, Boston, Infinity and JL.[/quote]

To be clear, I leased a new Altima this fall, I didn't buy it. I'm friends with the owner/GM of Chevy Chase Cars, so he hooked me up nicely. I don't remember how much total the audio package was, but I'm only paying $8/month extra. It's a 36 month lease, so I guess $288? I'd have to pull out all the paperwork to know the exact amount. Pretty good deal I'd say.

I'm very familiar with the other brands you mentioned. In my early 20's, I was really into car audio systems. I decked out my old 1999 Acura CL (It was 2001 at the time, so it was a sweet ride) with a Rockford Fostgate system. It really kicked.

Bose must have some deal with Nissan, because it's the only option for a "premium audio package."

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[quote=GMScud;768993][B]My wife and I decided[/B] this year that rather than spend a bunch of money buying gifts to exchange, we're going to jointly spend the money on some upgrades to our place. A new TV stand, dining room table, and bedroom set are going to be our X-mas gifts to each other.

She and her twin sister have their birthday on the 23rd (Thursday), so I've got some stuff lined up for them. The wife wants a gift card to Victoria's Secret and a pair of running shoes (easy enough) and my sis-in-law is a total tech geek, so she's easy to please with a quick trip to Best Buy.

All I asked for is a few Blu-Rays and a new beard-trimmer (love sporting the scruff during winter). I bought two new TV's and a new car this year, so I'm more focused on giving this holiday season.[/quote]

Stop playing...she said "jump" and you said "high dear?" Mine is trying to get rid of my perfectly fine bachelor furniture and "we" both decided "we" would.

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As a family we are sponsoring a family that we will buy some presents for the kids and something for them to give to mom and dad. We also buy them food for a christmas dinner and other esentials. When we all chip in we spend around $400 to $500 and its only $50 per family to make these kids christmas a happy one.

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[quote=firstdown;769391]As a family we are sponsoring a family that we will buy some presents for the kids and something for them to give to mom and dad. We also buy them food for a christmas dinner and other esentials. When we all chip in we spend around $400 to $500 and its only $50 per family to make these kids christmas a happy one.[/quote]

That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.

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[quote=mredskins;769054]Bose are good but I rather have Polk any day when it comes to home theater.

Back in the day when I worked in Marriott sales , Bose was one of my clients. they built their own mountain to place their headquarters on top in Framingham Mass. It is so sick! They have all these different demo rooms set up and stuff.

[URL="http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/about/directions/index.jsp"]About Bose - Directions to Bose[/URL][/quote]

For car audio also. Polk Audio made the best subs I ever had in a car (had JBL, Kenwood, Rockford Fosgate, many other brands). Polks hit the cleanest and hardest. The best were a pair of 10s in a bandpass box...people thought I had 15s. They were incredible.

Bose is good for home, but they're nothing special for cars. They're often installed as "premium" or upgraded factory systems. They usually have a small factory amp that allows them to sound better than the factory system. So yeah, they're a lot better than the base stock system, but I'd never upgrade to one. My wife's car had a Monsoon system from the factory, it thumped for a stock radio, but I've since replaced it with a Blaupunkt HU and Pioneer speakers (they're cheap) and it sounds better.

My favorite brands for car audio:

Subs - Polk Audio, prefer 10s for clarity, still plenty of bass
HU - Blaupunkt or Alpine, Eclipse is good too
Speakers - Infinity (have in my car) or Pioneer if on budget
Amps - Have had Alpines and Kenwood that were good, but the best bang-for-the-buck is California Amps made by Profile. They're very underrated and are awesome performers, especially for subs. Had one of these back in the day, still my favorite of all I owned. Was bulletproof too, survived 2 car accidents (nether my fault) and still kicked.
[IMG]http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchfield.com/graphics/roadtest/grasmick/grasmick_amps.jpg[/IMG]


Now they look more like this:
[IMG]http://www.electronixwarehouse.com/graphics/sgl-prod/amps/profile/california-lg-sp.GIF[/IMG]


And of course, I always did my own installs.

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[quote=SmootSmack;769461]That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.[/quote]

Wow...I hope the baby and mother are both safe for you too. Even in an ordinary pregnancy, it's still a nonstop worry until the baby is actually born. The protective parenting instincts kick in before birth.

Please keep us updated, hopefully with positive news.

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[quote=saden1;769323]Stop playing...she said "jump" and you said "high dear?" Mine is trying to get rid of my perfectly fine bachelor furniture and "we" both decided "we" would.[/quote]

Actually, believe or not it was my idea. Her birthday is two days before Xmas, so she's already getting some gifts from me for that. We're looking to buy a house next fall, so we need to be upgrading/buying more furniture anyway. Honestly, I'm psyched to get a new TV stand. The one we're using now for a largest TV is too small. Looks silly in the living room. We're still renting, so I'm not going to wall-mount. Too much of a pain to fix when we move out.

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[quote=SmootSmack;769461]That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.[/quote]

Here's hoping you have a happy and healthy holiday season, and more importantly, and healthy little one this spring.

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I want to see that little hipster Best Buy elf get knocked off, Sopranos style. Condescending POS! Man I'm filled with the Christmas spirit.
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[quote=saden1;769226]That's racist yo. We don't all light up.[/quote]

It's not about being black, it's about being in the pacific northwest. ;-)

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[quote=Dirtbag359;769585]I want to see that little hipster Best Buy elf get knocked off, Sopranos style. Condescending POS! Man I'm filled with the Christmas spirit.
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You KNOW he knows about technology because of his glasses! YAY stereotypes.

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[quote=SmootSmack;769461]That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.[/quote]

Really hope things get better. Would be the best Christmas present ever for you man.

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[quote=SmootSmack;769461]That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.[/quote]

Pulling for you guys, buddy.

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[quote=SmootSmack;769461]That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.[/quote]

Sorry I had no clue about your wife and her pregnancy. I will keep you guys in my thoughts and please keep us updated.

We actually decide not to sponsor a family this year and instead we are going to donate the money to a battered womens home that is having financial problems. They are actually to the point of having to close their doors so we are donating to them and asking friends to do the same. The club I'm in is going to do a quick vote tonight at our Christmas party to donate some money to the home.

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[quote=SmootSmack;769461]That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.[/quote]

best wishes my man

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[quote=SmootSmack;769461]That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.[/quote]

Wow man,5 relatives,thats frickin terrible.Good luck to you and your wife and my prayers are with your family.

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[quote=Buster;769462]For car audio also. Polk Audio made the best subs I ever had in a car (had JBL, Kenwood, Rockford Fosgate, many other brands). Polks hit the cleanest and hardest. The best were a pair of 10s in a bandpass box...people thought I had 15s. They were incredible.

Bose is good for home, but they're nothing special for cars. They're often installed as "premium" or upgraded factory systems. They usually have a small factory amp that allows them to sound better than the factory system. So yeah, they're a lot better than the base stock system, but I'd never upgrade to one. My wife's car had a Monsoon system from the factory, it thumped for a stock radio, but I've since replaced it with a Blaupunkt HU and Pioneer speakers (they're cheap) and it sounds better.

My favorite brands for car audio:

Subs - Polk Audio, prefer 10s for clarity, still plenty of bass
HU - Blaupunkt or Alpine, Eclipse is good too
Speakers - Infinity (have in my car) or Pioneer if on budget
Amps - Have had Alpines and Kenwood that were good, but the best bang-for-the-buck is California Amps made by Profile. They're very underrated and are awesome performers, especially for subs. Had one of these back in the day, still my favorite of all I owned. Was bulletproof too, survived 2 car accidents (nether my fault) and still kicked.
[IMG]http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchfield.com/graphics/roadtest/grasmick/grasmick_amps.jpg[/IMG]


Now they look more like this:
[IMG]http://www.electronixwarehouse.com/graphics/sgl-prod/amps/profile/california-lg-sp.GIF[/IMG]


And of course, I always did my own installs.[/quote]

Are you kidding me? California Amps are cheapest on the market, got roll Orion when it comes to amps.

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What a great thread.

For me, I don't want anything for x-mas, except to have my whole family except for my mother together one last time before my brother ships off for Parris Island in January.

And I'm getting that, so I'm happy. I'd like to have my mom there too, but since the parents are divorced that ain't happening.

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[quote=mredskins;771056]Are you kidding me? California Amps are cheapest on the market, got roll Orion when it comes to amps.[/quote]
Hence the "bang-for-the-buck" comment. They perform very well for little $$.


Pyramids are the cheapest...and crap. :D

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[quote=Buster;771445]Hence the "bang-for-the-buck" comment. They perform very well for little $$.


Pyramids are the cheapest...and crap. :D[/quote]


Ok we really should have had this discussion say 16 years ago but anyways from my experiences with them they never lasted longer then a month. And the feedback they sent through the speakers was so bad it made the PA system in my High School sound like IMAX theater.

In my area back in the day if you were rocking CA Amps folks were laughing at you. I rather roll stock then CA Amps any day.

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With all this talk of car audio systems I've decided I want to upgrade my car audio system. Any suggestions? I was looking at the [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-DNX9960-eXcelon-Navigation-Bluetooth/dp/B003FNDSZI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1292964661&sr=8-5"]Kenwood DNX-9960[/ame]. I have Bose speakers in my car and I rather like them so all I'm looking for is a in-dash system with navigation, Bluetooth and video playback.

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[quote=saden1;771471]With all this talk of car audio systems I've decided I want to upgrade my car audio system. Any suggestions? I was looking at the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-DNX9960-eXcelon-Navigation-Bluetooth/dp/B003FNDSZI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1292964661&sr=8-5"]Kenwood DNX-9960[/URL]. I have Bose speakers in my car and I rather like them so all I'm looking for is a in-dash system with navigation, Bluetooth and video playback.[/quote]

I have a Kenwood head unit and it's always my favorite brand. They're going to make the Bose speakers sound awesome, but for some reason Kenwood always gets a little tinny for me. Are you going to use an amp?

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[quote=SmootSmack;769461]That's awesome

All I want for Christmas is a healthy child. As many of you know, my wife is expecting our first child this spring, and it's been unfortunately a challenging pregnancy. Honestly it's very touch and go right now. I've already lost 5 relatives this year, not sure how much more loss I can take. So my parents, in-laws, etc. have asked me what I want for Christmas and I really can't think of a single thing. Really nothing matters other than this baby.[/quote]


Will be praying for you SmootSmack.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;771518]I have a Kenwood head unit and it's always my favorite brand. They're going to make the Bose speakers sound awesome, but for some reason Kenwood always gets a little tinny for me. Are you going to use an amp?[/quote]

I was planning on using the amp that comes with the Bose.

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[quote=saden1;771626]I was planning on using the amp that comes with the Bose.[/quote]


You might want to buy your head unit through Crutchfeild then becasue in order to do that you will need a special wire harness.

The in car Bose amp most likely has the power and remote wires in a harness and the speaker wires in a separate harness.

If memory serves me correct and times have change since I did my last install but Bose system cars you basically had to work around their amps and head units becasue of the wiring.

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[quote=saden1;771626]I was planning on using the amp that comes with the Bose.[/quote]

check the amp and speaker specs

sometimes they speakers will be at a higher resistance (in ohms) and the amps may run hot/become damaged, etc if you add in typical aftermarket speakers (typically around 4 ohms)

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anyways.. finally got a new laptop and replaced my lost phone