99 camry LE complete audio upgrade(status update!)

[daveofstrength]

I have decided on the head unit/speakers/amp/dampening kit

HU - Pioneer DEH-P9800BT - http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_ID=4632

Front Components - Focal 165K2P - http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_id=3400

Rear coax - Focal 690-CV1 - http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_id=3109

Amp for speakers - JL Audio 450/4 - http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_id=5130

dampening - dynamat - (doors,panels,trunk, any other locations?) http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...date+Selection

i would like to utilize the aux option on the head unit or amp to use media player's headphone jacks, how should this be done?

All that is left now is a good subwoofer and an amp for the subwoofer...
I hear one quality 12'' should be more than enough for non-competition/recreational...

What am i missing here besides an amp kit, additional adapters, wires, cables...etc?

i honestly do not think i can do all this myself so i ran into this link for the nations top 50 and 100 retail shops/installers - http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/672...100-installers

Is it possible to just buy all the gear and have a shop just install it?(since i am pretty certain that shops will cost more for product) or is that generally frowned upon since they would like for you to buy the products from their shops? I am from illinois so i will be looking at IL locations on that list...

How much should i be looking at for installation/labor in general?

Finally i think i am nearly complete in the product selections(feel free to put out suggestions... etc for posted items) thank you!

[Blackhawk3D]

yes you can do that, but at that point you might as well have bought everything from the shop, cause I think they'll charge you more for labor if you don't buy everything from them. JL is great stuff, good choice. If you can afford it, their top of the line subs are awesome, but their lower end stuff isn't worth the price IMHO.

[Black95Cam]

since your gonna let a shop do the install. go talk to them and see if they can give you deal.

i.e. take a quote from for the installation and add it the all the stuff you bought. then see if you can get a deal around the prices range.

[xet]

sounds like a good setup, I would personally go with raamat or second skin or something else than dynaamat which is pretty overpriced

[daveofstrength]

Originally Posted by xet

sounds like a good setup, I would personally go with raamat or second skin or something else than dynaamat which is pretty overpriced

thank you, dampening is just material that can be custom cut to fit what is being dampened right? is it sewn on or bolted or something?

[merenjay]

To utilize the auxillary input of your Pioneer head unit, get one of these... (use a mini stereo to dual RCA adapter)

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...B10&c=3&tp=653


Let us know how those component speakers sound. I saw them on ebay and was quite interested, wondering if they are worth the price.

[daveofstrength]

Originally Posted by merenjay

To utilize the auxillary input of your Pioneer head unit, get one of these... (use a mini stereo to dual RCA adapter)

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...B10&c=3&tp=653


Let us know how those component speakers sound. I saw them on ebay and was quite interested, seemed decent for the price.

thanks, i dont see a 3.5mm(right size) headphone thingie though?

[Blackhawk3D]

I still say dynamat is a ripoff. Look up second skin audio.

[merenjay]

Originally Posted by daveofstrength

thanks, i dont see a 3.5mm(right size) headphone thingie though?

You'll need one of these...

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search

[built2burn]

it would be much better idea if you atleast did the sound damp yourself b/c that would cost an arm and a leg. imo you should just take your time and do it yourself and maybe get a friend to help unless you know the installer or you trust them enough not to fuck up that stuff up.

sound damp just sticks on.

[daveofstrength]

Originally Posted by built2burn

it would be much better idea if you atleast did the sound damp yourself b/c that would cost an arm and a leg. imo you should just take your time and do it yourself and maybe get a friend to help unless you know the installer or you trust them enough not to fuck up that stuff up.

sound damp just sticks on.

im going off of that list of nations top 50 retailers/ top 100 installers - http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/672...100-installers

bob carson of ray's electronics... ill play it by ear when i pay that store a visit tomorrow

[Blackhawk3D]

for the aux in, my Pioneer just has a miniplug jack on the back of the HU so a straight mini to mini cable did the trick. Drilled a hole in the back of the storage slot that's under the radio and it comes out there now.

[daveofstrength]

Originally Posted by Blackhawk3D

for the aux in, my Pioneer just has a miniplug jack on the back of the HU so a straight mini to mini cable did the trick. Drilled a hole in the back of the storage slot that's under the radio and it comes out there now.

so you can utilize that with any media player with a headphone jack for audio correct?

[Blackhawk3D]

yup. I have an ipod and bought the ipod dock connector, best sound quality and convenience booster ever! routed it into the glovebox, so I can leave the iPod in there and control everything from the deck with the remote. For me, it'd be worth getting an ipod just for that as compared to other media players. I'm not sure, but some media players may be able to do artist and album sorting and all that with any USB storage, but I'm not sure. The Pioneer Ipod system is about as slick as it gets.