Need some help with audio upgrades (1 Viewer)

[slyx]

Hey everyone, I found a few threads on this forum about speaker replacements on their GXs, but haven’t found anyone that has done a full system replacement yet. Maybe I haven’t looked hard enough, but as of now nothing.

I am looking to do a full system (except my rear doors) upgrade on my 2005 GX470 Non-Nav Non-ML. I’m a complete noob when it comes to car audio, so I’ve been doing some research on different threads & have come up with a few components I think would work. Still very uneasy in this topic, so any help/feedback would be greatly appreciated.

What I’ve come up with so far is replacing the front door tweeters & lower door speakers, adding a CarPlay unit, a 10” sub (space isn’t a concern for me as I don’t use too much of my trunk) with a 1.65 CuFT enclosure, and a mono amp for my sub & 4ch for the speakers. And my main priority is sound quality that can be loud, but mainly quality over loudness.

Debating on 2 head units if anyone has experience with either, it’d help

Head unit: Sony XAV-AX5500 & Joying 9” GX/Prado Unit

Tweeters: Image Dynamics XS-28

Lower Door: Morel Maximo 6 6.5” Components

Sub: Image Dynamics IDQ10 V.4 D4

Amp: No idea yet, need some help in this area

 

[slyx]

Hey everyone, I found a few threads on this forum about speaker replacements on their GXs, but haven’t found anyone that has done a full system replacement yet. Maybe I haven’t looked hard enough, but as of now nothing.

I am looking to do a full system (except my rear doors) upgrade on my 2005 GX470 Non-Nav Non-ML. I’m a complete noob when it comes to car audio, so I’ve been doing some research on different threads & have come up with a few components I think would work. Still very uneasy in this topic, so any help/feedback would be greatly appreciated.

What I’ve come up with so far is replacing the front door tweeters & lower door speakers, adding a CarPlay unit, a 10” sub (space isn’t a concern for me as I don’t use too much of my trunk) with a 1.65 CuFT enclosure, and a mono amp for my sub & 4ch for the speakers. And my main priority is sound quality that can be loud, but mainly quality over loudness.

Debating on 2 head units if anyone has experience with either, it’d help

Head unit: Sony XAV-AX5500 & Joying 9” GX/Prado Unit

Tweeters: Image Dynamics XS-28

Lower Door: Morel Maximo 6 6.5” Components

Sub: Image Dynamics IDQ10 V.4 D4

Amp: No idea yet, need some help in this area

Scrap the Image Dynamics tweeters, I’ll just use the ones that come with the Maximo 6s

 

[ericm979]

Check club lexus for audio info. There's a lot for the 460.

 

[r2m]

Too bad you didn't get the ML system. Unless you're into bleeding eardrums, ridiculously loud sub-harmonic bass, etc. the ML system sounds great to me.
Albeit, I'm not an audio aficionado or audiophile but I do sometimes enjoy some good music at a full volume. Note: at full volume is a volume where the instruments should sound if seated next to an orchestra pit without amplification. Not full volume meaning everything is cranked to 100% volume.
Just an FYI my music styles range from:

• 60- 70's rock: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Niel Young, Jimi Hendrix, Blind Faith, etc. None of that McCarthy pop stuff.
• Baroque classical: string quartets and quintets, requiems, etc., Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Philipp Telemann, etc.
• Celtic: general bagpipe tunes (reels, hornpipes, jigs, etc.) Wicked Tinkers, The Chieftains, 7 Nations, etc.
• Bluegrass Gospel: Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, etc.
• Blues: Southern deep raw like Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Darrel Mansfield, etc. None of that northern Chicago fusion style.
• Country Swing: Of course Bob Wills (king of country swing!), Asleep at the Wheel, Adolph Hofner, Tex Williams, etc.
• Christian coffee house, which is generally Christian acoustic.
• 40's swing and big band