Help for an Audio Noob, what to buy? Options

[jgreening]

I like classic rock, jazz and classical music. I want to improve sound quality in the convertible and I want to spend no more than $400. I already have a very nice aftermarket head unit. It is the DXZ645MP from Clarion. Here is a link:

Clarion Head Unit

I don't need big bass. I also do not want big enclosures that take up my entire trunk. What should I spend the money on?

[Coomer]

I'd probably go with something like this:

Hifonics ZX6400 - Probably $150-200 on eBay
CDT CL61a - $150 from TheZeb

With the extra $50-100, you could buy the cables and wire that you'll need, along with some sound deadener, which you'll definitely need in the doors with those components in there. And depending on how much money is left over, you could buy the materials to start building a fiberglass sub box.

And then, when you get some extra money, you could by an Adire Shiva 12" sub(Don't listen to the haters who'll tell you that a 12" sub can't have excellent SQ. ) for $100-125, or an Image Dynamics IDQ, or something along those lines, and then put that in your fiberglass sub enclosure that you could build, and you'd have a pretty good system.

Oh, and I wouldn't touch the rear speakers...I'm not a fan of rear fill at all and I think that the entire sound stage being up front sounds better, but maybe that's just me.