God I hate Audi right now

[aleicgrant]

for the love of god, I dont know why Audi does the things they do. I have a US 2009 TTS and replaced the factory nav with a Pioneer Z110. Killer unit but the problem is the remote turn on for the amps and thus speakers is NOW DIGITAL. You cant tap in a 12v constant. None of the harness makers are even aware of this and act as if I am crazy (well enfig tried to help). And its only in the US market. THANK YOU AUDI.

Two months and wasted dollars for nothing. what a frustration

Putting the whole thing up for sale in disgust

[Slicks]

Have you looked into going all aftermarket (speakers and amps)?

I'm firmly convinced there's not a stock system out there that will outperform the best or even moderate of aftermarket...

[aleicgrant]

i've considered it but I just didnt want to spend an extra 3grand to get it. I never thought a million years it would be this difficult. The TTS is in small numbers and the harness providers are in the UK and Germany. So this being a US only design change (which neither of them were aware of until I told them) they are not in any big rush to change the design that the rest of the world doesnt need..............

[Slicks]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2008-KICKER-ZX700-5-5-Channel-Car-Sub-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ230384963782QQcmdZViewItemQQptZ Car_Amplifiers?hash=item35a40390c6

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Alpine-V-12-MRV-F357-5-channel-car-amplifier-amp-4-SUB_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3ef98e1a58QQitemZ27 0474811992QQptZCarQ5fAmplifiers

or new-
http://cgi.ebay.com/KICKER-ZX-700-5-CHANNEL-CAR-AUDIO-STEREO-AMPLIFIER-AMP_W0QQitemZ380170659074QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCar_Am plifiers?hash=item5883efe502

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-JL-AUDIO-500-5-SLASH-SERIES-5-CHANNEL-CAR-AMPLIFIER_W0QQitemZ350259999688QQcmdZViewItemQQptZ Car_Amplifiers?hash=item518d1f73c8


Depends on your taste, but these are all decent 5 channel amps to run everything, including a sub. When it comes to speakers, I'm not sure of your sizes, but I'm sure you could keep front, rear, and a single 10" sub below $500 if you wanted, and RCA and power wires would be no more than $300 for good stuff.

I guess what I'm saying is that I've seen budget systems like this run less than $1,500 for something really good for the price, as long as you're ambitious enough to install yourself. You might even be able to keep all components below $1,000 if you go used w/ used amp (I would stay away from used speakers, however).

I used to stay far away from ebay-pieced systems, but in reality, they're quite a steal if you know what you're looking for. (Shit, that alpine 5-channel is only 50 bucks right now!)

[aleicgrant]

My system has 13 speakers in the car which makes the options challenging.

I am going to check those out and see what I can do

A friend just suggested looking at an Audison LRX 5.1 amp which when combined with their bitone is supposed to be amazing

[Slicks]

Haha, well obviously you wouldn't be utilizing all 13 spots. I find that a proper coaxial setup in the rear and a component setup in front work just fine, if not better.

...but again, it's all about personal taste.

GL either way