The equipment list will be:
-Alpine INA-W910 head unit, with bt, nav, usb, hd radio, and optical output.
-Alpine MRA-F350 digital amplifier, 50W x 5, with Dolby digital, prologic, and DTS decoding and 17 band P-eq with time alignment and seperate F/R/C/Sub x-overs as well, all controllable from the HU.
-The stock speakers will be retained for now, I will give them a chance with the bump in power and a clean signal. We'll see if they sound better. If not I have some Alpine components ready to go.
-Undecided on the sub. I might leave the stock amp powering it,or I might try a bigger amp. If either of those don't work out I will end up removing it in favour of a conventional box.
-Scosche daskit, harness and antenna adapter is ordered and on its way,
-optical cable from HU to amp is on its way,
-Pac steering wheel interface is already here.
I should be able to get a much better front stage with the Alpine setup. I had the amp in a previous install and having seperate eq's and crossovers for front, rear, and center makes a big difference in getting everything balanced out. As is, the poor center speaker isn't really adding anything to the front stage at all. As soon as all the necessary pieces get here, I'll be sure to post plenty of pics of the install and wiring.
Here's the stock amp for anyone who hasn't seen it:
Barely bigger than my hand!
And the Kizashi getting the upgrade:
