What Hifi?

[Ladders]

Thinking of upgradeing my speakers

 

It was the thought a while ago that the Kenwood Dual Mag's were the best to go for!

 

Is it the same case now?

 

Dave

[malbon]

end of the day you are never going to get a great sound from the speakers. for bass you are going to need a tube or sub.

 

When I upgraded my headunit tho it made a real difference to the sound. I couldnt believe the paper alpines had it in them.

 

anything better than standard is good tho. Infinity Kappas always get good ratings if you can get them in the right size - which is the defining problem - depth.

[MattyB]

Will be lucky to get Dual Mags now, they've stopped making them...

[Scott_Mac]

Yup, you'll only get the Kenwoods from ebay... Malbon is right though, your best bet is to fit a small sub behind the seats and then AFAIK JBL do some components that drop straight in - i've then mounted my tweeters up front.

 

There is a big thread on SELOC about this in the tech forum - i've contributed there, as have others with pics etc.

 

If you're going to be at the meet on the 27th, have a listen to mine (incl through the iPod) and you'll see what you can achieve for very little outlay. I paid £40 for a small sub, £60 for some rear speakers (then built some spacers to fit them in) and £12 for some tweeters. Sounds very good (relatively speaking) and is loud enough to (just) hear it at about 100mph - it used to be easier to hear, then i got a 135 head

[mambosasa]

Thinking of upgradeing my speakers

 

It was the thought a while ago that the Kenwood Dual Mag's were the best to go for!

 

Is it the same case now?

 

Dave

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I was given a Pioneer DEH-P80MP head unit as a Christmas present which is pretty good and can play MP3s. The only down side was that the standard speakers could not take the power ( 60W per channel). So three days ago I swapped them out with Kenwood KFC-PSR700 dual mags.

 

These are 200W Max, two way speakers and appart from being light as feather, they produce fantastic sound.

 

Be aware that these are 17cm so slightly larger than the originals, however, by using spacers and a little fiddling about, they did eventually fit.

 

I got them from Vison Car Audio, 46 New John St West, Newtown,B19 3NB (Tel:0121 359 8885)

 

I hope that helps.

 

Bis.

[Ladders]

Subwoofer - never!

 

All I want is some decent componant speakers with tweeters to fit on the dash

 

Had a search for the kenwoods but no luck on ebay.

 

Yeah, i'd be interested to hear your set-up scott.

 

Already got a decent head unit - just the pants speakers that let it down

[ade]

Scott - I've got some pioneer 160's sitting about doing nothing so I tried to fit them with some spacers on. Trouble is the drivers' seatbelt gets caught between the spacer and body panel - any advice much appreciated.

 

For what it's worth, I've just installed an Infinity sub in the boot, great base response for the size, although it does sound rather loud from the outside.

[Steve J]

Where the hell have you got all this cash from recently Dave? You seem to be doing loads on the Elise. Know anything about a £25M heist or accociated with the IRA?

[Ladders]

eh? I've spent about £4 on a jetwash so far this year on it! What you on about?

[bermudabob]

A jetwash?

 

I have to lick mine clean....

[Ladders]

Why?

 

Novelty not worn off yet!

[Steve J]

Thought you were doing all this stuff to the car, can't find the posts now.

I can however prove you spent at least £50 this year (being and Auditor and all).

[bermudabob]

after the cost of the car, insuring it and a decent cover (no garage),

 

licking it is the cheapest way to keep it clean...

 

and anyhow, I like the taste..

[Ladders]

I can however prove you spent at least £50 this year (being and Auditor and all).

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Go on then!

[Ladders]

and anyhow, I like the taste..   

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If you like Badgers you could lick scotts car!