Stereo upgrade 2007 Porsche turbo help....

[deant222]

Hi,

I am putting a bluetooth kit in my car and wanted to see if anyone has upgraded speakers / the stereo. The sound is pretty poor compared to more modern units.

Any thoughts?

[IMIA]

Mines had a cat wailing in the back through its Boso system since new lol

[deant222]

The sound is pretty poor eh?

[IMIA]

deant222 said:

The sound is pretty poor eh?

Fraid so. A joke actually!

[d11fdj]

Would also be keen to examine options - I have a 997.2 with Sound Plus (non Bose) and the sound is absolutely awful... Thinking of taking it the crew in Park Royal for options - any ideas?

[deant222]

anybody changed out tweeters? put additional amplifier in there?

[jbmxx]

I've used the company below with a great deal of success, first with an X5 and then my 997 GT2 (I have no affiliations to them at all, just a very pleased customer!)

http://www.audiofile-incar.co.uk/index.php?option=...

[jakesmith]

I used Audiophile Incar too for my 997. Very good service. They did the following:

• New double din Pioneer bluetooth nav unit
• JL 5 channel amp in front boot
• Focal components in front door replacing crappy paper ones (kept Bose subs in door)
• de-amped the bose subwoofer & drove it from the JL amp instead
• Put dynamat in frontdoors to improve perfomance
• Drive rears for fill in from head unit's amp

It sounds about a million times better now than the disgraceful Bose rubbish, but to be honest still not amazing simply due to the size of the cabin in the car.
Cost about £2.5k

[TheAnimal]

Nice one Jake... Mine was a bit more expensive but gives you an idea of what is possible. That said people like Auto Audio can work to your budget - Bose and Porsche's other stereos are awful and your ears deserve better!

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=112...

[jakesmith]

TheAnimal said:

Nice one Jake... Mine was a bit more expensive but gives you an idea of what is possible. That said people like Auto Audio can work to your budget - Bose and Porsche's other stereos are awful and your ears deserve better!

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=112...

Agree with that bro... you don't realise how bad Bose is till you rip it out & burn it!
The best system I've had to date was in my Golf GTi, wasn't hugely expensive but there was the space & air in the car to fit what I really wanted.

My friend just spent £7k at Auto Audio on his SL55, put in Morel speakers, custom sub etc, like your system, sounds amazing, not that he can tell, using Spotify over 4G FFS!!!