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Hey everyone...
I'm sure this topic has been done before but (incase anything new to the market) what rear speakers would people recommed - I still have the factory Alpines and want to upgrade for the summer! I'm also after some headlight cover (S1) where can you get them and how much?
Hope everyone enjoyed the sunny weekend - still have'nt gone topless myself but looking forward to the day!
Reubs
I'm sure this topic has been done before but (incase anything new to the market) what rear speakers would people recommed - I still have the factory Alpines and want to upgrade for the summer! I'm also after some headlight cover (S1) where can you get them and how much?
Hope everyone enjoyed the sunny weekend - still have'nt gone topless myself but looking forward to the day!
Reubs
You are quite limited in the S1 as the depth is quite shallow...some people use spacers and fit 6.5" speakers ...have a look on www.caraudiodirect.com at 6.5" co-axials up to £100 a pair (no point in spending more in an Elise)
to be honest, unless you have an external amp or a high power head unit (Alpine 60w jobbie) then there is more sound improvement to be gained by improving the enclosures themselves
Fit some XTC foam baffles, reinforce the rear bulkhead with Dynamat and fill the void with hollow fibre pillow stuffing etc...that will do more for the sound than spending £100 on a pair of speakers.
Also upgrade the headunit to a 4 x 60w jobbie (most powerful you can get without external amp)
to be honest, unless you have an external amp or a high power head unit (Alpine 60w jobbie) then there is more sound improvement to be gained by improving the enclosures themselves
Fit some XTC foam baffles, reinforce the rear bulkhead with Dynamat and fill the void with hollow fibre pillow stuffing etc...that will do more for the sound than spending £100 on a pair of speakers.
Also upgrade the headunit to a 4 x 60w jobbie (most powerful you can get without external amp)
I've spent all weekend fitting infinity pro's into my S2 111s. A right royal pain in the arse getting the back speaker behind the passenger door out but got there eventually.
Much improved sound, think I paid about 140 quid for 4 but well worth it. A good powerful headunit also helps considerably. I put in a new alpine with built in ipod interface for 180 quid does it a treat & has 1 thin cable poking out to put your ipod in.
Much improved sound, think I paid about 140 quid for 4 but well worth it. A good powerful headunit also helps considerably. I put in a new alpine with built in ipod interface for 180 quid does it a treat & has 1 thin cable poking out to put your ipod in.
Hi Reubens. I'm in the throes of upgrading the ICE in my S1 at the mo. I've already bought a pair of Kenwood KFC-PS1700P component speakers for the rear (£120 locally but you can save about £10 on the net). The bass/mid units are a bit deep but I've bought a couple of spacers to adapt from Halfords. I'm going to be adding a pair of tweeters to place up front and I've just ordered a Pioneer 6700 Head Unit from Car Audio Security on-line (£128 [or £225 from Halfords]). The display on this unit can be made to match the Stack. I'll also be sealing the rear speaker pods and lightly stuffing with wadding as per bogie's suggestion. Once that lots up and running I'll decide if a sub is needed. There's a really good recent thread on subs so I'll be looking there if necessary. BTW I went for components for the rear as it gives the option of moving the tweeters (front and rear) about to optimise the sound stage. I'm also getting tweeters that go lower than most (Pioneer and Infinity do some that pick up at 2500 Khz rather than the more normal 3.5/5 Khz). I'm hoping this will mean that leading edge of drum thwaks etc are picked up. I'll let you know how it all goes. Hope you have fun with yours. Cheers, Tim.
Infinity make some that fit.
The Infinity 5002i are 62mm deep and will fit if you use a spacer. I used the covers from the previous speakers as a spacer, works fine. They are 135 Watts and have a built in tweeter. Cost about £100 last year and they sound fine to me. The passenger seat will have to come out to fit them.
The Infinity 5002i are 62mm deep and will fit if you use a spacer. I used the covers from the previous speakers as a spacer, works fine. They are 135 Watts and have a built in tweeter. Cost about £100 last year and they sound fine to me. The passenger seat will have to come out to fit them.
Hi friends. I just know a good website about car audio, video, stereo accessories in UK. That website is www.dynamicsounds.co.uk. Can any body tell me the name of other good websites which pro
bogie said:
www.caraudiodirect.co.uk have always been good for me
Second that, great service amazing delivery speed, can't fault themFurther to my post above I've got my system set up nicely now.
I ended up with the Pioneer Head unit and Kenwood speakers for the rear and a pair of sony two way units at the front dropped into the dash in place of the outermost air vents. A small Aline self powered sub in the pax footwell completes the
set-up. Really pleased with the results. Lots of detail, plenty of volume (sufficient to hear music at 90plus roof on or off) and some sort of sound stage. Hi-fi it may not be but for about £450 it makes a good enough sound for the Elise.
I ended up with the Pioneer Head unit and Kenwood speakers for the rear and a pair of sony two way units at the front dropped into the dash in place of the outermost air vents. A small Aline self powered sub in the pax footwell completes the
set-up. Really pleased with the results. Lots of detail, plenty of volume (sufficient to hear music at 90plus roof on or off) and some sort of sound stage. Hi-fi it may not be but for about £450 it makes a good enough sound for the Elise.
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