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[GilesAMorse]

Hello all,

The standard stereo on my 993 cabriolet is shagged and want to get something that I can hear with the roof down at 90. Has anyone replaced their system or know of any good specialists? I'd ideally use the same speaker sizes etc. as I'm not really one for replacing the back seats with a subwoofer.

Thanks in advance.

Giles

[rlw]

Something to hear with the roof down at 90 - try Milltek, or Cargraphic or maybe just get some RSRs and sport cats.......

[ADDLED]

GilesAMorse said:

The standard stereo on my 993 cabriolet is shagged and want to get something that I can hear with the roof down at 90.

A pair of Sennheiser surround cans? But I agree with rlw; with the roof down on my targa I had this annoying noise that i tracked down to the speakers. Pushed the 'off' button on the stereo, stomped the loud pedal, and it was replaced with a lovely snarling howling sound.
Dont they sound great when you give it some beans!

[chinoloco]

+1

replace the stereo head unit with a pipe coming straight from the exhaust.

seriously, I'd like to replace speakers on my targa too, can't hear jack sh1t over 80mph, if anyone knows what to replace them with that would be great. i asked at halfords and they said 'put an amp in the back'. :/

[CraigW]

I had a small kenwood custom sub install in my 89 targa, behind the drivers seat, not that I want the kicking bass but it gives decent depth to the sound, then had kenwood uprated speakers in the doors. Its punchy enough at motorway speeds with roof off

[robmug]

Infinity speakers in the doors; straight swap (in my 964) and I went up a size too (the standard speakers are actually smaller than the aperture and have a plastic surround to make up the difference).

I put Infinity speakers in the rear too..not sure what options you have in the 993 cab.

I have Pioneer head unit, but most head units are pretty good these days (ie no need for seperate amplifier)

[Bish]

Speak to Greg at Auto Audio and say that Mike Bishop told you to call an he will giv you a good deal. 020 8838 8838.

Cheers.

[inkyboy360]

Pheonix Gold Amp and CD changer up front in the bonnet, running Focal mids and tweets in the doors and Boston accoustics in the rear shelf, cost around 1-2k installed pro, but boy what a sound!!

You won't regret it!

[GilesAMorse]

Bish said:

Speak to Greg at Auto Audio and say that Mike Bishop told you to call an he will giv you a good deal. 020 8838 8838.

Thanks Mike - I'll give them a bell. Do you know what sort of money it's going to be for a new head unit and replacement speakers or is that a daft question?

Giles

[Silver993tt]

Why are you bothering with a CD exchanger? If it's a 10 CD changer, that's 100-200 tracks. You also have to burn copies of the CDs (or keep swapping out the Cds if you only have one copy).

Install an Ipod (or MP3 interface) and then you can have 10,000's of tracks, save space in the front compartment and take the music with you when you leave the car. The quality will be fantastic, no skips due to sever bumps in the road and ypu'll get full control from the head unit

[Police State]

Silver993tt said:

Why are you bothering with a CD exchanger? If it's a 10 CD changer, that's 100-200 tracks. You also have to burn copies of the CDs (or keep swapping out the Cds if you only have one copy).

Install an Ipod (or MP3 interface) and then you can have 10,000's of tracks, save space in the front compartment and take the music with you when you leave the car. The quality will be fantastic, no skips due to sever bumps in the road and ypu'll get full control from the head unit

good advice, I took my sony 10 CD box out and just use an MP3 now, the only (slight) drawback with mp3 is unless you use least/uncompressed mp3 format, the sound suffers a little, though if you find 3rd gear and raise your engine speed to 4k+ revs, the resultant 'music' will more than compensate...

[inkyboy360]

sorry that was a few years ago I had that and that was the setup back then, yeah I'd prob just go for a MP3 headunit and an AMP under the seat as they are pretty powerful but small in size compared to a few years ago, but the sound was awesome!

[zcacogp]

Install an amp.

No, really.

Keep your current speakers and head unit, and put in a small but good quality amplifier. Spend £150 (ish) on a new one, much less on a secondhand one.

Halfords may have said it, but that doesn't necessarily make it wrong.

Try it. You might be surprised.


Oli.

[GilesAMorse]

Bish said:

Speak to Greg at Auto Audio and say that Mike Bishop told you to call an he will giv you a good deal. 020 8838 8838.

Went to Auto Audio last weekend and met Greg who parted me from £700 but I'm very happy with the results. Need to go back soon for the rears to be changed and Bluetooth phone doobery to be added!

Thanks for everyone's comments and advice.

Giles

[chinoloco]

[quote]Halfords may have said it, but that doesn't necessarily make it wrong.
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My point was they said put it in the back