Speakers - Help me out

[riwiho]

I am getting some new speakers for the Elise as the standard ones are tosh.

Firstly does the standard DAB unit sound much better with a decent set of speakers in or do I need to replace that as well?

- How easy are to fit are speakers in the Elise
- What size do I need front and rear as I can not find this on the internet?
- Can anyone recommend speakers that will provide a good all round sound without investing in a slim line amp (for now)?

Thanks for the help.. Any advice welcome.

[boobles]

Cant you take one of the old ones out & measure it up the way?
I changed mine in my s1 & had to take the passenger seat out to gain access which was a doddle.
I replaced mine with polke audio & they are amazing.

[kevin ritson]

How much are you spending? Infinity References are a bargain, around £35 a pair from online sources, try Car Audio Direct. They're a straight swap, can't remember the sizes offhand, either someone will confirm or if you're on SELOC do a search.

Bear in mind they'll never sound great, it's not exactly the best soundstage, but they sound fine in mine and I can hear them with the roof off, zorst blaring away, etc.

You can always add a small subwoofer behind the passenger footrest if you really want the bass filled in.

Wouldn't worry too much about DAB quality, have used a 111R with it and it always lost the signal, being clothed in plastic it's not the best conductor and an FM aerial just about copes.

Edited by kevin ritson on Tuesday 27th November 14:18

[Christian43]

I think the standard size for the rears is 5 1/4" but you can open up the hole pretty easily and fit a 6 1/4" which will give a bit more base. Also if you stiffen up the rear mount off say the rear bulkhead you will get more base out of the speakers.

[Shane O'Neill]

I put in a pair of Focal JM Lab 2 way components which sound good.
The rear speakers dont really help the sound much and the most important thing is a Sub as has been mentioned before.
Shane

[TIPPER]

Have a dig around in the archives. Janitor wrote up a great install on his 111R a while ago.
I've managed to get a very listenable sound in my S1 with a pair of component rears, 4" co-ox fronts and an Alpine compact sub in the pax footwell.