Elise audio ideas...

[mister kevlar]

Evening all-im thinking about my in car audio and how it really sucks.

So imthinking about some upgrades, but why im here is i want to tap the knowledge thats here!...

Do any of you have any good ice in your elises, i know sme of you do ive seen some of your stuff before, what my question is (i know im getting to my question!) do any of you have any ideas for hiding ice in the elise? nrmal cars! have glove boxes, deep space underseats, arm rests, big boots (not located 6 ft behind a bloody noisy engine!)..

Come on people i need some stealth ice insall ideas!...

[karll]

At the moment i am in the process of fitting 6" dynaudio components into the standard front locations, With a alpine 7939 head unit, soundstream picasso amp. As for the rear speakers they reside in the bin.

[mister kevlar]

hi i have an s1.....this is gonna sound crazy, but im interested in a carputer...yeh i know...

[james24]

Think Bogies got a decent install in his car, and I think Drags got some too

[mister kevlar]

yeh i know ive seen them before!...i want some ideas on hiding the equipment!!!

[bogie]

theres some pics on my weshots page.

What do you mean hide? You can do a custom rear bulkhead for built in sub(s) and then stick the amp in the boot on the rear face vertically so you dont lose hardly any space.

Karll - Id be interested to see how youve got some 6" into the front 4" speakers holes !...I could do with some myself ...have you made up some sealed enclosures?

[steff]

You can fit an amp above the passenger foot rest and run the audio cables through the centre consol and then run them up behind the seats to the speaker enclosures.

You can then use the standard enclosures or build your own.

You cant get much more hidden than that without using camoflage netting!

[Peter Calver]

The music comes from that large compartment behind the seats!

[karll]

bogie said:

Karll - Id be interested to see how youve got some 6" into the front 4" speakers holes !...I could do with some myself ...have you made up some sealed enclosures?

i am still working on it but will take stage by stage pictures.

[dragstar]

james24 said:

Think Bogies got a decent install in his car, and I think Drags got some too

I dont have anything like Sir Bogie's install

K, you dont need to go mad, with hiding stuff. If you like music with a bit of bass and loud then get a decent head unit with good power "outtage" (im currently running 4x52watts) and a bass tube.

Your headunit should let you turn the bass tube right up, while turning the bass off to your speakers.

This way, you get loud bass (via the tube), but no distorsion from the speakers.

My system is fairly loud (enough to not notice a police siren behind me...he gave me the coffee bean sign when he went past ) but not deafening!

If your not happy after this, change your speakers to the dual-mag variety (IIRC). These speakers dont use magnets, but chemicals. Thus, there is a huge power, but the speaker is fairly small (it will fit in).

Dual-mags are about £90. Im fitting some (as a treat) on tuesday 18th may (last exam ). I'll let you know how it goes


BTW, im no audio expert.

Look for the Phead member "RCA" (chim owner). I met up with him about a week or so ago...He has a sweet install, and knows about getting big power from small spaces drop him a mail