I have an 02 plate dynamique and was looking to have a decent looking and sounding system. Can anyone recommend what I need? I have £500 to spend. I like the idea of the steering mounted contols i got at the mo but the sound is S**T.
How would you sound proof the boot lid?Quote: Originally posted by gecko on 23 February 2005
You will need to soundproof certain places (door panels, boot lid etc at least otherwise it will sound awful)
Quote: Originally posted by gecko on 23 February 2005
Firstly, upgrade your headunit, a decent one can be had for around £150 ish.
Then upgrade your front door speakers to some good components, these range in price from 50 to 1000 quid for the pair!
Then, get a sub in the boot, size will be dependent on what music you like and the sound you want.
Then you will have to amp the fronts and the sub, a nice 4ch should do this if you havent gone silly with the sub (which I did, lol)
You will need to soundproof certain places (door panels, boot lid etc at least otherwise it will sound awful)
You can get adaptors to allow the steering wheel controls to work with the headunit, from Halfords they are about £50.
£500 isnt an awful lot for audio stuff, it can be done but also look at second hand stuff too.
hth
Not really needed in newer cars to be fair....older cars yes because they have less soundproofing as standard.
Im running all this without any soundproofing at all: Alpine 9812RB MP3/CD, MB quart front comps with separate crossovers with titianium tweeters in the dash, MB quart 6x9s in an "Auto acoustics" steath shelf, MB quart 10" sub in sealed MB quart box all being ran by a Genesis profile 5 amp.
It sounds pretty mint IMO, a few on here have heard it and will probably agree with me.
My boot, not a good pic but best ive got at the mo:
http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1083087262__Picture018.jpg