Advice on a small system...

[junglist_matty]

Hi guys,

I've got a Cupra R with no mods, the only thing I want to do is to stick some better speakers in the car, my budget is only about £200 for amp and speakers. I don't want a big subwoofer, just a nice clear sound.

Where's the best place to place the amp in the car? Could I get away with putting it under the passengers seat?

I don't mind buying second hand equipment either.

Cheers,

 

[jake]

i would say to go for a very good headunit, imo the std speakers react very well to a good soucre, the difference in just a budget kenwood is night and day to the std unit.

jake

 

[alx_chung]

i would say to go for a very good headunit, imo the std speakers react very well to a good soucre, the difference in just a budget kenwood is night and day to the std unit.

jake

Agreed on the above. I would change the HU first, at £200 you can get a very good HU for that price.
I was speaking to an Audio guy in Glasgow and he recommeded doing the following if you are wanting better sounds in your car:

1) Replace OEM HU
2) Replace OEM Speakers
3) Add Amp
4) Add Sub

For a lot of us, options 1) and 2) will suffice.
Alex

 

[junglist_matty]

Cool, I'll look for an aftermarket headunit, any recommendations for around £150? ...If it had some USB connection on the front for a memory stick that would be my only preference.

I've had subs in previous cars; I know I definatley don't want one in this car.

 

[jake]

as long as its one of the good named brands you should be fine, ive found if you go to halfords sometimes they have end of lines etc, there was a very good alpine unit reduced from £200 to £150 iirc

 

[mt audio]

theres no need to spend £150 on a unit if your spending it for the hell of it.You can get alpine units with front USB connection for around £110>

You can then put the rest towards speakers,amps and sound deadening.
If you get an alpine unit also you could purchase an Alpine KTP 445 unit which is an inline 4 channel amp and boosts the headunit from 18w rms to 45w rms per channel,no hassle with wiring then

speaker wise id highly recommend the hertz dieci range for around 70-80 quid as these work well with the alpine units and these have no crossovers so again are a doddle to fit

 

[jake]

i had hertz before, very good speakers too

 

[alx_chung]

Hertz or Focals are the way to go. I have Focal 165KR2s in my car along with dynamatting on the front doors. Much much better.
Alex

 

[my_other_car]

i would look at unit to replace headunit circuitry such as j; audio clean sweep

 

[junglist_matty]

Hello again, been busy last few days, not had a chance to read up on replies.

In my Cupra I have a 6-disc CD-Changer wired up and also an iPod dock (don't know how this is wired in, but I don't use it anyway as I don't have and don't want an iPod).

Anyways, what adaptors will I need? I've noticed that the standard unit seems to be about an inch wider than single DIN units, what CD-Changer adaptor would I need to get?

I'm not bothered about the speakers for the time being, they seem to be more than adequate for what I want, just changing the headunit.


And just out of interest really, can you buy headunits that have a dimmer facility that can be wired in with the dashboard dim switch because when I dim the dash, the lights on the standard radio also dim which is a pretty cool feature, but I doubt there's an aftermarket HU that will support this?

Thanks,