Thinking of upgrading my sound system

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:21 am

Hi I'm thinking of upgrading the four speakers front and rear,head unit,sub and sound proofing.any advice on what sound proofing and should I use more than 1 layer,also with the speakers would you recommend 3 way speaker or the ones where the tweeter is separate I'm not the best when it comes to audio

Ideally sound quality is what I want and it needs to be loud

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:33 am

ebay sounddeadening is fine. put multiple layers closer to the drivers and then spread it out. 20% coverage gives 80% effectiveness so dont be too crazy.

Replace the fronts with components (tweeter seperate)and put in lower mid/bass drivers in the parcel shelf. (or get a set of three way and disconnect the tweeter array) This prevents your stage being drawn back behind your ears and gives a much better soundfield experience.

Amp the fronts, the rear 'could' be run off a headunit if budget is a consideration.

Sub in the boot, tie it down. play with the knobs till you like how it sounds. If you can get a headunit with crossover function even better. I hate how the mids try to play down to the bass notes when they have no business doing so. If you can cut those frequencies from the signal they will work much harder where you want them to.

I am sure ratty will come in with some more soon as he wakes up

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Pointless comment to remind myself to come back and keep reading this thread. Save me asking the same questions in a couple of months ha.

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Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:51 am

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/electri ... lit=hybrid

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:28 pm

Nice one people

and ratty that is some build

I'm looking into focal door components and putting the tweeters in the dash where the original tweeters are. What's peoples thoughts on a loud but good sq door components?

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:40 pm

Square components?

Focal btw... Hadn't used them before, but BIG fan now! Bought some second hand for lisa's lude and they are very very nice.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:04 pm

Focal make good speakers.

Your saying you want loud but that term can be misused. ANY system can go loud. 120db is 120db in anything. But playing 120db and have distortion free music id a different matter.

You will want some decent from components and they MUST be amplified. Or even actively run so the midbass and tweeters have their own seperate amp but this will cost more and you need some active crossover before amplification.

Then subbass can add up around 10db for the sound level and still maintain an even eq curve for SQ.

IMO

2 way components and a 2 channel amp for the front components.
a 10 or 12" sub with its own amp.
FUll sound deadened vehicle and youll be onto a winner.

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:35 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Square components?

Focal btw... Hadn't used them before, but BIG fan now! Bought some second hand for lisa's lude and they are very very nice.

Sound quality

yeah heard good things about focal on the web.

RattyMcClelland wrote:
2 way components and a 2 channel amp for the front components.
a 10 or 12" sub with its own amp.
FUll sound deadened vehicle and youll be onto a winner.

Sounds like the way I'm going just deciding on what parts. I have an alpine type r 12" sub and that's it, also been looking at the pioneer double din pioneer app radio

bucks420 · Post by **bucks420** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 3:09 pm

ddoubledanny wrote:
RattyMcClelland wrote:
2 way components and a 2 channel amp for the front components.
a 10 or 12" sub with its own amp.
FUll sound deadened vehicle and youll be onto a winner.
Sounds like the way I'm going just deciding on what parts. I have an alpine type r 12" sub and that's it, also been looking at the pioneer double din pioneer app radio

Im bassically using that setup, focal front components off a genesis profile 2 amp, 12" sub off a profile sub amp and pioneer double din, seems to do a pretty good job. If your near Billing aquadrone at any point your welcome to a listen, ludes off the road for a few months so she wont be going anywhere for a bit