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Originally Posted by MattG
I think Ace's point is that the car's so noisy, there's no point in stressing too much about getting the perfect sound system - none will sound very good in these cars.
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I've had a 2005 Elise with stage 2 exhaust for ~3 years. I know what you mean. I appreciate the concerns and I am aware of what I am getting into.
If you look up what I am buying, the items I chose are nowhere near top end components. They are rather cheap components (except the sub, the head unit, which I need anyway for the rear-view camera as extra protection so I don't run over my kids backing out of the garage, and an amp). I'm not looking to build a perfect sound system, and I never said that was my objective. My objective is to figure out what extra components I will need to make this setup work well enough to play it loud (with the top off) and to have a relatively flat frequency response...
If I want perfection, I'll listen to music in my dedicated, and finely tuned, HT/listening room.
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Originally Posted by MattG
I'm running a stealthbox off a small Blaupunkt amp, with Polk speakers replacing the stock ones and still run off the head unit. It sounds great and is a simple, relatively lightweight solution. Upgrading speakers alone didn't make much difference IMO, what really did it was adding the subwoofer.
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I've been considering the Polk and Infinity speakers as alternatives if the JL Audio tweeters don't have any range of motion. I don't want component speakers due to separate tweeters, but I do want to be able to slightly adjust the tweeters, in order to adjust the directivity of the high frequency reflections bouncing off the car windshield (if this ends up being necessary). They are all around the same price range.
It would be great if I could run the sub off the same head unit though, as adding an amp turns this into much more work. The problem is, I want to put a backup camera in the system, because I have three kids, some of which could run into the driveway when I pull out of the garage (better to be safe than sorry if by some chance they manage to sneak out into the driveway while no one is looking...). I wouldn't mind the navigation system, HD storage, Sirius (for Howard Stern and the Grateful Dead station), and Bluetooth either.
I guess if wiring has to be done for the backup camera, it isn't such a big deal to do the rest of the stuff at the same time... I just don't want to be unnecessarily invasive to the interior of the car if possible.