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Well I finally got around to installing a sub woofer in my esprit.
To start I am an audio guy, always have been, even though I love the engine sound sometimes have cool tunes playing puts a smile on my face
I know that this topic has been asked a few times so I thought I will make the best effort to answering any and all questions by Doing It Myself.
I started my search first and foremost by looking at where one can put a powered all in one subwoofer in an Esprit. I was able to find 3 possible locations
Behind passenger seat
passenger footwell
Between both seats by your ears just below rear window.
I hate loosing space so when I examined behind the passenger seat it was going to loose to much valuable room imo. I have tall friends so that wouldn't do.
Second was passenger footwell, that was a better choice as it has a long stretch and an area where you can mount it up a little bit.
The third choice seemed best to for 2 reasons, it was nice and close to access, plus only thing you might loose was the silly holding pocket that I never use.
So that was my choice I began to measure what I could not only fir but what would look esthetically pleasing as well. Measurements were 13"w X 14.5"h X 4"d
I then began a week long search practically all over the world looking for a small enough self powered subwoofers. To my surprise I found 3 that would work, 2 better than the 3rd but it still had potential. Now please understand that these will not snap your head off with Bass but they do make the system sound 100 X better than stock. As we all know the system in the Esprit are all mids and highs so any bass is welcomed.
first choice was this Kenwood 150 watts
Now it says it's an 8" sub but no way in hell thats true, it is barely a 6", very very tiny, I was not expecting much but I was very pleasantly surprised. This is a little power house, decent tone and low freq response, remote volume dial, looks good well built, easy install.
I hooked it up to a spare battery and plugged it in to my Esprit system to see sound quality and where to place it. It sounded incredible underneath passenger footwell, it gain deeper bass and freq response, it is a natural sub box under there. I then placed it between the seats, and wouldn't you know it it looked great up there, in fact it actually fit inside the cubby box, looked like it was made for it. Unfortunately the sound was not as deep as it was underneath. So give up sound quality for aesthetics was my dilemma.
Back to my choices, the second was this Pioneer 150 watts
[ame]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pioneer-TS-WX210A-8-inch-Underseat-Subwoofer/dp/B0036YEWHO[/ame]
This is a true 8" sub, it looks great with cool design, it is definitely bigger than the Kenwood, also comes with remote but with this you get not only volume but freq control on the fly.
Again I hooked it up to my system to test it out, I first placed it under footwell, the bass was richer than the kenwood, very low thump good response. I then moved it between the seats and it did not sound as good as the Kenwood all of a sudden ??? it looked good between the seats but with this you would need to remove the cubby pocket thingy lol.
The third is only worth while mentioning because it can fit under the footwell easily, it is also a Kenwood 150 watts
Kenwood KSC SW11 150 Watt Compact Slim Powered Subwoofer w Bass Remote | eBay
Good design, well built, also with remote volume and freq response. This looks like a 6"X9" sub, decent tone and low freq response, sounded like the smaller Kenwood but it is slightly bigger. I decided not to use this one for the Esprit.
So my choices are the Kenwood 6" powered sub or the Pioneer.
Here is what they both looked like in between the seats and underneath the footwell.
Pic#1-6" Kenwood under footwell
Pic#2-8" Pioneer under footwell
Pic#3-Kemwood in between seats
Pic#4-Pioneer in between seats
Pic#5-size betwenn Kenwood and Pioneer, notice the larger woofer on the pioneer.
To start I am an audio guy, always have been, even though I love the engine sound sometimes have cool tunes playing puts a smile on my face
I know that this topic has been asked a few times so I thought I will make the best effort to answering any and all questions by Doing It Myself.
I started my search first and foremost by looking at where one can put a powered all in one subwoofer in an Esprit. I was able to find 3 possible locations
Behind passenger seat
passenger footwell
Between both seats by your ears just below rear window.
I hate loosing space so when I examined behind the passenger seat it was going to loose to much valuable room imo. I have tall friends so that wouldn't do.
Second was passenger footwell, that was a better choice as it has a long stretch and an area where you can mount it up a little bit.
The third choice seemed best to for 2 reasons, it was nice and close to access, plus only thing you might loose was the silly holding pocket that I never use.
So that was my choice I began to measure what I could not only fir but what would look esthetically pleasing as well. Measurements were 13"w X 14.5"h X 4"d
I then began a week long search practically all over the world looking for a small enough self powered subwoofers. To my surprise I found 3 that would work, 2 better than the 3rd but it still had potential. Now please understand that these will not snap your head off with Bass but they do make the system sound 100 X better than stock. As we all know the system in the Esprit are all mids and highs so any bass is welcomed.
first choice was this Kenwood 150 watts
Now it says it's an 8" sub but no way in hell thats true, it is barely a 6", very very tiny, I was not expecting much but I was very pleasantly surprised. This is a little power house, decent tone and low freq response, remote volume dial, looks good well built, easy install.
I hooked it up to a spare battery and plugged it in to my Esprit system to see sound quality and where to place it. It sounded incredible underneath passenger footwell, it gain deeper bass and freq response, it is a natural sub box under there. I then placed it between the seats, and wouldn't you know it it looked great up there, in fact it actually fit inside the cubby box, looked like it was made for it. Unfortunately the sound was not as deep as it was underneath. So give up sound quality for aesthetics was my dilemma.
Back to my choices, the second was this Pioneer 150 watts
[ame]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pioneer-TS-WX210A-8-inch-Underseat-Subwoofer/dp/B0036YEWHO[/ame]
This is a true 8" sub, it looks great with cool design, it is definitely bigger than the Kenwood, also comes with remote but with this you get not only volume but freq control on the fly.
Again I hooked it up to my system to test it out, I first placed it under footwell, the bass was richer than the kenwood, very low thump good response. I then moved it between the seats and it did not sound as good as the Kenwood all of a sudden ??? it looked good between the seats but with this you would need to remove the cubby pocket thingy lol.
The third is only worth while mentioning because it can fit under the footwell easily, it is also a Kenwood 150 watts
Kenwood KSC SW11 150 Watt Compact Slim Powered Subwoofer w Bass Remote | eBay
Good design, well built, also with remote volume and freq response. This looks like a 6"X9" sub, decent tone and low freq response, sounded like the smaller Kenwood but it is slightly bigger. I decided not to use this one for the Esprit.
So my choices are the Kenwood 6" powered sub or the Pioneer.
Here is what they both looked like in between the seats and underneath the footwell.
Pic#1-6" Kenwood under footwell
Pic#2-8" Pioneer under footwell
Pic#3-Kemwood in between seats
Pic#4-Pioneer in between seats
Pic#5-size betwenn Kenwood and Pioneer, notice the larger woofer on the pioneer.
