Speakers....

Thinking of this. Focal Access 165A front, Focal Access 130AC rear. Most of the time there's only me in the car but I always feel guilty that the sound in the back of my cars is always crap for those times when I have passengers...

Are the Polyglass range really worth the extra money? Because I could go for the Polyglass 165 fronts and get cheapo kenwood / pioneer / alpine / infinity coaxes for the rear doors...

Head unit is alpine 9812RB, sub is an 8" self powered sony. t

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Tim S Kemp
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I think it depends on how well insulated the cabin is as alot of the time, external noise such as wind/engine/tyre means you can't hear the difference.

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Conor

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I've got the same problem as you but in reverse. The Alfa uses 13cm components in the dash, and 17cm jobs in the back shelf. The front ones, despite being standard fit Alfa jobbies are actually pretty good, no bass, but good for imaging because of their positioning and the well sited tweeters. The ones in the rear are utter crap, but it looks like I've got to remove the rear seat and shelf just to change the bloody things.

Don't know what to go for personally, but I'm looking at the Nakamichi SP-S6500 for the shelf.

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Pete M

where are you getting your nak stuff from? spec on the 6500 seems good and the size would fit my front doors nicely - what's the price??

The 552 would fit my back doors too...

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Tim S Kemp

Bought the head unit off some mad bloke on ebay, but he seems to be able to get loads of other gear, he's bloody cheap, the stuff's all new in the box, and if it's fallen off a lorry it's had a soft landing. Not the Hong Kong import gear either, UK spec with the optional RDS, which is nice.

The speakers will probably come from my mate who runs a warehouse that just deals in car audio stuff. If I don't go for Nak, I'll go for something similar, maybe some top spec Harman Kardon gear. He runs mainly Alpine and HK stuff in his Lexus, at the moment he's got around £20k worth of gear in it, and as he's the main installer and his car is a sound off "quality" set up, he pays bugger all for it. Hence me getting a £300 Ground Zero amp new, in the box, for £70...

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Pete M

What HU do you have? I had a Nak CD500 earlier this year well 3 of them as they froze up randomly when playing CDs. Still have a 400 in the mini.

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Depresion

Nice though Nak head units are, I've never seen them as quite worth the money over Alpine. Only alpine and nakamichi put decent amps in the head units anyway.

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Tim S Kemp

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CD300. Seems ok. Nice quality and was cheaper than buying a half decent Alpine.

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Pete M

Must have been a cracking deal - I got my alpine for 199 quid (9812RB) - couldn't find a CD300 for under 269 - maybe didn't look hard enough!

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Tim S Kemp

195 quid, bloke's in Leeds.
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Pete M

Got myself a new pair of Ground Zero Plutonium GZPC 165SX for the obscenely bargainesque price of £35.00. (Ordered for an SQ sound off car, fitted for a week, hardly used and perfect..)

Rather happy I am, now I've just got to remove the back seat, take the shelf out, and fit the bastards.

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Pete M

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