S1 Speakers

haggis catcher · Post by **haggis catcher** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:59 pm

I want to change the speakers in my Elise. Any suggestions what to buy as im going to be fitting 4x 50 w head unit? I also want to keep the original size of the speakers, so they look normal!!!

r055 · Post by **r055** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:39 pm

I dont think it matters what speakers you go for - still cannae hear the fecking things in the S1

Ive got an alpine sub woofer mounted behind the PAX seat which makes a huge difference when listening to CDs. Got it with the car, but I switched it off the other day to see what the difference was... Really made a big difference!

haggis catcher · Post by **haggis catcher** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:39 pm

Just changed the head unit, and wow it sounds braw. I should have changed it ages ago.I cant hear any rattles any more !!!!!

r055 · Post by **r055** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:40 pm

what model did you go for?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:31 pm

WHAT? FIT A CRP AND STEREO BECOMES IRRELEVANT!

tut · Post by **tut** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:11 pm

Woofters...........

tut

roadboy · Post by **roadboy** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:15 pm

tut wrote:Woofters...........

tut

Dan@JPS

mac · Post by **mac** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:32 pm

tut wrote:Woofters...........

tut

It Woofers, tut, woofers.

Goes with the tweeters and midrange

Mac

tut · Post by **tut** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:20 am

Thought of woof(t)ers Mac, but a bit to subtle for the average IQ on here of the Hi-Fi brigade.........

<BG>

tut

r055 · Post by **r055** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:03 pm

haggis, Ive got Infinity speakers in mine which are good... just had the speaker pods out for the first time today and it looks like a wee bit of notch cutting was required when they were fitted.
They dont have any covers on them, so I can see me puncturing them with the harness clips

Think these are them...
http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product ... duct=22427

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:12 pm

The S1 comes with alpine speakers as standard so they shouldn't need iupgraded unless you bust then or they get damp.

Post by **campbell** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:20 pm

haggis catcher wrote:I want to change the speakers in my Elise. Any suggestions what to buy as im going to be fitting 4x 50 w head unit? I also want to keep the original size of the speakers, so they look normal!!!

I installed a pair of tidy JBL 2-way units with separate tweeter pods, the main driver unit was the same dia as the outgoing "Alpines" (which, incidentally, do NOT reflect the normally expected quality of Alpine gear, so don't be fooled by the name).

Plenty room behind the speaker pods to install the crossovers, velcro'd them onto the bulkhead to avoid rattles. Couple of minor holes to drill in upper part of speaker pod to take the tweeter domes.

End result - much cleaner sound, no distortion at high volume (important in an Elise!), and much tighter bass. No need for a subwoofer, they are just heavy.

Our own resident DIY car hifi enthusiast N1ck Rossi helped me install them in 1999, was the first official "mod" I made to the car!

Stu160 · Post by **Stu160** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:04 pm

I thought the Alpine ones were crap when I bought the car,so got some Infinity ones to replace them with...they were even worse.Took them back to halfords any they gave me a refund.Fitted a Kenwood sub ,and its fine now.Wish I had went for the set up that was posted on SE many years ago ,looked great,but I have lost the link now.It was about £600 I think and looked really good.

Stu

haggis catcher · Post by **haggis catcher** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:08 pm

Thanks for all the usefull information, and some IRRELEVANT info as well

The speakers turned out to be fine, as it was the top quality Goodmans head unit was not

( it came in the car )

tut · Post by **tut** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:16 pm

Woofters squared..........

tut

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