Car audio geek opinions wanted

[k4tmc]

Well...I'm not a car audio geek, but can claim to be a 55 year old recovering high end audiophile (home systems).

Before you trash the stock speakers, try listening to them on the new head unit. I, and a few others on the forum, find them to be acceptable, especially when you do some extra sound treatment of the door and interior panels. If you do not have the stock speakers, then you'll have to follow others' advice.

I do most of my listening when actually driving down the road, with the exception of sitting in slow moving traffic or a parking lot while waiting for the wife to shop. So the road and wind noise within the VX masks most sound quality improvements you get from spending 100's to 1000's of dollars.

Regards,
Henry

[VehiGAZ]

Point definitely taken Henry! I have a Proton amp and ESS AMT-1's at home for proper listening pleasure. I will not achieve even that level of quality in any car without spending $5 - $10k on the components, power, and sound deadening.

But this install is not for the VX - it's for an 1989 Porsche 928 I recently bought. After 18 years, at least two of the stock speaker surrounds have disintegrated, and the current headunit is a 35Wx4 Alpine cassette deck. It all has to go.

I may have them dynamat the doors, and I will add the rest to the rear and floor on my own. And since starting this thread last night, I have gotten a little softer on not amping. I found a decent solution to storing the spare (a custom-made "bag" with Porsche crest which hooks in to the anchor points in the rear) which would free up my spare wheel well for an amp. Hmm...

Anyway, back to the speakers in question... are there significantly better speakers at the same price point or for a little more?