Rear sound setup in Octavia Estate

[G-slave]

Hi all

I have been looking through the forum for a while now, but no luck

I would like to improve the sound in an Octavia MKI Estate BUT with a few constraints:

1. Minimal waste of space (pushchair and the wife's shopping bags still need to fit
2. Needs to be removable
3. Music style(s) can be defined as rock, classic, hardtrance, meaning I like bass, but I am not a junkie and realise the lack of parcel shelf will limit.

Is there anybody in the Rochester/Medway area that has a setup to recommend? (so desperate I have contemplated talking to a teenaged zombie in Halfords)

I have thought about building a parcel shelf in MDF that will link the wheel arches. (obviously with a locking mechanism). This would carry 2 coaxial and 2 tweeters, but I am not sure about the effect on sound quality. How do I get deep sound without loosing clarity and space?

The front of the car will have the infinitys, shallow mount, as per numerous posts on this forum, connected to green lit mp3-HU with aux input and bluetooth (although not sure if that still exists.)

Help, please, my soul is starved of good and loud music...

Any pics? Give them to me!

Thanks

[WelshLoon]

I had standard speakers in doors and a Vibe Black-air II 15" sub box and sony 1200w Amp in my estate and it sounded awesome, loads of bass and didnt take up too much room, could still get two dogs in but easy to remove if you put a quick release plug on lives and earth, vibe do a proper quick release plug for about a tenner.

Had this lot running off a sony xplod head unit.

[G-slave]

thanks for the info, did you disconnect the rear speakers then?

[WelshLoon]

No, left all the standard speakers connected to the stereo, had subwoofer control on amp so could fade between standard speakers and sub for a good balance.

[G-slave]

had that chat with the Halfords kid; he reckons a bass tube in the boot....

[Gingercop]

If I remember rightly, ICE in Strood, near to the bridge are good. They may be able to help. If not there are a couple of places on the City Estate.

[G-slave]

Originally Posted by Gingercop

If I remember rightly, ICE in Strood, near to the bridge are good. They may be able to help. If not there are a couple of places on the City Estate.

They are very good indeed, but they do charge excessive for the equipment they sell.

then again £50 for the complete install is not bad actually

[G-slave]

can anybody tellme I have got this correct:

1. Alpine headunit with bluetooth so I can call handfree if necessary and aux input to connect the same phone for playing music
2. the speakers in the front door will be replaced with Infinity's shallow mount speakers, but I can still use the existing tweeters, as long as I use crossover filters (?)
3. front speakers will need an amp
4. rear speakers will be disconnected

6. do I still need to buy adaptors for the antenna, should I bother with one of them things to eliminate parasites.
6. Will the Alpine HU fit straight in or do I need an ISO adaptor?


Please, feel free to correct me or if you think I have missed something

[Gingercop]

Originally Posted by G-slave

had that chat with the Halfords kid; he reckons a bass tube in the boot....

Never listen to the kids there I swear they must go around all the special needs schools in Chavham offering jobs. I went in asking for some circlip pliers and I got a blank expression and the reply " What are they for?" Divs all of 'em

[twonks]

G slave, your best bet will be to replace the fronts with a decent set of component speakers.

Don't mess about putting co axials in the front and trying to get the factory tweets on as well - it will sound gash.

Invest in a half decent pair of components, say from £50 upwards. (The infinity components on ebay are not all that bad and very cheap), then give them some amplification of around 50W rms per channel.

Remember to fit them well. Make sure there are no air leaks around the woofer mounting and if you can put some sound deadening into the doors to stop rattles and improve bass response.

Then if you want more, maybe consider a small sub in the boot. Again it doesn't need to be expensive, although it will make a lot of difference to the overall sound.

I'd advise strongly against fitting rear speakers, especially 6x9 types. All they do is drag the soundstage backwards and destroy the stereo effect.

Components in the front and a sub works in nearly every single World Champions car audio instalation so it must be half decent

All in all it is 20% eqipment, 80% instalation.

[Dan Walton]

Originally Posted by twonks

G slave, your best bet will be to replace the fronts with a decent set of component speakers.

Don't mess about putting co axials in the front and trying to get the factory tweets on as well - it will sound gash.

Invest in a half decent pair of components, say from £50 upwards. (The infinity components on ebay are not all that bad and very cheap), then give them some amplification of around 50W rms per channel.

Remember to fit them well. Make sure there are no air leaks around the woofer mounting and if you can put some sound deadening into the doors to stop rattles and improve bass response.

Then if you want more, maybe consider a small sub in the boot. Again it doesn't need to be expensive, although it will make a lot of difference to the overall sound.

I'd advise strongly against fitting rear speakers, especially 6x9 types. All they do is drag the soundstage backwards and destroy the stereo effect.

Components in the front and a sub works in nearly every single World Champions car audio instalation so it must be half decent

All in all it is 20% eqipment, 80% instalation.

What he said!

[G-slave]

ok, I can see that happening.... :thumb: