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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

I love my music but have a company car so can't hack it apart

What is a good easy way to improve the sound quality ?

I appreciate cars are poor for sound quality because of the interior etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Now this is my kind of thread

On basic standard speakers, most cars have coaxial speakers in the front doors which are shit, you’ve got one speaker trying to do everything. changing them to component speakers is the best thing if you can. You’ll have the speaker mounted at the bottom, a cross over mounted behind the door card and then a tweeter mounted higher up.

Other than that.

An after market headunit with a decent pre out voltage will make a difference

Or getting some sound deadening and waveguarding behind the door cards will help.

Unless you start amplifying or changing the headunit, there’s not much you can do to be honest.

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Now this is my kind of thread

Other than that.

An after market headunit with a decent pre out voltage will make a difference

Or getting some sound deadening and waveguarding behind the door cards will help.

Unless you start amplifying or changing the headunit, there’s not much you can do to be honest. "

Does the first one need any holes cutting or can I do it and return it to standard when the car goes back ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It would depend on the car, obviously a small wire has to be connected.

If you went to a car audio shop (NOT HALFORDS) I’m sure they could help with that.

Also there’s small subs available now, down to 6.5” bass makes everything sound better. But again, unless you’re going to get things amped up there’s not much to be gained.

Your hands are a bit tied since it’s a company car

You could just replace with better coaxial but they will need an amp to perform

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spotify or whatever and 360 degree speaker blue toothed.

turn the radio off and go online completely

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"It would depend on the car, obviously a small wire has to be connected.

If you went to a car audio shop (NOT HALFORDS) I’m sure they could help with that.

Also there’s small subs available now, down to 6.5” bass makes everything sound better. But again, unless you’re going to get things amped up there’s not much to be gained.

Your hands are a bit tied since it’s a company car

You could just replace with better coaxial but they will need an amp to perform "

Doesn't sound promising

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any decent car audio set up starts with the power supply (voltage) then power supply from the amps, then positioning and prep (sound deadening) then finally the speakers/subs.

I’d at least say go to a shop and see what they could do.

I built my set up purely for loudness and it was capable of around 150dB

But it didn’t look too pretty, some installers make works of art and do stealth builds.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Turn it up a bit

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Turn it up a bit

After quality of sound, it's already loud enough to make my ears bleed

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Any decent car audio set up starts with the power supply (voltage) then power supply from the amps, then positioning and prep (sound deadening) then finally the speakers/subs.

I’d at least say go to a shop and see what they could do.

I built my set up purely for loudness and it was capable of around 150dB

But it didn’t look too pretty, some installers make works of art and do stealth builds."

I might pop into one, nothing to lose

It's loud but the quality is rubbish at volume

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any decent car audio set up starts with the power supply (voltage) then power supply from the amps, then positioning and prep (sound deadening) then finally the speakers/subs.

I’d at least say go to a shop and see what they could do.

I built my set up purely for loudness and it was capable of around 150dB

But it didn’t look too pretty, some installers make works of art and do stealth builds.

I might pop into one, nothing to lose

It's loud but the quality is rubbish at volume"

Nothing to lose by asking. Even if you just replace the coaxials and amp them up it’ll be much better. You can also get a pre built sub and amp package so you just need to wire it in.

Wiring isn’t a problem as it’s all hidden and doesn’t require cutting anything.

I really miss my audio now!

It was loud to the point of blurring your vision

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By *heLaserGuyMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"Now this is my kind of thread

Other than that.

An after market headunit with a decent pre out voltage will make a difference

Or getting some sound deadening and waveguarding behind the door cards will help.

Unless you start amplifying or changing the headunit, there’s not much you can do to be honest. "

Many many moons ago i upgraded my vectras stereo. Alpine head unit, pheonix gold components, rockford amp and a boxed 12" sub did the trick

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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago

a quandary, could you change my mind?

First thing is More Sound deadening into the places the speakers are (I have done this to three vehicles and this and helped with the sound quality of the standard speaker set ups)

Upgrade the standard speakers as previous posters have said (no need to cut holes anywhere).

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