donwon said:
I am thinking of upgrading my sound system but I do not want to put a sub box in the passenger footwell. I was thinking of replacing the 6.5's in the door and keeping factory sub. Anyone know if this will work? Also, any suggestions on 6.5's that are good on the lower end? Thanks in advance.
Donwon,
wanted to give you my 2 cents of input.
I am a huge audio fanatic. Some of the San Diego NSXer's have heard my system in my Explorer and my NSX.
My original intention was to rip out the stock system and put a whole new system. However, after I had the deck replaced with Alpine 7998, my installer(cliff), who only works on factory sponsor systems and very high-end system. Some of his work can be seen in many of the audio magazines. His recomenndation(I agreed with him) was not to put a sub in passender side. He told me that the passenger would feel too much punch and problay suffer headaches and it would be hard to balance the sound.
As for the facotry speakers. they are actually not to bad. after the new deck, system sounds so, so , much better. The Alpine unit has controls to increase your base. It has a time corection, which would bring even balance and increase the base to the driver side to get the "thump" you like.
Before you go on and spend lots of money, try the deck first. If you are still not happy with the results, then replace the side speakers. Remember, the factory speakers are good, so if you want a better sounding speakers. you need to spend about $2000 for speakers and amp. This is Cliff said. What ever you do, make sure you get a high-end installer to work on your car. Its so important.
I had spent about $5000 on my integra and about $3500 on my explorer. I had many experience in this. If you have futher questions, You can pm me and I'll give you my office number to chat.
Good luck.
