Which component speakers and sub?

[jazd]

I'm running 2-ways front and rear, but Boston are known to be a bit "bright" and I actually put the front tweets onto -2db, as it was a bit too "in your face" for me. I find the sound to be excellent, and would buy top end two way over mid range similarily priced 3 ways anyday. But then I've never tried a 3 way, so if I'm missing anything, I don't know about it!

Apparently the Focals are fairly bright too. Right now I'm probably closest to buying some Hertz HSK 163 (the High Energy range ones, not the ESK parts) 3-way components, should be able to get them for around $600 delivered.

[Greg Roles]

Better be going to town with Dynamat to make the most of them!

[jazd]

Better be going to town with Dynamat to make the most of them!

Why's that? I've ordered a Dynamat Extreme door pack already.

[Ben J]

From what I've read/heard unless your looking at spending like over a grand for speakers going with a high end 2-way over a "cheap" 3-way, but then again I definately dont have the experience to recommend anything and this is all just what I've learnt from "researching", the most expensive speakers I've listened too would be a like $150 set of alpines or something haha. I've also heard making some MDF spacers for the speakers is very worthwhile anyway so if you need them to mount them in whatever your car is (If you mentioned it I must have missed it haha) then it's probably a good thing anyway.

Adding Dynamat only improves matters by as much as the car is flimsy in the first, so on a nice euro car the difference wont be nearly as noticable as on a kia or something. And that going way overboard with dynamat is quite overated, you can apparently get basically the same results from covering less then half the outter door skin and sealing the service holes/deadening the rest of the other skin as from covering the whole lot in dynamat.

Again, I don't have any first hand experience with any of this stuff and this is just what I've been told/read. The people on the Home forums can be very helpfull with this sort of stuff though

[jazd]

Well I got the Hertz HSK 163 components for $550 delivered. Not bad. They retail at around $750 or more in Aus so happy with that.

sortofbigbj : I was happy just sticking with the standard 3-ways, everything I've read about the HSK 163s seems to be positive. I have the Dynamat already so I'll prob just use the whole lot on the doors, unless there is somewhere else that I can put some that will be more effective. I also bought some plastic speaker adaptors that should save me making MDF rings.

Still looking for suggestions for a 10" sub enclosure for the Golf's boot if anyone knows any... Will save me trying to make one

[Ben J]

Getting a box shipped from overseas can be pretty pricey, you could get a generic 10 inch box form jb or something for like $60, but chances are it wont be the right size you want or be of great quality. If your keen you could try making a fibreglass one molded to the side of the boot to save a lot of space, or you could whip one up outta some mdf to the exact dimensions you want. Alternatively you could probably have a cabinet maker make one up to your specifications, or get a local car audio shop to either build you one or something. I hear in sydney Fhrx are pretty good and I'm sure they would set you up with something nice Fhrx Studios - Audio / Visual Specialists

What sort of golf is this all going in? They have install threads about the mk5 and mk6 How to install component speakers into a MkV Golf. - Mobile Electronics Australia How to install component speakers into a MkVI Golf. - Mobile Electronics Australia

[jazd]

Yep I've seen those threads. Its for a Mk5 Golf. I got a quote for around $1000 for a moulded enclosure + sub from FHRX but I would have to leave the car with them and its in south Sydney and I'm from Newcastle, massive hastle and I dont think I want to spend that much anyway.

Wish I could just buy a off the shelf JL Stealthbox for $500 or a underfloor boot one as seen on golfmkv.com. Wierd thing is those pics of under the carpet on Golfmkv.com look totally different to under my boot carpet. I have a GT Sport TDI not a GTI but I would have thought the boot would be the same.

[G-rig]

3-ways are better than 2-ways all things being equal, but not usually for the price and speaker location plays a more important part. However the MK5 comes stock with 3-ways so makes sense to run them (albeit not very good locations, 2-ways with door pods would be better but you'd be spending a lot to do that).

Agree Dynamat is overrated and in my R32 i only had a bit behind the midbass. It wont help the tweeters and mids as they are sealed, which is why i'd be careful using tweeters that are too bright particularly when mounted in the stock sails. Also adds a bit of weight if you go too overboard. The VW are built pretty well to start with and some door foam like Tacmat is more what you want to stop the door cards vibrating and moving against other materials.

I would get a 10" stealth sub enclosure made at an audio shop and being quality you can always sell it for a good price later.

[jazd]

Agree Dynamat is overrated

OK I might not go to overboard with it then. I dont really want too much weight. I almost bought the Superlite variant but after reading a bit the concensus was that it didnt weigh much less than the normal stuff and you might as well just use less of the standard material.

I would get a 10" stealth sub enclosure made at an audio shop and being quality you can always sell it for a good price later.

Wanna sell me yours?

[G-rig]

OK I might not go to overboard with it then. I dont really want too much weight. I almost bought the Superlite variant but after reading a bit the concensus was that it didnt weigh much less than the normal stuff and you might as well just use less of the standard material.

I would still recommend doing the outer door skins if you have the balls to take them off (assume you have a MK5).

Wanna sell me yours?

Sorry already sold it.