Roadie speakers:Which crossover to use? -'Sound upgrade'(!) or components

[smart_alec]

OK,

So I am sticking with the laughable but flush mounting Grundig head unit.

-The HU has the 'sound upgrade' (Ha ha, yes I know) which involves adding, or perhaps activating, an internal 'crossover' (or EQ?) to the HU + low quality tweeters in the top of the dash

-I am replacing both the door speakers and the tweeters with FLI comp5 components - woofers for the doors and improved tweeters for the top of the dash (£40, sounds reasonable)

-The FLI components come with their own crossover unit

So, my question is: Should I use the 'sound upgrade' cross over and simply stick the woofers and tweeters at the ends of the current wires OR should I turn the sound upgrade OFF, cut the tweeter output from the HU, wire the FLI crossover to the main output and then wire in the woofers and tweeters to the FLI crossover in the usual way?

Sorry if that sounds a tad confusing! The question really turns on whether the sound output from [the Grundig + Sound Upgrade turned ON + Internal cross over chip (?) + FLI speakers] will be better than [the Grundig + Sound Upgrade turned OFF + FLI crossover + FLI speakers]?

MadDan and Evil, I am sure you, amongst others, will have some good advice!

I can imagine that the FLI cross over is best suited to the FLI speakers....but the Grundig cross over system, whatever it is, may be best suited to the Grundig HU. So what to do!?

Many Thanks

Alec

[headless]

Re: Roadie speakers:Which crossover to use? -'Sound upgrade'(!) or components

Here's my 2 penny worth.
Bin as much of the standard stuff as you can, it is rubbish.
Use your own wiring as much as possible, and I know you said you were keeping the original Grundig unit, but, come on, why?
If you like your music like I do, there is only one answer!:thumbs_do:rock::eleph:
:bag:

[Ferrina]

Re: Roadie speakers:Which crossover to use? -'Sound upgrade'(!) or components

I guess if you are on a budget and have to keep the head unit, ditch the component crossovers and just run in new wiring for your components. I didn't have the SU on my roadster but just used some JBL two way door speakers but I also used a Clarion compact active sub in the boot which helped a lot. There are some photos on my Youtube site.

Good luck mate. wanna see some pix soon.

[smart_alec]

Re: Roadie speakers:Which crossover to use? -'Sound upgrade'(!) or components

Well here ya go:

I've wired in the FLI components: Woofers in the doors and tweeters in the windscreen/dash grill. i.e. I took the easy option of just sticking the new speakers at the ends of the existing (sound upgrade installed) wiring.

Its really rather good! Excellent in fact, i would strongly recommend trying this for anyone who has the sound upgrade and wants to make it better - significantly better! Total cost £40. no pics cos theres nothing to see! Just unclip the door grills and the dash/windscreen grills and swap the speakers over! Oh yes, i did add some dynamat behind the woofs on the doors too. - Another very cheap and simple mod with a significant benefit.

Thats it! So I used the 'sound upgrade' built in crossover. If u don;t have the sound upgrade but want these speakers u could presumably use the crossovers supplied with the speakers by FLI. -I'd be interested to know how that sounds too.

By the way, my reasons for keeping the head unit are firstly that it fits with the interior, secondly I don;t have to worry about inclipping any fascia etc etc everytime i park the car cos no one would want to nick it and thirdly that I've made my own iPod kit which plugs in the back, charges the pod, transmitts the music and even pauses the pod when the headunit is switched off. Heh heh, thats really rather good too! Now the sound is good i am happy with it. The only thing i am missing is a phone lead to plug my iPhone in! (Any one used a phone lead? or is the parrot bluetooth the only option? There seems to be provision for a phone connector, perhaps Smart sell one.......(?)

Moral of the story: OK u audiophiles, the head unit ain't the best, but for just £40, or £50 if u want the rubber matting too, you can make significant improvements resulting in a sound that is more than acceptable.



I'll take cover.............