TV touch screen ?

[Smartjames]

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Haha great you just sent me back to drawing board lol I just don't want to buy something and then wish I hadn't I only really got one go at it as haven't got money to keep buying and testing out want it good etc so this is why I want feedback from the people who have been there and done it like you so the pioneer HU could power the sub,door speakers and tweeters ? Or do you have a amp ? Any chance people can show me any pictures of there audio systems just so I get some options !


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[problemchild1976]

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No I don't rate the underseat subs - they give a little extra depth but for the money they give poor bass!

I got rid of my pioneer slim sub after a few months and got the fli enclosure. Never regretted it at all. Still a good amount of space left.

For me, £150 for those speakers is silly money. Maybe for some superb speaker from. Specialist but thee alpines will perform just as well - it's a smart car and not gonna be an uber ice install project.

There are nicer looking HU - I would still say pioneer are the better of the cheaper brands due to their links to parrot for Bluetooth

JJ

[Smartjames]

TV touch screen ?

Just save up a little while then you can afford to do it without compromising.

Definitely pick component speakers and mount the tweeters as near to ear level as possible (within reason!) factor in where you'll be locating the crossovers as well.

A good setup can last a good amount of time if chosen wisely. It'll repay it's cost over the time you stick with it.

and I'm thinking to put the tweeters just near the door handle that should be ok position ?! And yeah I'm not wanting the best of the best just a upgrade from the standard crud that's in there already !

That's sentence right there is the one that I'm trying and wanting to do--"A good setup can last a good amount of time if chosen wisely. It'll repay it's cost over the time you stick with it."

and iv defo found out speakers and tweeters are the way to go

Thinking just near/next to the door handle for the tweeters and I'm not wanting the best of the best just a better sound quality than the standard stuff.

[adrimo]

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I have bought new many times but mostly I buy used that way I can afford a higher quality product and if I sell I mostly get what I paid it allows me to experiment and have a play around but for me that's what I'm into.

The biggest problem with the smart is road noise when driving, it will always cause issue that's why I prefer to have the power of an amp as I can turn it up like on a motorway and still have great quality.

The road noise can't be avoided due to the design of the car however some sound deadening on the floor panels and around the speaker will help.

[madDan]

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Just save up a little while then you can afford to do it without compromising.

Definitely pick component speakers and mount the tweeters as near to ear level as possible (within reason!) factor in where you'll be locating the crossovers as well.

A good setup can last a good amount of time if chosen wisely. It'll repay it's cost over the time you stick with it.

[Smartjames]

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Well yeah that was only a personal thing keeping them all the same brand and my days of going manpower and all the pioneer and alpine and kenwood was mainly all the brands I know as I haven't and are not in the soundz game ! So just don't want to be buying something then it's either **** or wasn't really need init ! And yeah I think I will have to defo go and listen to some. It's just still won't sound the same from in a shop to in the dinky car thou. And yeah I think I will put my cash together for a good underseat sub as do really want to keep my boot free

Many thanks mate


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[adrimo]

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I think the head unit is great

I personally would go with a better brand than kenwood for speakers, have a look at focal, JL audio, rainbow, hertz they all make shallow speakers if depth is a problem. And also do great subs.

Then put your amp and sub money together and get a better underseat sub, u should really go to a shop and listen to some forget hallfords though

As I'm really into car audio I do forget that some people don't want to go to far or don't want to spend lots of money or have the time to spend going to far into it.

If u want to keep it all one brand then that's fine to just see if they have some speakers that are smaller so they fit I think 16.5inch is your size, then the rest will be fine

[adrimo]

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I think the head unit is great

I personally would go with a better brand than kenwood for speakers, have a look at focal, JL audio, rainbow, hertz they all make shallow speakers if depth is a problem.

Then put your amp and sub money together and get a better underseat sub, u should really go to a shop and listen to some forget hallfords though

As I'm really into car audio I do forget that some people don't want to go to far or don't want to spend lots of money or have the time to spend going to far into it.

If u want to keep it all one brand then that's fine to just see if they have some speakers that are smaller so they fit I think 16.5inch is your size, then the rest will be fine

[Smartjames]

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Oh ok thanks mate I did want to avoid taking any of the boot space thou ! So do you not rate the underseat subs ? Not like I'm gonna have it super loud ;-) ☺️


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[problemchild1976]

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Components.....

http://caraudiosecurity.com/sxe-1750s-16-5cm-280w-components

Sub (fits in the boot nicely)....

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=331083116727

Had one in my fortwo and it cost me £25 and was only ever needed to use about 20% of its capacity and only really takes up 1/4 of the boot.

And then whatever HU you fancy - keep an eye on halfords as they do very good offers. It just needs amp out RCA (which 98% do now)

JJ

[problemchild1976]

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How much for a set of speakers!!!!????

And those powered subs are ok but again - a lot for not too much gain!

Some suggestions that I would go for (this is me being cheap though)

JJ

[Smartjames]

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careful with those speakers, they are nearly 1 inch bigger than the ones in the doors, you'd have to cut a lot of the door away to fit them and they will be deeper so might interfere with the window glass when it's down.

You still don't need an amp.

Ignore the ridiculous peak outputs stated on the stereo and speakers, they are nonsense.

Yeah iv just noticed that there bigger now iv measured them and won't be doing all that cutting etc just want more like a straight swap init and wow I didn't even no head units can power that much so a decent headunit will power the door speakers,tweeters and the sub brilliant then and thanks for putting up with my stupid arse questions lol newbies aye !! Lol


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[Evilution]

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careful with those speakers, they are nearly 1 inch bigger than the ones in the doors, you'd have to cut a lot of the door away to fit them and they will be deeper so might interfere with the window glass when it's down.

You still don't need an amp.

Ignore the ridiculous peak outputs stated on the stereo and speakers, they are nonsense.

[Smartjames]

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Ok guys these are the things I'm looking at can anyone shed any light on these items good ? not good ? Be enough for the smart ? Please help people....



And this is if I did get a amp just to not make the headunit work hard for it all ??




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[Smartjames]

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Almost all of the under seat subs have a built in amp.

I'm with Evil on this, only an amplified sub is really needed along with good quality speakers that a high quality head unit with an integrated amp will easily drive, anything else is probably overkill in a Smart.

Cheers!

Ok brilliant so I'm looking at getting a good nice pioneer/kenwood double din head unit separate door and tweeters and a underseat sub and I'm sorted one more thing what am I needing on the head unit to power this ie ports etc

Many thanks guys



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