2015+ wrx sti speaker upgrade
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2015+ wrx sti speaker upgrade
Hi all,
After some advice, what speakers do people recommend as standard fit for my car? It’s running standard headset, which I don’t want to change. Just want to make it sound better.
I hear they do a kicker upgrade for the speakers. But not sure where you’d get it in the uk?
Any advice is appreciated
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Adam
After some advice, what speakers do people recommend as standard fit for my car? It’s running standard headset, which I don’t want to change. Just want to make it sound better.
I hear they do a kicker upgrade for the speakers. But not sure where you’d get it in the uk?
Any advice is appreciated
Cheers
Adam
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Hi all,
After some advice, what speakers do people recommend as standard fit for my car? It’s running standard headset, which I don’t want to change. Just want to make it sound better.
I hear they do a kicker upgrade for the speakers. But not sure where you’d get it in the uk?
Any advice is appreciated
Cheers
Adam
After some advice, what speakers do people recommend as standard fit for my car? It’s running standard headset, which I don’t want to change. Just want to make it sound better.
I hear they do a kicker upgrade for the speakers. But not sure where you’d get it in the uk?
Any advice is appreciated
Cheers
Adam
Standard speakers (by FOSTER with tweeter by PANASONIC)
Premium speakers with subwoofer (by HARMAN)
Power amp for all model years
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The kicker upgrade kit for door speakers can that be purchased in the uk? Or USA only?
Don’t want to land loads of import fees
Cheers for everyone’s advice
Don’t want to land loads of import fees
Cheers for everyone’s advice
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Still cant decide, whether to go upgrade kickers or take an audio option from a local audiecentre!
Fancy the Kickers but cant find in the UK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Any help would be welcomed
Fancy the Kickers but cant find in the UK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Any help would be welcomed
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Any car audio will only be as good as the weakest link. The weakest link will almost always be the OEM Head Unit.
Speakers can only reproduce the signal that they receive. If a HU is sending a low quality, low power signal, it doesn't matter what speakers you use, it's still going to sound poor.
So changing the HU will have a far greater effect than the speakers. If you are determined to keep the HU, then fit an external amplifier. Depends how much you want to spend.
Also, 4 speakers for £145? They aren't going to be great.
Speakers can only reproduce the signal that they receive. If a HU is sending a low quality, low power signal, it doesn't matter what speakers you use, it's still going to sound poor.
So changing the HU will have a far greater effect than the speakers. If you are determined to keep the HU, then fit an external amplifier. Depends how much you want to spend.
Also, 4 speakers for £145? They aren't going to be great.
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The issue is usually that OEM HUs have small, underpowered internal amps. The ones on the Newages were something like 7.5w RMS per channel. Wholly insufficient to drive even the stock speakers. Just installing a HU with a larger internal amp, like a true 25w per channel will make a big difference. Consider also that stock speakers have tiny magnets and upgraded speakers will have much larger magnets to drive the voice coils. If the stock HU can’t drive the tiny stock speakers, it’ll have no hope against bigger ones.
That being said, I don’t know the specs of the 2015 OEM Hus.
That being said, I don’t know the specs of the 2015 OEM Hus.
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I've got a new shape (2014) and the first thing I did was upgrade the head unit to a Pioneer one with Android Auto. I also had a DAB shark fin antenna fitted to replace the stock item.
Usability aside (I thought the OEM head unit was awful to use and that plus DAB and Android Auto were my main reasons for changing) the sound quality is noticeably improved.
Usability aside (I thought the OEM head unit was awful to use and that plus DAB and Android Auto were my main reasons for changing) the sound quality is noticeably improved.
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