Right, time to pick my ICE this is actually immense fun having no speakers or stereo in the car - I can recommend this .

First of all I'm most likely buying one of These puppies
Because of the double din sat navs they seem to be the daddy -1 because the daddy is another

 

I would have a traipse around some of the local(ish) car audio fitters and ask all their advice and then pick the bones out of the info they give. There are also a couple of specialist car audio mags you could look at, trouble is being a new model there probably won't be much experience with this model about. sorry.

 

I'm being a complete girl and getting someone 'professional' to fit mine so i'm no help!

Be interested to see what it all looks like post install though!

 

To explain the difference between Components and Co-Axials you need to understand that in or der to produce a full frequency range, you need larger speakers (woofers) for the lower frequencies, and small speakers (tweeters) for the higher frequency ranges. A sub-woofer is a very big speaker which produces really low frequencies.

Most normal stereos use 2-way speaker systems consisting of a woofer and a tweeter. We have two sets of these, one for the left and one for the right.

In Component systems, the woofers and tweeters are seperate units. This is what you have in the door of your S2000. The woofer is low down in the door, and the tweeter is in the little pod near the top of the door.

In a Coaxial system, the woofer and tweeter are in the same casing, wit the tweeter usually sitting "inside" the woofer. This is not as good an arrangement as a Component system as the low frequencies produced by the woofer interfere with the high frequencies of the tweeter. However, Coaxial does have the advantage of being more compact in terms of size.

By putting Coax at the back, you only need cut one hole and just pop the speaker in, so less work an much easier. As you already have a component arrangement in the door, stick with that.

As for manufacturers of speakers, Focal and Boston come highly recommended (search those for more).

As for amplifiers, traditionally, the amplification contained within a head unit such as your proposed Pioneer, isn't all that great, although good enough for most cars. However, a separate amplifier will produce far more "juice" allowing for proper volume and quality in a noisy car like an S2000.

Some would recommend not getting the rear speakers and simply using quality in-door component speakers along with an amplifier. If you want to add rears later, you can do so, and use the amplification from the head unit to do so, as they are only for "extra fill" in any case.

Hope that helps...

 

Not for the S2000 mind, its for my FD2 which has speaker holes in the back for a couple of co-ax.

Will look for Focal and Boston Speakers. Also if you were to recommend an amp would there be a particular brand in mind? would be mostly interested in lighter ones.

 

Genesis amps have a good rep and small in size and weight.

 

Alpine amps are good value for money and come in all shapes, sizes and weights, and have some integration features with the Alpine head units.

Nothing wrong with Genesis either.

As it's all going into the FD2, an amp may not be necessary at all, assuming it's a lot quieter in there than in an S. It'll sound better with an amp for sure, but it depends on how much quality/volume you want to afford. Start with that head unit and good speakers, and then perhaps decide if you want to add a subwoofer and/or amplifier later, unless you're flush and can afford to do it all in one go!

 

Not about being flush but I like modding so I don't want to do everything at once

 

In that case, get the head unit, and some Focal/Boston speakers and see how you get on.

 

Good advice. The only time I'd put an expensive audio in a car is to transport it home!

Sort of think a JDM has to have something double-DIN & wacky as part of the Kudos, though.