StevenT,

Well after spending the whole damn weekend installing my Focal Utopia 165Ws and the PPI amp, I can't wipe the off my face (however when the VISA statement comes that should have some impact ).

I have been told that they can take around 40 listening hours to 'bed in', but they seem to already sound pretty damn good anyway. In the end I had to use a fairly big speaker mount (18mm MDF ) but I think the results are great.

Thanks again for your help.

 

Alister,

When are you going into business to undertake this upgrade for other S2000 owners in Melbourne ?

 

hiho-silver,

After the beating that my hands went through doing my own install, I can't see myself going into business just to do it all over again. Could give a couple of tips though...

 

Ah, the joy of a great car with great sound; close to the joy of sex and on a good day, perhaps better

Glad it turned out so great.

Steven

 

I think you mean on a bad day, perhaps better (ie a bad day for the sex)...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by StevenT
[B]Ah, the joy of a great car with great sound; close to the joy of sex and on a good day, perhaps better

 

Hi Alister,

glad you are happy with the Focals, as another very interested party in those speakers could you let me know where you've mounted the tweeters? Have you any pic's

Cheers!

 

At this stage the tweeters are on the dash, and attached using double sided tape. The Utopia tweeters come with two different mounting 'adaptors', a flat/flush one and an angled one. I am using the angled ones. I could have screwed them into the door trims or dash, but at this stage I will just leave them where they are.

In regards to photos, I will try to get hold of a digital camera and take a few pictures.

 

I originally had tweeters (not the focals) in the "A" Pillars but the imaging was terrible even with crossovers set to the 6 db gain reduction setting.

I now have the Focal tweeters (which are the largest diameter car tweeters I have ever seen, BTW) flush mounted in the doors just above the lower section (where the 6.5"'s mount) and just to the front of them.

Also, I finally got my A/D/S 4" coaxials today and hope to have them in by the weekend. We'll see how much better they are than the Polk 4" I have in the rear now.

Steven

 

Which site did you get the ADS speakers from?

 

Thanks for the feedback guys, I was really thinking of an A pillar mount myself, I think I'll have to bite the bullet and flush mount them in the door panels though...