Hi Guys
Can anyone help? Fed up with not hearing my stereo at speed!!! I don,t want to go mad on upgrading, wondered if I just replaced the speakers in the doors would I get any benefit. Or do I need to change the unit and speakers. I don,t really want to spend

 

I think people generally upgrade just the headunit and they are really satisify with just that!

I think my stock stereo sounds good, at least for now =)

David

 

Head unit before speakers in our car

I personally just don't listen to the stereo

 

I had the same exact situation, I could barely hear anything on highway speeds, but I had an AP1, and the stock speakers are the worst. Yours, being a MY '04 should have pretty decent stock speakers, so replacing the headunit will instantly give you a much louder signal than the stock headunit.

Anything after that is sort of diminishing returns, in that, you have to spend a lot more to get any appreciable gain in loudness by replacing the speakers/adding an amp etc. However, you'll need an amp if you want to add a sub...but you'll also be sacrificing some space. I sacrificed the wheel well/toolbox area.

 

Thanks guys

The feedback was useful going to upgrade both the head and speaker with the new Alpina cda 9887 and spx pro speakers (new model just released)

Thanks again
Jams