I had a 2001 S2000 that the lease just finished on, My new wife decidd I can have another one. With no time to waste before she changes her mind I drove home last night my brand new (clearence priced) 2005 S2000 in Dark (forgive me) silver. Blackinterior. I saved from my other S2000 the rear speaker kit I bought, it came with Kenwood speakers, and it had the back plastic peice included and attached to it. I bought it almost 4 years ago but I can't seem to find the website I got it from. At the time I' beleive they were supported and regcognized by S2KI. My question is, does anyone know if the rear panels behind the seat are the same size, and will they fit with the speaker kit I have? I'm trying to find the answer before I go out there and start taking things apart.

Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.
Man, the 2005 is so much nicer I think, then again, it only has 103 miles onit, my other one has 59,552.

Thanks
Stainbow1

 

its lucid audio and should fit. Let me know how the install goes? you doing it yourself?

 

Yeah, I'm going to do it myself. I did it in my 2001, so I can't imagine the 2005 should be any more difficult. Putting in the speaker and panel is easy, running the wire not so bad, getting the radio, That I have to remember, but other than that it should go fine. Once I get around to doing it that it. I have to get it done by Friday, I'm going away to Virginia beach and I need louder music than I have right now.

Thanks for posting back. Been a while since I've been on here, I'm glad to see there are some friendly faces still around. I have to get around to updating my profile, it's been a few years.

Thanks again
Stainbow1

 

Right now, there are teh OEM headrest speakers, the Lucid panels, and the S-pods. I like the S-pods, because I am looking for volume at top down highway speeds. The Lucid panels provide more of a "true" rear channel.....fill only. I use the S-pods as a driver setup when I am cruising on the interstate with the top down. Crystal clear at 90mph.

It depends on what you are looking for......true sound staging and imaging, or just more volume.

John

 

One thing that's better about the '04-'05s is they have rear speaker wires at the back of the stock HU. They are just behind the drivers side knee pad.

2004/2005 rear speaker wiring diagram.


Red/Yellow (Passenger Rear Speaker (+))

Brown/White (Passenger Rear Speaker (-))

Blue/Yellow (Driver Rear Speaker (+))

Gray/Red (Driver Rear Speaker (-))

 

Speaking of the 05, I can not hear the music with the top down in my 05. Looking at other treads it is some peoples opinions that the best thing to do is replace the HU first vs. rear speakers. I am looking at improving the sound, any advice would be appreciated. Looking at starting with replacing OEM HU with Alpine CDE-9845 and then maybe new door speakers then going to rear last if needed.

 

Rear speakers make the biggest difference. I upgraded the door speakers and added Spods. It made a world of a difference. Head unit is next.

 

Anybody have other ideas?? I like the look of the open roll-hoops, so S-pods are not for me. The OEM headrest speakers are way too expensive. I have "acoustic" doubts about putting speakers in the panel behind the seat, plus I am on a lease and would rather not modify the rear panels (unless I buy extras....)

One thing I am toying with is some sort of small speaker that could be affixed to the opening in the back of the headreast. I was thinking some 3.5" or 4" speakers could be hung from the back of the mesh headrest insert, aiming forward. They might function OK in free air, but more than likely a small enclosure would be better.

Ideally, I'd like both R and L channels firing at me from the driver's headrest (rarely will have passengers, and we'd be talking rather than jamming tunes in those cases).

In my head, I see two small surround-style speakers (like the teeny Bose cubes) perched in back of the headrest.... Question is, where can I get some small speakers like that for not too much money??

Any other ideas where/how rears could be mounted? Since these are intended to augment/fill sound in an open car, it can be a fairly cheap/simple setup.

thanks,
Craig

 

One thing to keep in mind is the time alignment issues (and the frequency cancellations that can occur) as a result of the right speaker coming at you from the passenger door while the right little speaker is right behind your head. Little speaker hits you a couple of milliseconds sooner which may be enough to make things sound a little weird. The brain is damn accurate when it comes to timing of audio signals and phase cancellations.

 

Yep, I agree and hence the time correction features in a lot of head units including my new Alpine CDA-9833.