Daytona Coupe
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I’ve been away for a long time, but I’m finally planning a stereo install for my 2015 GT. Discovering the DYNAVIN head unit was what pushed me over the edge.
Background: I was a professional stereo installer in the 80’s and 90’s - haven’t really done anything with car audio after 2000 when I changed careers. I did hundreds of custom installs and quite a few competition level systems. I am somewhat picky about my sound quality. I used to build and tune national finals quality audio systems. I am not afraid of custom fabrication. Don’t ask me how I’ve gone the last 20 years with stock audio, but I did.
I was originally thinking of just doing the head unit and upgrading my 6-speaker system. If I could find a good clean set of premium door panels, I’d consider going 3-way in the front. Now that I’m going this far, I’m tempted to go down the rabbit hole and add amps and a subwoofer of some sort.
I have looked at a lot of different subwoofer installations and can’t make up my mind which way I want to go. I want accurate bass. I listen to mostly rock these days, and don’t ever listen to rap or hip hop anymore. I want a hard hitting kick drum with some depth to it. I like it loud sometimes, but I don’t want sloppy boomy bass.
This back seat is fairly thick, and I’m concerned about the upper end of the bass range getting muffled. I could take the rear speakers out, but I was still thinking of putting some 6.5” components back there for a little rear fill and maybe some extra mid bass snap. I’m considering making a custom rear deck panel with a center grille for the bass. Ideally I want to keep most of my trunk space and not add too much weight.
What would you do? If you leave the seats and rear deck as is, am I still going to get tight bass coming through? I know we did ok with it 30 years ago, but cars weren’t constructed as well back then.
Thanks for reading this far.
John
Background: I was a professional stereo installer in the 80’s and 90’s - haven’t really done anything with car audio after 2000 when I changed careers. I did hundreds of custom installs and quite a few competition level systems. I am somewhat picky about my sound quality. I used to build and tune national finals quality audio systems. I am not afraid of custom fabrication. Don’t ask me how I’ve gone the last 20 years with stock audio, but I did.
I was originally thinking of just doing the head unit and upgrading my 6-speaker system. If I could find a good clean set of premium door panels, I’d consider going 3-way in the front. Now that I’m going this far, I’m tempted to go down the rabbit hole and add amps and a subwoofer of some sort.
I have looked at a lot of different subwoofer installations and can’t make up my mind which way I want to go. I want accurate bass. I listen to mostly rock these days, and don’t ever listen to rap or hip hop anymore. I want a hard hitting kick drum with some depth to it. I like it loud sometimes, but I don’t want sloppy boomy bass.
This back seat is fairly thick, and I’m concerned about the upper end of the bass range getting muffled. I could take the rear speakers out, but I was still thinking of putting some 6.5” components back there for a little rear fill and maybe some extra mid bass snap. I’m considering making a custom rear deck panel with a center grille for the bass. Ideally I want to keep most of my trunk space and not add too much weight.
What would you do? If you leave the seats and rear deck as is, am I still going to get tight bass coming through? I know we did ok with it 30 years ago, but cars weren’t constructed as well back then.
Thanks for reading this far.
John
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