lightweight stereo
Discussion
If you fancied upgrading the power / quality of your stereo without weighing down your light sportscar with heavy amps:
www.gspr.com/PA_5350.html
www.gspr.com/PA_5350.html
Its probably a bit of a compromise between weight or decibels, but why not just buy the head unit with the highest output you can and don't bother with any amps. I had a sony cd player in my old escort, I had 180w sony 6x9's on the parcel shelf and 200w caliber components (mids, tweeters connected via a crossover). It was plenty loud enough. That Blaupunkt one on the link is hardly high output anyway!, and is all the extra speakers which would add the most weight.
Alternatively, why not buy a little Vauxhall Nova 1.3SR (a mate of mine is selling his E-reg SR for £200), and use that for your stereo instead. You could then keep your sports car for real driving.
>> Edited by nmlowe on Sunday 21st April 01:21
>> Edited by nmlowe on Sunday 21st April 01:24
Alternatively, why not buy a little Vauxhall Nova 1.3SR (a mate of mine is selling his E-reg SR for £200), and use that for your stereo instead. You could then keep your sports car for real driving.
>> Edited by nmlowe on Sunday 21st April 01:21
>> Edited by nmlowe on Sunday 21st April 01:24
I'd be the first to ditch extra weight, but thought this might be of some interest to others. From previous threads it's clear many owners love music in their tiv's.
Secondly, it's not about large watts for the sake of loudness in proper hifi. It's just a fact that a higher quality amp with more (power) in reserve will sound much cleaner at the same level.
Head units power outputs are usually quoted at peak (unsustainable) levels with high distortion and clipping of the soundwave, so are meaningless. It's not 'watts' that gives you good sound quality. What really makes the difference is high current, to give the music smooth fluidity and fast transient response. Unfortunately the weedy internal headunit amp pushed to screetchy volumes will never achieve this. Think of the difference between the two as a screaming loud scooter, and a smooth lazy v8 with plenty in reserve.
Secondly, it's not about large watts for the sake of loudness in proper hifi. It's just a fact that a higher quality amp with more (power) in reserve will sound much cleaner at the same level.
Head units power outputs are usually quoted at peak (unsustainable) levels with high distortion and clipping of the soundwave, so are meaningless. It's not 'watts' that gives you good sound quality. What really makes the difference is high current, to give the music smooth fluidity and fast transient response. Unfortunately the weedy internal headunit amp pushed to screetchy volumes will never achieve this. Think of the difference between the two as a screaming loud scooter, and a smooth lazy v8 with plenty in reserve.
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