theboy

I have had my 53 plate Scooby now for aprox 1 week, love everything about it so far (apart from maybe petrol) but i have notcied that the stereo quality is absolute cr*p compared to my mini. Any others have similar problem. Its not much of a problem as i tend to lsiten to the engine.

F1 CJE UK

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yep they all have mate its just lucky that the car sounds so good, saying that I have just put a Kenwood DVD system in looks great in the car matches the dash

Stephen Pope

sh1te!!

flynnstudio

silence is more preferable than listening to a Subaru standard stereo.

Twix

F1 - can you tell me more about the system you put in - how much to buy and how much to install - presumably its the type that ejects from the dash and swivels to reveal the screen?

Now you've got one, what do you think? I'd be interested to hear as I've been thinking about getting one...

Cheers.

Bug Eyed Peas

Job off the stereo, listen to the burble instead

Shark Man

The first thing I do with ANY car is rip out the OE system and dump in my Pioneer gear (head, amps, speakers etc).

Anything from the factory in almost any car is pants imo.

Even the "tuned" Bose system in the NSX sounds awful. The Harmon Kardon stuff in the 7series BMW is ok, but only just (but at that price, I should bl**dy well hope so )

RLE

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when you see the speakers you will realise just why the sound is so crap. They are like paper! Even upgrading these makes a significant difference. Think the Kenwoods I bought were no more than £100.00 for the fronts and rears and I kept oem head unit in for a while until I stuck a single din secs monitor in the car.

jasonius

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Details..?

anthscooby01

Would Dynamat inside front doors as well if u gonna upgrade speakers. Helps bass quite a bit.

GaryCat

The FAQ in the ICE section has lots of ideas

ru'

Beat me to it!

ScoobyDoo555

I put my old Scooby stereo into my wife's old Mondeo (for selling purposes!), and tbh, it aint bad!!

The Scooby has fookin awful speakers

Get shot of/replace the speakers, and the improvement is astounding

Dan

F1 CJE UK

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hi my systems a Kenwood DDX-6029 and then I replaced all my speakers with JBL front and back so far I have been very impressed with it being able to play 30 – 40 albums with out changing cds is great. the system could be easier to use but this is only an issue for the first week or two.

I had the system installed by mcs-direct (www.mcs-direct.co.uk) in Lester who came recommended by my Subaru dealer (westaway motors Northampton). the system cost fully fitted £950 but i love it when you are in a jam and can just put a film on
, priceless (WRC 2003 DVD at the min)

there was a previous discussion on this system a few months back with some good info and pics, Tostys the one to blame for my expenditure any way if any one wants more info or pics then pm me and I will send some to you if i can

http://https://www.scoobynet.com/dou...d-t526165.html

Twix

Thanks F1.

theboy

Cheers for the replies, i was thinking of changing the speakers but i dont want to have to make any mods. Hopefuly they will just fit into the original surrounds etc..

impreza_terzo3_no257

Get yourself some JBL 6.5" components from Motorworld, they will come 2 6.5" door speakers, 2 tweeters to go inside the little grill next to the door handle(if you have tweeters as stock in the newage cars) and you will get 2 crossover boxes (about the length of your palm if not smaller) run them of the stock subaru unit and it may sound better if not do what i did and what others have done throw the stock system away and get yourself a half decent headunit. I reckon if you kit out the whole car with just the speakers in the doors and parcel shelf and buy a new h/u your probably not looking at more than £250 and thats for a half decent sound.

BTW where abouts are you?

JAY

theboy

I am at Halifax, i am not that bothered about changing the head unit as i like the look of the standard one. Its just that after having my mini this sysytem is totally pants. I have to listen to the wife instead!!!

impreza_terzo3_no257

fair do's, just get yourself a full set of components then matey, I know for a fact Motorworld are still doing the JBL's for £50 a set iirc thats a hundred quid and a half decent sound try it mate.