Looking at replacig my standard (awful) skoda speakers for something a bit better, has anybody done this and what are the sizes i need for both front and rear. Ta.

what HU are you running?

Also there is a speaker upgrade kit floating about atm

As yet i have not chosen a replacement head unit, looking for one of those as well.

Do that first then decide on speakers.

Hi, fronts are a bit of a sod, rears are easier, and provide a better sound, as with a good head unit the front oem can be v. good. I don't have my exact details at moment but will get back to you later. I fitted a set of Pioneer 10cm?? square plate replacement top end range for the rear side panels of the parcel shelf (existing oem position) and wired in the door tweeters (this is also oem from this position) and Pioneers have a dual cone tweeter inside a bass cone setup (extra tweeters provide more soundstage). I used a Pioneer single CD with USB connection(WMA,WAV,MP3) head unit which has got a very complex cross-over/ equalizer built in (on custom mode you have High,Mid,Low adjust points, for each one you have 4 cut off frequencies, and 4 cut off slope charictaristics!!! Also have bass cut off, sub woofer output, sub cut off point etc etc.. 4x50w MosFet power and cost me about £140 ish 3years ago!!

At home looked at info, Head unit Pioneer DEH-5000UB, Speakers Pioneer customfit rear deck TS-H104 Speakers cost me about £50 about 8yrs ago, head unit cost me £120 3yrs ago!!

Just looked on Pioneers web-site and modern versions look like (don't quote me on this.. check with Pioneer!!) head unit DEH-4200SD or DEH-5200SD, Rear speakers TS-1002i or TS-1001i!!

Edited 10 March, 201115 yr by fabdavrav

Looking at replacig my standard (awful) skoda speakers for something a bit better, has anybody done this and what are the sizes i need for both front and rear. Ta.

You've probably got the most decent OEM speakers in there, driving an Elegance. I have to agree on the rears though, they're crap.

To sort out the audio, if I had to do mine again, I'd...

1) Fit a modern head unit with a decent EQ, pre-outs and sub out and the best/most powerful?! internal amp.

At this point I'd twiddle with it to get the best out of it.

2) Fit a subwoofer of some description. The Pioneer TS WX77A active slimline sub has received good reviews. It's not cheap though! Unless you order from Belgium or Holland. Prices in the UK have gone nuts. It was £179 in 2008, now it's £279!

3) Then consider the front speakers and an amp. Fit the best front component speakers you can together with a decent 2x150w amp. (I have a Genesis profile 2 and though it's a very good 2x75w amp, it's not got the welly for loud music on the motorway).

All in all, I'd forget the rear speakers, just fade the sundstage forwards until they provide the merest rear fill.

J.

I had a genesis amp and Focal speakers years ago in a VW passat and it was top notch, but at the moment i just wanted a decent head unit and have this power the speakers, but try and get the best out of them.