Hello Guys, I've decided to improve a bit the sound in my Kamiq and based on experience on previous cars, also haven read some articles in the forums, this time my intention is to start with sound deadening. From what I've read improvement should be quite satisfying against to the money spent and the whole difficulty of the mod. The car is '22 Kamiq with Amundsen audio system I believe (touch screen with volume knob and another knob at other side), 4 speakers in the doors.

I am planing to start deadening the four doors. One thing I wonder, hope guys who have already did this have an idea is which panel is more important to be isolated - the inner one, where the speaker is mounted, or the outer panel (behind the speaker)? I am asking this, because if the inner panel is making more of the difference, I'd do it only for it, so I can skip drilling the riv nuts holding the speakers and risking to make some damage there, as the car is still in warranty.  

What is it that you want to achieve with the sound deadening audio sound quality or general car vibration noise?

 

I want to improve the sound quality of the fabric speakers. But haven read some forum threads and watched few vides, I guess I will not achieve a lot only with insulating the inner sheet of metal, so I will try doing the outer as well..

As of materials - is anyone tried this kit? - https://ctk.uk.com/products/ctk-standard-pro-door-kit

As a recovered hi-fi nut of 40+ years (from the 1970s) of high monetary expenditure I think with that you might be paying more for brand and peer acceptance and into diminishing returns, certainly against expenditure, any basic sound deadening mats cut as required would reduce some of the vibrations from the thin metal sheets that are on a modern car but I doubt you'd be satisfied knowing you hadn't used the more expensive stuff which may give some small greater improvement.

 

For sound quality everyone of us is different to what we hear and what we want/need but as with cars generally whatever you have, whatever it can do, it can be improved, there is no end to the improvements only a level of what you can accept.  You might find that you are listening to the system, environment, source quality rather than the music, play or program or perhaps that's your aim in which case there are test signals or I believe competition signals purely to test or as competition.

 

I now find quite modest systems fine and just accept them as they are and don't own any systems myself at all, my last car that I had for 16 years didn't even have a radio let alone any sort of reasonable audio system so I can't help you any more than the experience I've already put which I know won't be relevant to you at this point.

 

Good luck.

 

Thanx @nta16, I think I got your point! I have already ordered some cheaper insulation with which I can give a try, but wanted to check if this wouldn't be a better solution.