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Introduction
My previous car, a Suzuki Grand Vitara, was written off by my
mechanic, so I purchased a Hyundai Tucson to replace it. The Tucson has a
decent stock audio system (certainly better than many of the other stock
systems I've had the displeasure of hearing), but I was soon thinking about
what I could do to upgrade it. My basic plan is to put in a kick-ass system
that is as stealth as I can make it, i.e. little or no visible signs of any
upgrades.
Components
Head Unit: Pioneer Premier 980BT with CD-UB100 USB interface
Amplifiers: MTX4160, Pioneer GDM-510
Front Speakers: Silver Flute W17RC38-04
midbass drivers, Seas 27TFFNC/G tweeters, custom-designed crossover (Madisound)
(stock front speaker locations), Aurasound NT1-204-8D tweeters and
custom-designed 8kHz high-pass filter (stock sail panel locations)
Rear Speakers: Silver Flute
W17RC38-04 midbass drivers, Seas 27TFFNC/G tweeters, custom-designed
crossover (Madisound) (stock rear speaker locations)
This photo shows the stock deck. It looks like a standard
DIN-sized deck (one of the reasons why I went with the Tucson - many of the
other 2007 models appear to be equipped with non-standard decks, which will
make the upgrade process a lot more difficult). Quite likely this is going
to end up being the most visible part of the upgrade, because the deck I've
chosen to replace it, a Pioneer Premier 980BT does not look anything like
the stock deck.
The stock system is equipped with four 6.5" "full-range"
speakers and two tweeters mounted on the sail panels.
The photo above shows the stock speaker grill for the left
rear speaker. There's a slight "tunnel" between the grill and the stock
speaker, which may affect the midrange response at bit.
Shown above is one of the stock speakers. It has one of the
smallest motors that I've ever seen on a 6.5" speaker. I'm guessing
that it's a neodymium magnet, hence the smaller structure.
The photo above shows the spare tire well, where the
subwoofer is likely going to go (another reason why I chose the Tucson -
most of the other SUVs on the market have the spare tire mounted on the rear
door, rather than in the trunk). The subwoofer is likely going to be a
sealed alignment using the two Shiva 12" drivers I used in my previous car,
but I haven't decided yet how I'm going to construct it.
[head unit]
[main speakers]
[amplifiers]
[subwoofers]
Brian Steele
brian@spiceisle.com
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