What your solution to the poor speakers in the 986?

[messing]

Well I continue to enjoy my 986. The weather has been good, the top is down and the radio, well that another story. My 99 986 has the factory head unit w/o Nav a six disk in the truck and yes a tape deck behind the flip down face. The tape deck really cracks me up. Everyone thinks my car is new and then I flip down the deck face. To funny. Anyway, I have flown my drivers speaker and it’s time for an upgrade. I'd love to hear what you all have done to improve your audio system. I am not looking to do anything crazy but I would like some rear speakers. I like the Porsche head unit, really just because it say Porsche on it and it works fine. Any recommendations on speakers or adjustments.

Thanks,
JM

[schnellman]

My suggestion is to turn off the radio and listen to the Flat Six Symphony.

[ekam]

1. Get an aftermarket exhaust.
2. Find highway overpass or tunnel.
3. Rev above 4k.

[kpm]

Originally Posted by schnellman

My suggestion is to turn off the radio and listen to the Flat Six Symphony.

+ 1

I've had the car for over a year I think I had the radio on ...once ?

[Brockmeister]

I just put an Alpine head unit in last weekend. Sounds alot better. I think I'll put in new speakers in later this year.

[madmods]

What you need is a Car Sound Systems Professional. Swing by your local shop with a good $1,000 in your back pocket and ask him to surprise you on that budget. Normally you end up with a near perfect sound at that price.

I had $200 budget on sound only so I just changed to a 40Wx4 unit. Perfect for garage/wrenching music only tho

[Brockmeister]

I've got an Kenwood amp and MB Quarts left over from my old BMW. I'll be looking into adding them in the future.

[matty-matt]

lots of great info here on this site if you search.
also, hit this link:
http://images.wikia.com/boxster/images/b/b6/Boxster_speakers_update_article.pdf

woofersetc has a great deal on Focal 5.25" midranges for $60 a pair shipped for your doors if you have the enclosures stock already.

enjoy

[gery67]

change the speakers, i think it is the right solution of your problem.

[Dave S.]

I added component speakers to my doors (my car didn't even have door speakers to start with). Put the tweeters up high close to the mirrors and the 6 inch mid-woofers where the door speakers go. Then replaced the dash speakers with an upgraded speaker. Of course I now have a 4 channel alpine amp in the frunk ( with the cross overs for the component speakers) and replaced the head unit too.
For a convertible with little available space on the inside, it sounds great to me now. I love the sound of the 3.2L especially when running up through the gears, but I like to listen to music with the top down while cruising at 65 mph too.