rear speaker hack
 

Does anyone have any info on this?

rainy day rear speaker install

Looks a bit interesting.

Just install the OEM ones,if you want to fill the presence. If you wanna go world class audio and other super high end gear buy the PnP rear speaker kit off eBay. The Rainyday rear speaker kit looks very....non Porsche/OEM.

Hi,

It does look very interesting, I'm not a real fan of the look, but it is interesting. As Robt. (Blinkwatt) says the Rear Speakers really only provide fill so you aren't only Front Staged in the sound.

But, it has to be noted how poor an Audio Environment a convertible, any convertible, is. Top Up or Down, the cockpit is really too noisey to achieve any truly good audio. Some disagree but that's my opinion.

I would not place a high-end system or $$$ in the Boxster. I've heard mega-buck installs by professionals at some Car Shows, and they just don't match sound vs $$$.

Audio gear also represents Bling for many people, nothing wrong with that. If it does for you, go ahead. It also depends on what you like to listen to. Modern RAP has much less subtlety than say a Mozart Concerto, so you don't need as good a system (except for maybe Bass power) for that. Hope this helps...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

I have the rear speaker kit and not too impressed even if it was just meant to do a "fill". Perhaps I'll replace the crappy speakers it comes with with some decent 2-ways. Do any of you know of mods done to the rear speaker kit? I'm just browsing for options. I've been contemplating creating a custom box so that the install would look similar to the dodge viper's subwoofers:

http://a137.g.akamai.net/n/137/3538/...s/speakers.jpg

Just doing a bit of research.. I've looked at the bose option, but haven't heard it. I'm not impressed with the "fill" option of the rear speaker kit I have. We'll maybe I'll get off my lazy but and actually work on this custom box that I was supposed to work on 6 years ago.. ;)

Is this big enough?

WOW thats a bit much.. too bulky for me. I'm thinking more of the lines of "ONE" smaller subwoofer. Did you do that box yourself? If so, mind sharing how it was made?

Hi,

Well, anything's doable if you have the skills and the $$ - Go for it!! Good Luck...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

I too would like more/better sound... I had my Sony head unit installed since my car came with an Alpine CD deck with an AWOL face. Found out I DO have the rear speaker option... but there's not enough bottom end to make the sound 'full' to me.

I'm NOT a hip hop/rap/thumping bassline music liker... I dig more rock, hard rock, loud rock, and more rock on top of that... but I do like having a little bottom end.

Also turns out the PO had a small box built into the front of the passenger side footwell. Looks like probably an 8" woofer was in there. The speaker is gone, and the front cover and grill was hosed in it's removal... but I'm thinking I might get a 5 channel amp, a decent 8" speaker, and replace the door/dash/rear speakers with better quality ones... and maybe get something a little better sounding out of it.

This is a bit smaller.

Now that is a bit more like it. Got the specs on that setup? Did you make that yourself? Please share where you are getting all this. =)