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<blockquote data-quote="Rebound" data-source="post: 8911666" data-attributes="member: 694131"><p><strong>Looking for opinions and suggestions about this build. </strong>I’m going to install a system in my son’s new 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness. He bought the car without the optional Harman audio system. It has very cheap speakers and doesn’t sound very good. I have a lot of experience in automotive work and a full garage. There’s very little that I cannot do to a car. </p><p></p><p>The Goal: Improve the sound for a 23 year-old who likes hard rock. Not interested in thumping bass or blasting the neighborhood. We started out thinking of just replacing the front door speakers, but you know how that goes. We’d like to avoid installing a sub to keep down on cost and taking up space.</p><p></p><p>Background: Front doors can fit 6x9 speakers. Dash has 3 1/2” speakers, and the back doors have 6 1/2” speakers. It’s easy to get parts from Metra, like the 6x9 adapter ring, harnesses, etc. </p><p></p><p>The Plan: Replace all six speakers and install a 4-channel amp and maybe LOC. </p><p></p><p>The Parts: I called Crutchfield and this is our parts list so far. I haven’t ordered yet, especially because I haven’t heard of this amplifier company before so I wanted feedback on them in particular. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Alpine S2-S69C</strong>. These are component 6x9 speakers. We’d put the 6x9 in the front door and the 3-inch mid/tweets in the dash. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Alpine DM-65G</strong>. These are 6 1/2” coax speakers that will go in the rear doors. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Memphis Audio SE1200.4V2</strong>. 4-channel 60W amp</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PAC LPA-E.4</strong> Line Output Converter</li> </ul><p>This comes in at around $700 total. That’s a little more than we thought we’d spend and we’d like to keep it under $1,000. That doesn’t mean we want to spend $1,000, it means we aren’t interested in an esoteric $2,000 amp, for example. </p><p></p><p>I did a similar upgrade to a Toyota Prius, without the amp. I think I put Pioneer coax 6x9’s in the front doors, Pioneer speakers in the dash and 6 1/2” speakers in the rear doors. I could never really tell the effect of the rear door speakers. In this case, the rear door speakers are only $100 so I guess it doesn’t matter, but when you’re driving the car and you have 6x9 in front, it seems that the 6 1/2” speakers at the bottom of the back doors won’t make much difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rebound, post: 8911666, member: 694131"] [B]Looking for opinions and suggestions about this build. [/B]I’m going to install a system in my son’s new 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness. He bought the car without the optional Harman audio system. It has very cheap speakers and doesn’t sound very good. I have a lot of experience in automotive work and a full garage. There’s very little that I cannot do to a car. The Goal: Improve the sound for a 23 year-old who likes hard rock. Not interested in thumping bass or blasting the neighborhood. We started out thinking of just replacing the front door speakers, but you know how that goes. We’d like to avoid installing a sub to keep down on cost and taking up space. Background: Front doors can fit 6x9 speakers. Dash has 3 1/2” speakers, and the back doors have 6 1/2” speakers. It’s easy to get parts from Metra, like the 6x9 adapter ring, harnesses, etc. The Plan: Replace all six speakers and install a 4-channel amp and maybe LOC. The Parts: I called Crutchfield and this is our parts list so far. I haven’t ordered yet, especially because I haven’t heard of this amplifier company before so I wanted feedback on them in particular. [LIST] [*][B]Alpine S2-S69C[/B]. These are component 6x9 speakers. We’d put the 6x9 in the front door and the 3-inch mid/tweets in the dash. [*][B]Alpine DM-65G[/B]. These are 6 1/2” coax speakers that will go in the rear doors. [*][B]Memphis Audio SE1200.4V2[/B]. 4-channel 60W amp [*][B]PAC LPA-E.4[/B] Line Output Converter [/LIST] This comes in at around $700 total. That’s a little more than we thought we’d spend and we’d like to keep it under $1,000. That doesn’t mean we want to spend $1,000, it means we aren’t interested in an esoteric $2,000 amp, for example. I did a similar upgrade to a Toyota Prius, without the amp. I think I put Pioneer coax 6x9’s in the front doors, Pioneer speakers in the dash and 6 1/2” speakers in the rear doors. I could never really tell the effect of the rear door speakers. In this case, the rear door speakers are only $100 so I guess it doesn’t matter, but when you’re driving the car and you have 6x9 in front, it seems that the 6 1/2” speakers at the bottom of the back doors won’t make much difference. [/QUOTE]
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