What Speakers have you Kitted Your Leon With??? ; )

[Malice19]

I am looking to get my Standard Leon speakers replaced as I've installed my new head unit and sub and already killed one of the rear door speakers

I thought the normal speakers would be OK as they sounded quite good when i first got the car for standard speakers... but now that Ive upgraded other components like sub and head unit, they really sound a bit naff.

So I've been looking about and have been recommended to use Infinity or Focal?

I asked in my local Car audio shop Sextons and asked how they Focal compare to infinity speakers and was told they are in the same league and that the focal's mite be a bit better?

Can any one comment on Focal speakers??? Or what do you recommend?

Thanks very Much


PS. What size are the Leon door Speakers as guy in shop he looked it up in a book and said they are 17cm so i will need spacers... is this correct... Cheers peeps

 

[Nutkin]

i have 2 sets of the older 2005 series rockford fosgate fanatix speakers and they sound the dogs. In the boot i have a JBL GT4-12, All powered by 2 JBL GT amps. it sounds the dogs

 

[TDCupra]

Genesis comps are pretty good. Yeah you do need spacers, you can get plastic ones from Halfords or make your own with some MDF.

 

[Malice19]

Genesis comps are pretty good. Yeah you do need spacers, you can get plastic ones from Halfords or make your own with some MDF.

Yeah that was my other choice! Genesis comps Very Good, mate had them in his last car... Where did you get them from?

Cheers

 

[TDCupra]

Yeah that was my other choice! Genesis comps Very Good, mate had them in his last car... Where did you get them from?

Cheers

I took a gamble and got a used pair off ebay. I'm very impressed with their performance over the standard speakers and thats just running them off my Kenwood HU. I'd love to wire them up to a Genesis amp, but I can't be arsed! Heres a link to some dealers:

http://www.genesiscaraudio.net/dealers/se_england.html

 

[Malice19]

I took a gamble and got a used pair off ebay. I'm very impressed with their performance over the standard speakers and thats just running them off my Kenwood HU. I'd love to wire them up to a Genesis amp, but I can't be arsed! Heres a link to some dealers:

http://www.genesiscaraudio.net/dealers/se_england.html

Cheers for the link mate, will look into it.

 

[Malice19]

Has any one got the Focal 165 A1 in there Leon????

 

[DodgyDave]

Has any one got the Focal 165 A1 in there Leon????

Not sure of the exact part numbers but i am running Focal 165A (dont know if there is anything after that!!!!) with the standard HU, been in the car for 2 1/2 years now with no issues

Sound a lot better than standard comp's, a lot clearer when on non-MP3 music and the bass is a lot tigher - they do "sound" quieter than standard but thats just because they are so much clearer.

Got 'em, back & front. Only fun bit is fitting the tweeters as that involves the Dremmel


Dave

 

[UncleFester]

I'm cheap and so were these;

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/kenwood-kfcp707-p-4792.html?cadid=cc363213f7bdb1ebd0bd10d1106d28ec

* 2-way Separate Component Speaker Package
* Oversized 160 mm Titanium Coated Cone Woofer with Rubber Surround
* 20 mm U.F.L.C. Soft Dome Tweeter / 2-way Mounting: Flush/ Surface Mount
* Crossover Network in See-through Compact Housing / 3-Point Tweeter
* Attenuator (0dB, -2dB, -4dB) / Protection Circuit against Excess Input
* Peak Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 W
* Maximum Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 W
* Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 W
* Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 dB
* Voice coil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Ohm
* Frequency response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ~ 35.000 Hz
* Cross-over frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 kHz
* Mounting depth (woofer) . . . . . . . . . . . .56 mm
* Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176 x 176 x 87 mm / 38 x 38 x 22.7 mm
* Magnet weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330 / 11 gr
* Net weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.070 / 40 gr

Can't grumble at the spec for the price - bought them 'blind' and they sound lovely

 

[Malice19]

Not sure of the exact part numbers but i am running Focal 165A (dont know if there is anything after that!!!!) with the standard HU, been in the car for 2 1/2 years now with no issues

Sound a lot better than standard comp's, a lot clearer when on non-MP3 music and the bass is a lot tigher - they do "sound" quieter than standard but thats just because they are so much clearer.

Got 'em, back & front. Only fun bit is fitting the tweeters as that involves the Dremmel


Dave

Cheers Dave
Thats what i wanted to hear

Thanks for the INFO M8

 

[Malice19]

Humm what is one to do?

I've read quite a few reviews on the Focals 165 A1 and all very Good

But I'm wondering what they compare to the Infinity Kappa 65.7cs as i have not heard them...?

Any one comment?

 

[33754k]

Has anyone got a guide/ pics on replacing the speakers- noticed they were riveted in on my cupra....
Cheers

 

[Pabs]

stock speakers - just different HU.
World of difference And good enough for me (at least in this car)

 

[Pabs]

Guides - Speak to Pete ICEMAN as he knows his stuff, and check out his forum/site:

www.icecavern.com

 

[UncleFester]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1311912&postcount=149

 

[TDCupra]

I just drilled them out

 

[Malice19]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1311912&postcount=149

Very interesting and the little guide you linked is tempting me to try doing it myself?

 

[UncleFester]

It's not difficult .. just time consuming - and you WILL break some of the door clips

Hardest part is removing the interior trim in the right order, for the record the tweeters in the kenwood component kit fit directly into the tweeter locations in the door panels.