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Ok, I want to get the most out of the stereo in my new (to me) 210, But do not want to spend a fortune.
When I got it, it appears to be all factory, bow speakers running off the head unit, and 4 cabin speakers parallel off 2 channels of the 4 channel Clarion, and the factory sub bridged off the other two. No tower speakers.
Now this sounded TERRIBLE, I'm not sure if it's the clarion amp or the fact 4 speakers run off 2 channels and the gain had to be turned right up. But the rattling sub box certainly wasn't becoming.
Anyway, from back when I used to play around with cars I still have an Alpine mrv f307 4 channel, an Alpine mrv 1507 2 channel and anyone old enough to remember these would know how good they are, and 2x JL W3 D4 10" subs.
Currently I have added the Alpine 4 channel to run the cabin speakers, removed the subwoofer box, reinforced the flimsy rattling backing plate and reinstalled it, and wow, it doesn't even sound like the same system.
Now for my Question, I would like to add tower speakers at some stage, would you use the 1507 for tower speakers and perhaps build a box for the 2 JL's and use the clarion 4 chan?
Perhaps use the 1507 for the 2 JL's (how i used to use them and setup bridged was fairly formidable combo...for 1998) and bridge the the clarion 4 for towers?
Should I leave the polk 12" in there instead of 2 10's? I would find it very hard to believe a factory 12 could come close to a pair of 10w3's but am happy to be corrected.
At this point I don't really care for bow speakers, I am happy to leave them off the head unit and adjust all gains so that they are basically just a bit of sound if anyone ventures up there.
When I got it, it appears to be all factory, bow speakers running off the head unit, and 4 cabin speakers parallel off 2 channels of the 4 channel Clarion, and the factory sub bridged off the other two. No tower speakers.
Now this sounded TERRIBLE, I'm not sure if it's the clarion amp or the fact 4 speakers run off 2 channels and the gain had to be turned right up. But the rattling sub box certainly wasn't becoming.
Anyway, from back when I used to play around with cars I still have an Alpine mrv f307 4 channel, an Alpine mrv 1507 2 channel and anyone old enough to remember these would know how good they are, and 2x JL W3 D4 10" subs.
Currently I have added the Alpine 4 channel to run the cabin speakers, removed the subwoofer box, reinforced the flimsy rattling backing plate and reinstalled it, and wow, it doesn't even sound like the same system.
Now for my Question, I would like to add tower speakers at some stage, would you use the 1507 for tower speakers and perhaps build a box for the 2 JL's and use the clarion 4 chan?
Perhaps use the 1507 for the 2 JL's (how i used to use them and setup bridged was fairly formidable combo...for 1998) and bridge the the clarion 4 for towers?
Should I leave the polk 12" in there instead of 2 10's? I would find it very hard to believe a factory 12 could come close to a pair of 10w3's but am happy to be corrected.
At this point I don't really care for bow speakers, I am happy to leave them off the head unit and adjust all gains so that they are basically just a bit of sound if anyone ventures up there.