I just got my new Myvi and found out that the speaker does not have bass. Much worse than my desktop speaker at home.
Then manage to find this forum here, ICE.

I am a total noob on car audio system here. My only wish is only better music listening but
not to spend a great deal(eg >RM1k) and
not to get into some ayam brand,
and also possible not adding some really big woofer or amplifier at my boot.
Sorry if I offend people with really nice and good sound system with big amplifier and woofer, I do think that its very nice, but I need the boot space.

What is that I can do to start off with ?

The head unit meaning the cd player that part right?

Thank you for all the replies. But i probably might just want to do it once off, as in might not be getting other things later. Is there anything like whole package(preferabaly without taking boot space, still preserve the look of the original car but improves sound system) that somebody can refer me to?

Why is it so complicated to improve car audio system?!! Isn't it much simpler to improve the sound system on a pc?!

wow thanks for the offer but its a little out of my budget for now....

Yes I totally dont mind a second hand set at all. Buying a sound system is not really to look at it but to listen to sound quality right.

An active sub woofer u say ? Meaning if I just want to add some bass to the original sound quality i just install an active sub woofer will do ?

From this website here :

hxxp://kereta.info/basic-car-audio-system-specification-upgrade-installation-price/

which tallies with most of what have been discussed in this ICE forum. Basic thing to do to be satisfactory will be to change the

head unit and component set.

But if want more then only add amplifier and subwoofer later.

But the head unit in Myvi really that terrible mehhh ?? I quite like the design of the head unit thoughh..

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Added on July 27, 2010, 11:10 pmOh.. so IF i were to get that, I dont have to change the head unit nor component set, only add the active sub ?

Results will be satisfactory ?




This post has been edited by munchu87: Jul 27 2010, 11:10 PM

Hi thank you for your reply, but if possible I really do not wish to change the original look of the head unit. It looks very well intergrated with other things in the car.

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Added on July 28, 2010, 2:53 pmyeah... all are really professional ICE player... Salutee...!!

Feeling like I am wasting their time. haha.

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Added on July 28, 2010, 2:57 pmThank you for the reply. As I am very new I went to search for what coaxial and component speakers.

To my understanding is that component speakers are better than coaxial speakers.

When you said ADD COMPONENT SPEAKER, do you mean I have to add this component speaker to my exisiting coaxial speaker? Or I have to take out the coaxial speaker, and install the component speaker ?

Also, With that adding of adtive sub and changing the speaker(either coaxial or component), it is not necessary for me to change the HU right ?


This post has been edited by munchu87: Jul 28 2010, 02:57 PM

Hi I got a question to ask,

Myvi dashboard speaker is 4" right, meaning if I want to add the coaxial speaker I can only add a 4" speaker? No other sizes ?

any recommendation for entry level component speaker??

Thank you everybody for all the input. Looking at everybody's helpful advise and my own satisfaction and taste and budget, I have come up with this conclusion.

1)I will add a component speaker by Boschmann, AL-100SE. Its a 4" 2 way speaker.

2)I will add an active sub woofer,name Steelmate SW 826, can be bought from LYN forummer, sh@rty.

I will not change the head unit.

Will my original head unit be able to support these? And any other advise or recommendation before I go ahead ?

Thank you very much

This post has been edited by munchu87: Jul 29 2010, 04:13 PM

Oh ok... not even a coaxial set then ??

Yes I have been advised to take the coaxial set first.
But because I thought a component set is better than coaxial set and the price does not really differ too much (around RM70),
thats why I choose to have a component set.

So suggestion is that just adding an active sub ? Do not have to change the 4" speaker as 4" just wont help ?

Thank you for all the replies.

Ahhh... I guess I will skip the 6" component set since I have to modify my door.

In that case I see that a 4" coaxial speaker is good enough, for me at least

And then adding an active sub also, and not chaning the HU.

Is that OK, didineo ?

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Added on July 30, 2010, 1:07 amThank you for your reply.

But I think I will not build a mount for the 6" speaker. If changing the 4" speaker to a coaxial speaker is good enough for normal listening, then that's what is probably good enough for me too.

Appreciate your comment

This post has been edited by munchu87: Jul 30 2010, 01:07 AM

Yes. I definitely want to improve the original sucky sound system but do not wish to modify the car heavily...

Ohhh... but nevertheless, if to just change the original speaker to a 4" coaxial speaker it will have a slightly little bit of improvement in performance.

Would you agree with that ? Or in your opinion, just do not bother about changing the 4" speaker at all.

Meaning at the end I just add an active sub.

Oh my god sorry for all the noob questions. And thank you very much for answering them.

Thank you for the input.

Yes, I have been advised to take a 6.5" component speaker too. But been put off due to the fact that I have to cut a hole on the door and installing it, and yet costing another rm400.

So decided to do the way the way that has less mod.

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Added on July 30, 2010, 6:16 pmOhhh okok... cuz coaxial set has the tweeter and the speaker together right...

and now adding the tweeter will be like making it a coaxial set...

ICE is finally making some senses to me now !

This post has been edited by munchu87: Jul 30 2010, 06:16 PM

Focal is the brand right if I am not wrong ?

I saw from your other thread.

Focal --- Polyglass 100CV1

Is this the one that you are referring it to ? Or is it not even 4" ?

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Added on July 30, 2010, 6:20 pmnope.... will that help ? I shall try .. thanks.

This post has been edited by munchu87: Jul 30 2010, 06:20 PM

haha winning beginner's EMMA.. that would be cool..... but still have to do mod much...

The Focal 100 CA1 that you are saying, i went googling and found out that it is already discontinued.

How much would it be if can be found here ?

didineo,

You were suggesting me to get tweeter, but there are so many kinds of tweeter, randing from RM10 to RM200. Can you please advise on what kind of tweeter is good ? I saw from some website saying the higher the Ohm the better ?

Don't have to be the best. Good enough to play with the original myvi HU and the speaker, and also the active sub...