MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: Meallbhan on September 15, 2013, 01:27:22 pm
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Afternoon,
I just fitted an RCD510 and while impressed with the sound difference from my old RCD500, the sound quality isn't quite what I want, its nice and clear but not quite deep enough.
I don't want to go fitting amps etc, I just want to replace with standard fit speakers which don't require any mods. I will just leave the standard 4 tweeters inplace and just replace the main speakers of which there are 4, so I'm not after a component set. What would people suggest?
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My Edition has a RCD510 DAB unit and the sound is outstanding :smiley:
think it has ten speakers, could be wrong :rolleye:
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Yeh the sound is good but not quite deep and full enough for me. I have 8 speakers I think, a tweeter and main speaker in each corner.
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Anyone??
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What exactly do you mean by not deep enough? Is it low bass you’re after?
Changing to normal speakers won’t improve the quality much unless you go for the 3 way components.
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Its a richer sound I'm looking for. I'm not after eyeball rattling bass, but a little more would be nice. The treble and mid range or ok but the bass on the oem speakers sounds a bit hard and tight, so I'd like that to be a little softer.
I know I can't as for miracles without installing an amp at least, but I just can't be bothered with that any more. If I can find a speaker, maybe coaxial, that would be a big improvement on the oem ones, that the stereo would power ok, I'd probably be happy.
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Also I don't want to have to run new speakers wires etc, just use the original ones. This obviously would restrict the sound a bit but the must be something out there half decent that would suit.
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How about a focal set up ..you can buy a set for mk5/mk6 golf which are designed to work with standard vw unit not amplified
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Its a richer sound I'm looking for. I'm not after eyeball rattling bass, but a little more would be nice. The treble and mid range or ok but the bass on the oem speakers sounds a bit hard and tight, so I'd like that to be a little softer.
I know I can't as for miracles without installing an amp at least, but I just can't be bothered with that any more. If I can find a speaker, maybe coaxial, that would be a big improvement on the oem ones, that the stereo would power ok, I'd probably be happy.
In order for the bass to be softer you need a system that has low bass frequency or an amp to do it for you. Standard systems have bass frequency of around 100Hz. Get a system that allows you to change the frequency with the standard speakers and it will sound better then having changed the speakers whcih wont really make much of a difference except the mid range that will sound more clearer.
Im not an expert but I had similar issues. Got myself an aftermarket system which allows me to take the frequency down to 60Hz and it sound 100 times better now.
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Thats interesting, I never thought along those lines. I'll maybe give Ray Smith in Edinburgh a call and see what they suggest. :happy2: