Hurdy - any recomendations on what speakers to buy, eg Kenwood, Alpine etc? From memory, there's 10 speakers in the Gti I assume you upgrade all of them.
Thanks,
Phil
There are eight or ten speakers in the GTI, depending on what you ordered as an option. The standard RCD300 has only eight speakers, wheras the RCD500 and satnav have ten speakers.
If you have an eight speaker system then you can still have a three way component system up front, but additional wiring will be needed and alternatively you could have a 2 way component setting up front. In the back I went with coax speakers (which combines the mid and tweeter in one speaker) as the location of the original tweeter in the back is just behind your head. Locating the tweeter (high frequency speaker) just behind your head means that this is the first set of frequencies you hear, rather than a balance of frequencies together.
I chose "Hertz" speakers as they have to trade on their quality rather than their name as they are relatively unknown but of a very high standard. JL audio speakers are very good as are Alpine, but in many respects you get what you pay for. Having said that even the cheapest aftermarket speakers will give you a better audio output than the standard speakers (including the "sound pack" option which is rather boomy and unbalanced). I regard quality of sound as most important in any car I have and although I like most modern music I also love classical music too (don't laugh! it is really rather good). The better the separation of the sound, the better it is and the more natural too. Some guys who went to inters sampled the sound when I was on the club stand and would give you an honest alternative as to the quality (and volume!) of the install.
