I own an 05 SCrew and just bought a new HU, the Kenwood DDX 7015. Should I be replacing the audiophile speakers and amp? I'm going to be mainly listening to sat radio and the iPod.....I don't listen to it that loud, but want quality sound from my new system. Any thoughts?

 

THe Audiophile system is hard to beat. I replaced all of my speakers and sub and it sounds alot better, but not including the new HU, I spent over $2600 for amps/speakers. You will need to go very high end to get better sound than the Audiophiles.

 

 

You remind me of the typical car stereo salesman who's knee jerk response is to automatically say the word 'replace' if somebody says the word 'factory'. I lived with my Audiophile speakers for 6 months (have you even heard the system?) and it was one of the best 'factory' systems I have heard. The reason it sounds so good is because they essentially put a three way component system on each side of the car with a subwoofer. The rears are 5X7's and the fronts have a 4" midrange and a tweeter. All made by Boston Acoustics. The problem with adding an aftermarket HU is that the HU must have some sort of a sub crossover. The factory HU has a built in crossover that is not adjustable, but the rollover was perfect so there didn't need to be any adjustments. If the Kenwood has the ability to tweak the frequencies going to the sub, then I wouldn't change speakers for a while. Replacing them for better sound will not be cheap.

 

Infinity Reference 6800 components in the front for $115 and some Alpine Alpine Type-R SPR-574A in the back for $69....OEM sub and amp with a Pioneer P80mp HU. MUCH better than the oem Audiophile I had. All total about $400 for much improved sound. You already have the HU so another $180 for better speakers.

 

Tun2One, the Kenwood 7015 has a "Crossover Network Setup" which allows you to adjust the Sub Low Pass Filter frequency. I assume this is what you are referring to.

So perhaps tweaking the sub frequencies and a couple hundred bucks in upgraded speakers would do it....

 

It is the best factory system i have owned. But it does lag alot. Where you get the "three way" from i have no idea. The fronts are "two way" and the rears are single cone. The fronts lack low end because they are so small but they do have great mids. The highs are ok but not crisp. The rears suck but since you should only be using them as fill its not that important. As for the sub its alittle too boomy, if they had a sub level instead of having to jack the bass control up it would be alot nicer. It is easy to tear apart this system, but it does a good job for what it has. It blows away the crappy mach system my mustang had in it.

 

I said they are three way on each side, meaning the rear doors carry the woofer and the front doors contain the mids and highs.

 

That is a nice option on the Kenwood - something my eclipse lacks. I'm still not convinced by spending a couple of hundred bucks you will get better sound. But that's my opinion and I will shut up now.

 

Yeah, thats what you said but I just cant understand why you would say it. The rears are not woofers, they are full range.