Alpine SPR-60C component speakers + Modifry DCI
Quite awhile back I had the left channel speakers in my car fail, or what we later discovered to just be a failed connection. I had also been getting some annoying rattles in the car, particularly on the passenger side, on startup and under acceleration, not really much from the speakers themselves. At the car stereo shop we discovered what was a connection issue with the left channel, and the rattling likely coming from the crossovers that were installed with the current
JL Audio C3-650 speaker setup which was in the car when I got it. I can't say I had any real complaints about the sound quality of the sound quality from the JL Audio setup, but seeing what else was available I decided to go with the
Alpine SPR-60C to replace them. They are lighter, have a much smaller and lighter and simpler inline crossover which is less likely to develop any rattles, and are designed to be a little more efficient with a simple headunit only setup. I had the stereo shop do a small amount of work making sure nothing would rattle, and clean up anything they found that might, and they did a wonderful job! It is such a simple thing, but getting rid of any little annoying rattles makes the car feel so new again, even if they were just small. For a car with 116,000 miles and stiffer engine, transmission, and diff mounts, it is now beautifully rattle free. It's stupid but less NVH has a small effect of making me a slightly more confident driver I think.
My rear headrest speakers had also been disabled on the previous setup, so I had them get those back into the game. A subtle difference but the headrest speakers do a good job filling in as extra tweeters to fill in a little more high frequency sound. Really don't understand why anyone would disable them, they help make everything much more clear in a car with not a lot of sound deadening and quite a lot of road noise.
I also had them replace the crappy DCI that was currently in the car with the Modifry DCI. This gives me way better control over the headunit. My previous one would only allow me to seek forward with the Ch button, change mode with the Mode button, and change volume. The mute button wouldn't even work. Now everything works as expected, with a lot of extra functionality as well. My favorite thing being the ability to just quickly tap the giant mode button to seek forward, I can also seek forward and backward holding the mode button and triggering volume up and down. It's great to be able to just close up the radio door and have all the control I need from the dash again.
I'm not sure why I didn't do this sooner, I went for way to long with only a right channel, a not very effective DCI, and those few annoying little rattles. Removing those rattles also has the effect of making the entire powertrain and drivetrain just sound better and more crisp. Beautiful sounds from the exhaust manifold, intake, and exhaust without as much of the vibration throughout the interior bits, and the sounds of the transmission doing it's thing.
If it catches on great, if not so be it. Thanks for joining up!