Boston Acoustics All Around

Sitting in AV Sound Design right now, Herndon, Virginia. The 430 spider is in the bay. Brought my own gear for the install, a pair of 5.25 BA ProSE's for the pitiful, but expensive, Ferrari sub box, a pair of 6.5 BA ProSE's for the doors, and a 900 watt BA amp for the boot. When done, only examining the speaker grills will reveal any alteration. Goodbye and good riddance to the stock Ferrari speakers.

I asked my dealer what that sub box option cost, and he thinks it's around, $4k, four thousand dollars for a single crappy two voice 5.25 speaker and a passive 5.25. It's about $25 worth of gear and maybe $100 worth of box. Unbelievable.

Pro ProSE's aren't reference standard, but one notch below. They're going to sound incredible. We'll push a little more of the bass spectrum to the box, which seems silly with the smaller speakers back there, but it's a psychological thing. you expect to hear bass behind you. These speakers should pull off a really full, heart pounding sound in a remarkably low profile, no visible mod. I'm hoping I don't need to replace the head unit to get what I want. I'll know as soon as we turn the key and put in the code. I'd rather keep the garbage head unit it came with so nobody ever even thinks of cutting my top to get to it. Hopefully the signal from that POS is good enough. I expect it is.

 

I'd take the BA's over the Focal's, and have. Obviously depends on models, but for what I like, BA's are better. I like really crisp highs. BA's better for that. I'm also putting BA's biggest amp behind four relatively small speakers, and Focal's actually known for being a little more sensitive, blow up easier. My system will be clear, crisp, and pretty bulletproof at the volumes I'll be using.
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Spent all day in the stereo shop and finally was given a ride home at rush hour. They're having minor issues everywhere. the tweets didn't quite fit, so customizing. The 5.25's don't quite fit, so a little customizing. They didn't realize the thing had an amp in it to begin with, and that cost time. Don't blame them. For how little output, it's hard to believe more than the deck was driving them. So I sat in a cinema showroom watching moving and eating, hanging out here and keeping up with email. Felt like quite the bum. Would have felt much more productive doing that from the golf course.

 

Going to be crisp and clear, that's for sure. i misunderstood how to spec out the amp, and ended up shopping based on peak. The amp wasn't that much, less than the all digital alpine that would have been second choice, but I way overpowered. That's actually a good thing. It's distortion that blows speakers, not wattage. But as it is, we'll be throttling the 900w amp I dropped in to about 1/3 power. Going to make for crystal clear sound. Really looking forward to it.

 

Absolutely. I'm keeping the head unit because it's such a POS that it's a theft deterrent. I'm going to have to force myself (yech) to learn how to use it now though. As it is, I'm not even sure how to use the CD changer. Figured it out once in the 360, but forget. Now that it's going to be worth listening to, I'll need to figure out how to cycle through the discs.

 

Not satisfied. Going to have to add an 8" subwoofer under the dash. Sound isn't clear either. Shop says it's the crappy head unit. Getting a second opinion on that. Don't want the car to look modified in any way. Might be headed for a new deck and changer, too.

 

Just ordered top line Kenwood head unit with changer to replace the Becker. Need to figure out the sub. FOW suggests an 8" under the head unit. Fine. Need to figure that out. If anyone knows anyone experienced in doing that particular enclosure, would be great, greatly appreciated.