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There are also 2 types of x-over: Active & Passive Passive comes after the amplifier and work at speaker level. They are built from simple capacitors, coils and resistors and need no power so operate. They are simple and need no setting up, but they do reduce power to the speakers compared to active. It's also quite easy to build your own passives. Active comes before the amplifier and works with line-level (RCA cables). Active x-overs are electronic devices that need a power supply. They have adjutable frequencies at which they cross and are much more efficient. They are also more complicated to setup and easy to get wrong, so tend only to be used in more serious setups.

Not a dig at you - but this was drawn up by a Sony hating friend of mine! :D Sorry - I had to post it!

The distortion doesn't come from the speakers being at fault Scott - It's the tiny weeny amp inside your headunit. It's barely putting out 30w RMS and when you turn it up it starts to distort and clip. Adding even a small amp will improve the sound quality and output no end. I would seriously consider amping your new front speakers and giving them a clean, powerful signal.

Can I just add - When you order your Audioscape door pods, tell James there what speakers you will be fitting and he will cut an appropriately sized hole in them for you! :D

G60JET - There are no such things as drivers that are and are not meant to be ported! There are just poorly designed boxes that are the wrong volume/port freq. for the driver, usually built by owners who don't know what they are doing. Endor71 - These sorts of enclosures are quite easy to build yourself. At the back, a fibreglass layer following the contours of the car and a flat MDF panel moulded into the front. There are millions of tutorials on these on the net...I just don't have any book marked right now (Doh!) - I'll post one up when I find one. You could prabably build on of those for less than £30.

Where is the aerial positioned?

Even a semi-decent CD player (£180ish upwards) with clean heads, clean CD's, mounted securely should barely skip in a Corrado. I currently own a Mini (C due end of the month) which was originally fitted with a new Kenwood 7080R. There is about 1" of movement at the wheel if you bounce on the bonnet - it was setup with Spax about 6/8 hardness and had 40 profile tyres - that only skipped on big potholes, which happened once in a blue moon. Mini's don't even have coil springs! Rubber cones all round! :wink: My Nakamichi MB75 has no trouble with that harsh ride either, despite their reputation for not liking harsh treatment. I'd seriously have a look at your H/U if it's skipping often - they aren't meant to!

VR6 - It's not that complicated. I have never built a PC before. If you get your head round it first and plan things like where it's going to go and how you're going to control it (a laptop touch pad or touch screen overlay are planned for mine) then it's quite easy. Read the forum on mp3car.com and also search the talkaudio.co.uk forum for 'motherboard' and it should become fairly clear. There are posts from me on TalkAudio on how I have done mine. -- C.

The way the motherboard is, the power button does not actually turn the power on & off, it sends signals to the mobo telling it to boot up and shutdown. So I have an external button, mounted in the dash - when I want to shut down I just hit the button and XP will close everything and shut down automatically. If I forget, I have the PC go into hibernation after 30 mins. I must admit though, this setup is not in a car at the minute. I built it with the intention of it going in my Mini. I built the system, installed it 95%, then broke my foot and fell out of love with the Mini during my time in plaster. The Mini is now for sale and a Corrado is due at the end of the month. It will all go in there. :mrgreen:

Just so you know, £400 built me an 800mhz PC with 512mb RAM, 80gb HDD and DVD drive. For that money I also got myself a 6.5" colour LCD which I will mount upfront and also a minature keyboard/cursor control. Now I can play MP3's, DVD's and take all my Nintendo/Sega emulators with me! :) For an extra £100 I will be adding GPS too. The best bit is that the PC is tiny and 12v powered. It fits under the seat and at the moment is setup on my desktop for internet use (using it at the mo) More info is at: http://www.mini-itx.com Worth a thought.

Thanks - just what I was after :)

Can someone point me in the direction of a webpage that documents the spec changes in the Corrado through it's years? Also the spec differences between the various models. Specifically I'm after info on interior, equipment, when facelifts took place and what changed etc. -- C.