05/06 Avalon speaker and head unit questions - any experience? (x-post)

[girchygirchy]

Hi,

I'm currently in the market for a new car, and after looking long and hard at the Audi A3 and Nissan Altima, I decided to look more into the Avalon...even though it competes with neither. Currently I'm leaning more towards the Avalon.

I'm an audio fan, and would much rather upgrade the stock stereo than plunk down the money for the JBL system. I'd replace the head unit and at least the front speakers, running components off of a Blaupunkt amp I have. I'm almost done with the box for my Image Dynamics IDQ12, and have a 312W Infinity amp for it.

As I'm looking around, I'd like to learn the speaker sizes for the stock stereo. I saw it has nine speakers...how are these divided? Four each front and rear, along with some sort of sub or a center speaker? Do both of the front and rear sets contain separate tweeters?

I wish Crutchfield or SoundDomain had more info...c'mon, the car's been out for over a year. I did find the Metra dash kit, at least.

So, would anyone happen to know the speaker sizes? Are they somewhat easy to get to? Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Brian

(This is cross posted in the Avalon forum, too, just in case!)

[sq_camry]

Originally Posted by girchygirchy

Hi,

I'm currently in the market for a new car, and after looking long and hard at the Audi A3 and Nissan Altima, I decided to look more into the Avalon...even though it competes with neither. Currently I'm leaning more towards the Avalon.

I'm an audio fan, and would much rather upgrade the stock stereo than plunk down the money for the JBL system. I'd replace the head unit and at least the front speakers, running components off of a Blaupunkt amp I have. I'm almost done with the box for my Image Dynamics IDQ12, and have a 312W Infinity amp for it.

As I'm looking around, I'd like to learn the speaker sizes for the stock stereo. I saw it has nine speakers...how are these divided? Four each front and rear, along with some sort of sub or a center speaker? Do both of the front and rear sets contain separate tweeters?

I wish Crutchfield or SoundDomain had more info...c'mon, the car's been out for over a year. I did find the Metra dash kit, at least.

So, would anyone happen to know the speaker sizes? Are they somewhat easy to get to? Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Brian

(This is cross posted in the Avalon forum, too, just in case!)

good choice... my brothers 98 avalon has a nice ride (better than my car) and the stock sound wasnt too bad either.

what kinda budget are you looking at?

im confident that you can work some nice magic with a nice new headunit and some good 2 way components.

[girchygirchy]

Originally Posted by sq_camry

good choice... my brothers 98 avalon has a nice ride (better than my car) and the stock sound wasnt too bad either.

what kinda budget are you looking at?

im confident that you can work some nice magic with a nice new headunit and some good 2 way components.

Budget for the car or for the stereo? For the car, the Avalon's about the highest I'm willing to go. For stereo, I'd like to spend around $200 on a head unit and $200 for front components.

Yeah, I am too, especially with those components driven from an external amp - that really does help.

[cam2Xrunner]

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