CU2 Audio upgrade desperately needed for Accord Euro CU2 Luxury

[arverson]

if you're from bronte, then caringbah really isnt that far...

they can send you equipment if thats more convenient for you - usually free of charge too. id know, im from melb & ive dealt with em many times.

no reason not to at least have a chat with em, but hey thats up to you.

[WarrenM]

if you're from bronte, then caringbah really isnt that far...

they can send you equipment if thats more convenient for you - usually free of charge too. id know, im from melb & ive dealt with em many times.

no reason not to at least have a chat with em, but hey thats up to you.

I've chatted with them a couple of times, and they have been very helpful. Their website is also a wealth of valuable information.

But for me, Juerg (Auto Acoustics) is much easier to get to, and I know the quality of his work is up there with the best. He's looked at my car, and we've discussed various options.

He is equally dubious about stuff you get off eBay, but we agree to disagree on that point. My experience (not seriously affected by this incident I have to say) is that careful buying on eBay is exceptionally good value. My home hi-fi system is about 75% purchased on eBay, which has allowed me to build a sound system I could never possibly have afforded at prices anywhere near retail. It's replacement value would be at least 4 times what I have paid for it.

With car hi-fi, the players are a little less scrupulous, but the benefits of buying well are the same.

I'm confident that I will get my money back for the fake speakers (I've learnt that you can trust some dealers to do right by you, even if you cannot be sure of their ethics), and I have already ordered current model HSK 165s from an equally dubious source overseas ("crazy!" I hear you say). In fact I'm confident that I'm getting real HSK 165s, since I've had a chat with the product distribution manager of Elettromedia, and he is absolutely confident that the current model has not been faked, as the tooling required is simply too complex to make it worthwhile. He confirmed that again with me just a few minutes ago. He says changes in distributors in several countries means there is quite a lot of "dead" stock in the hands of previous distributors, which is the main source of cheap non-fake Hertz speakers.

After discussions with Juerg, I've decided to use Infinity coax 6.5" speakers in the back doors rather than cut holes for the Hertz tweeters. That means I'll end up with a spare set of current model HSK 165s which I expect to sell.

I still have two pairs of Infinity 6.5" coax speakers to buy, an Infinity 4" coax speaker (I think) for the centre, and my sub (I've decided on a 12" sub, but I still have not decided which - most of the subs out there are not designed to play music).

Once that is done, I'm ready to hand the job over to Juerg.