[MidnightRunner]

Originally Posted by SirBrass

I ran Alpine Type-R components in all 4 doors in my STI, and each pair cost $300 for just the speaker pairs. It was absolutely worth every penny. Better than the Type-R coaxials with better highs, though both components and coax's have excellent mids and non-subwoofer bass.

If I wasn't pretty well sold on OEM Audio+, I'd be going with a Type-R solution for my BRZ. Probably go with components again, with woofers in the doors, and route the tweeters to the front deck and leave out the mid-range 3" speakers, replace the rear speakers with 4" Type-S's, and go with a JL Audio 8" sub in the rear (probably dual 4ohms wired in parallel), and run a 5 channel amp: 1 mono channel for the sub, and a channel for each speaker, and run the amp from the stock HU through an audio-control LC2 (and from the LC2 pre-outs to the amp), or use an aftermarket HU with good pre-outs (at least 4V) and run pre-outs from the HU to the amp.

I'm not a high-def audiophile (I won't spend $800 on a set of headphones and have a special 2-channel listening room or whatnot), but I am an audio-lover. I like GOOD audio.

The alpine type R's are very much worth their price tag, but you DO need to amp the speakers. The stock HU doesn't provide enough power to power aftermarket speakers, period, and doing so will not give you good quality, or at least not at the level which would justify the price tag. But with a good AMP, the speakers will really shine and prove their worth.

I had the choice between the cleansweep or the lc2 and I went with the audiocontrol. I'm sure you'll like it.

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