installing the stereo, part 1
selecting the hifi-components - what do I need?
I had no Idea about the possibilities of car hifi (of course I installed an amplifier and a basstube in my earlier cars when I was younger, but I don't want a "squawk box" again).
So instead of just loud speakers I wanted to have coordinated components. For that I went to the car-hifi specialist of my choice: Steffen CarHifi in Hausen (Brugg).
There I could not only test-hear various systems but I could also test-hear zwo different solutions directly in a car. Then we made a raw cost estimate and I thought about it for a few days.
Result: I don't need a big show system, I just want to have a great sound in the (loud) van.
At the end I decided to buy:
- amplifier: Radion 90.4 by Audiosystem
- mid-range and tweeter speaker set: Radion 165 by Audiosystem
- Woofer: Radion 12 Plus by Audiosystem
- plus all needed cables and fuses
Later we will build a bandpass-box for the woofer by ourself.
Today we connected all components for a small test. Even the Retrostyle Radio in the 70ties-Look was allowed to play MP3-files for the first time. It all worked perfectly!


