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[JesterRT]

@russzero

The shelf needs to come out.  There's a metal sheet between the top of the boot and the actual parcel shelf.  To get the shelf out is a bit fiddly - you need to dismantle the rear seats a bit to slide it out, undo some clips in the boot, and remove the clips that the head restraints go in.  You'll be cutting holes in the rear metal panel to drop speakers in (like I will to retro fit BOSE setup into my CDX).  TheBoy posted a picture of a parcel shelf recently showing the underside (where the speaker grill clips are visible).

[JesterRT]

The Bose setup I had in my Elite seemed pretty good to me.  I've got a Kenwood head unit in my CDX which is truly awful - but whether that's down to the speakers or the head unit I'm not sure.  The speakers used in the Bose setup are rated at 2 Ohm, so perhaps a different construction?  (Either way - not the same speaker as found in the non-Bose systems, right?)

I never found a point in the Elite where I wanted the music any louder - just gets too loud to listen to, but then perhaps I'm an old grumpy sod.    One problem I see in installing top notch audio gear in cars where you part with £££'s is that you ruin it by using the car - all that wind noise, road noise, exhaust, engine (and who'd want to stop the V6 singing ).

[russzero]

hi.  i am sorry but ive not explained it correctly!! i should have said the = rear door = speaker grills. doh !!
  ive been looking around the back rear shelf but theres no holes for spkrs.
Dammmm.  theres lots of small 2in holes for breathing i guess.  in my old cav i had to block them all up .. and then made up some novel mdf baffles to accomodate 2x10,s. shame the baffles are now surplus. but the Omega shelf at least looks quite flat. again not so in the cav. so maybee i might get hold of one of those nibblers and then i could get my 10,s back in ... oooo yes.
  the fronts sound really quite good ... but the back door spkrs are v quiet. ive just put my old Blaupunkt Daytona radio in today .. and must say it made NO difference from the factory unit ... much to my dissapointment. in fact id say the factory stereo had a more dynamic sound ... better lower bass ... strange.
  thanks for your help .. srry i misslead u.
russ