This is my car, an 'Ultra Red' Nissan Micra. I owned a Ford Escort RS2000 but got rid of it and bought the Micra because I wanted a new car. The original stereo in it was a piece of crap and the only good point about it was the fact that it had RDS, this meant that when I listened to JJJ it showed 'Triple J' on the display, as I said it was a piece of crap. I did not want to pull apart the car myself because it is new so I went to a local professional car stereo shop to get the system installed. I wasn't sure where to go, especially after Ian's experience with the 'open the same time as yesterday' spastics, but in the end the purchase and installation went pretty smoothly.

HEADUNIT

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The head unit is a Clarion single CD player. It is quite simple and easy to use but I would like to upgrade to a better unit, such as an Alpine 4 volt pre-out 3 CD front end. The Clarion came out of my old car, and I only needed to buy it because of the misfortune that befell my original head unit (see Dos and Don'ts).

FRONT SPEAKERS

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The front speakers are Alpine DDDrive 6.5" splits. I auditioned many splits and none matched the DDDrives for sonic accuracy for the price. There is a more expensive set of DDDrives available but these use the same mid bass drivers and only better tweeters and I find the high range response of my set quite good enough for my tastes.

REAR SPEAKERS

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The sub is a BASS series Alpine 12 inch in a sealed wood and fiberglass enclosure. What more can I say but chicka chicka

AMPLIFIER

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The amplifier is mounted under the front passenger seat (not much space in the boot) and is a Pioneer producing 4x35 watt at 14.4 volts with 0.04% THD. While it is only a fairly small amp, the speakers (especially the sub) have high efficiency and only require a small amount of power to deliver a large amount of volume.