quimna

hi , i just recently purchased a '95 993 Carrera 2, and i am wondering if there is an amp in this car, my 993 did not come with the Hi Fi stereo, i have replaced the head unit for a new Alpine unit. could anyone tell me if there is an amp in these cars?

any help would be greatly appreciated!

ilko

Yep, it's under the passenger seat.

quimna

Thank you! What does it look like? I see two boxes under the seat, any special markings I should be looking for?

Thanks for your help!

ilko

It should say Becker or Nokia IIRC.

quimna

Thanks! Will check it out this weekend.

Thanks again.

nile13

The box is black and is by far the largest and tallest of at least 4 boxes under the passenger seat (central control, security, cruise control, amplifier). It's also the only black box, the other 3 are silver.

Take the seat out (6 Allen 6mm screws). and you'll see it. If you really want decent sound, get rid of that amplifier. your Alpine will have cleaner and better on-board amps. Or replace it with some decent low profile small 4-channel amp. Or use 2 channels and drive the rears from Alpine. And, most importantly, replace all your speakers with something that doesn't sound like Pepsi cans being crushed by Godzilla. Otherwise all of this is irrelevant.

quimna

Well, I only have two silver boxes, no black box under the seat. So is it safe to assume that my 993 did not come with an amplifier?

Thanks,

sds

You are right ; if no hifi option, then no amplifier

nile13

There should still be 3 silver boxes (one seat on top of the other on outboard side, one is separate on inboard side). But, yep, no amp for regular car without HiFi option.

quimna

Thank you!

jakfrost

Hmmm, there are only 2 boxes, both silver under my pass seat. I know I don't have an amp, it would be black and most importantly, there would be heat sink fins on it.

Just installed the Blaupunkt Atlanta, and it is pretty good for the money. At least it has a rotary volume ****.

But I would like to upgrade the speakers. Someone suggested the Polk Audio DB461 for the rear and DB 521 for the front...but I'm not crazy about the look of the round 51/2" Polk 521's for the front. I would like to keep the stock grills...anyone found a solution that at least looks close to stock?

Jim

Ed Hughes

I have the DXi650's in front in mine-they're pretty subtle.

jakfrost

Aren't those 6 1/2" speakers Ed? I haven't measured yet, ( guess I should, but I just got up...), I thought the opening in the fronts was 5 1/2"...

They are nice and 'subtle' though, where did you buy yours? Crutchfield?

Jim

Ed Hughes

They are, but the concave portion fits right into the hole. I got them at Best Buy on sale last Dec. $200 for all 4, iirc.

jakfrost

So are they basically plug and play? Or did you have to remove the door panels to do the switch...? Just curious..

And when you say 'all 4' the set included the 6 1/2" round fronts and 5x7" rears?

Thanks,
Jim