TraqGear

My system sounds pretty good compared to my 2 speaker system that came with the first RS. I'm happy with the purchase. Plus I did the ipod integration...or what they call an integration. Not a great system, but a huge improvement over the last one.

ands8

I also like my choons & have given this a lot of thought since buying into a gt3.

Currently on my 97.1 gt3 i do not have spp, just the default couple of speakers & no amp. The sound quality & bass are about as rubbish as you can get but the volume is the main problem, it just doesnt go loud enough as theres no amp. Most of the time the engine sound drowns out most of it & when cruising on the auto routes a similar problem of you just cant hear anything out the speakers.

The spp includes the amp & 9 speakers. The amp is the main thing as it cannot be retrofitted. By ordering the spp, even if the sound quality is bad, you can swap out the amp & speakers for better quality kit & then replace them with the originals when you sell it. As it would be a straight swap out, theres no drilling of holes etc & should be quite straight forward.

I would like to know the various speaker sizes & amp size etc for when ill be looking at doing this if anyone knows. Otherwise ill be getting my tape measure out next month

Clifton

I'm not a picky audiophile, but I would agree with what most have already said, SPP is not that great.

I ordered it knowing the stock system was not that great and that the SPP would be better. I don't have the basic for reference, but the Plus definitely misses the mark IMHO.

What really made me take note of the system's shortcomings was on a recent road trip over a long weekend. A song started playing and I told my girlfriend I had no idea who the band was nor the song. To my surprise my iPhone displayed it was my favorite band and one of their more common songs.

I think the best way to describe the SPP is it is a more powerful system with more speakers. Like a normal system minus tweeters and woofers (no dynamic range) Sound is simply pushed equally across all of the same sounding speakers.

Now having said that, I still see value for the SPP if you want to attempt to drown out the road noise and quiet the six piped symphony in the back.

mooty

i use iphone with ear bud on one ear.
if you plan to actually hear anything in the RS with windows down, you have to crank up the stereo and you have tons of distortion and clipping. with ear bud, i can hear low volume.

just me.

Turbo4ever

I have the same question for my .2RS and finally decided to leave it standard, just use it during treffic jam or some backgound music when driving softy.

Don't upgrade.

The GT1 motor is awesome.

Shane O'Neill

I agree engine is superb.But sometimes you want to hear something else.
I have replaced sound plus with a JL Audio XD Amp,tiny but plenty of poke.
and 3 way Focal speakers.Sound is so much better,and can all be removed very easily.
Shane

roberga

The best only gets to tolerable. The radio is only a little better than the cup holders. Both are fine in a C4S and are just there in a GT3.

911rox

I have previously done high end audio in my other cars and like yourself did not plan to lay a finger on the gt3. I got the sound package plus and am quite happy with it. Sure it isn't a bass monster and sure it isn't audio perfection but unlike the standard system in the 2007 demo I drove, you can actually hear this system if you turn it up. Does okay in my opinion and I certainly would have kicked myself had I not ordered it.

Well worth it compared to the standard unit IMHO and that from a fellow car audio enthusiast....

rickg87

For $700 you have to do it. It's just enough improvement to not need to go aftermarket. It's a cheap factory upgrade. If yo can call it that.

triode

It's pretty weak, but as others have said, worth the modest outlay over the base system. For reference, the Bose on my 996 was better than SPP on my 997.2 GT3...and the Bose was mediocre.

I have it off most of the time anyway; the exhaust note is just so sweet and I get my audio thrills on my big rig at home (tubes & horns).

Scott997

I think the sound plus in the 2010 GT3 is pretty good, especially compared to other sports cars in its class and beyond.

n2cars

Mine was horrible in the GT3. Couldn't stand to listen to it.

hidalgo

I went ahead and ordered the sound plus in mine, but I hardly listen to anything but the news and talk radio.

DrDrilZ

as bad as BOSE is in the auto industry, it sounded great in my carrera, especially compared to the SPP in the gt3. i cant even imagine what the basic radio sounds like.
on another note, does anyone else's gt3 have speakers that have a lot of static, especially when listening to FM?

Yoops Racing

It is avg at best...but I don't care. The motor sound makes up for it and a simple exhaust bypass addition makes any stereo irrelevant anyway