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Any chance you'd be willing to let me hear your sound system? Reus systems are a chunk of change, but if they sound that good, then it's money well spent.
anyone else a LH fan?
Yes, I am an LH fan. I have their amp and gen 2 door speakers. I also replaced all of the other drivers in the car. I have the Soundqubed 2 ohm dual voice coil sub wired in parallel, Morel MT220 tweeters, and all 5 midrange filler speakers (dash and lift gate) were replaced with Hertz ML700.3. I built quite a few car stereo systems over the years and won a few competitions back in the day - I can attest that this setup sounds great. Amp plus drivers made all the difference. Quality drivers are essential in the Model S, in my opinion, to remove the stock muddy sound and create crisp separation. The system is balanced, has a nice front stage, and the bass is just enough to feel it without being too overwhelming. I wanted to retain enough of the stock setup to put it back to original if I ever decide to sell the car, and I did not want to spend a fortune on a complete replacement. This is a nice alternative that looks completely stock, but sounds amazing. I reused mounts, existing wiring, and connectors. The most difficult part was replacing the dash drivers because you have to pull the top of the dash back to remove the mesh cover and there is very little room to mount because of the windshield. I built three adapters from 1/8” thick plastic that use the Hertz fasteners and the stock speaker u-nuts to attach to the dash. It was a fun build and I love how it sounds.
I'm in Mountain View, CA. If you're ever in the area maybe I can hear your system at a supercharging location. I just put in the LH door speakers, and don't know what I'm missing in my otherwise stock model X.
anyone recommend a drop-in sub replacement for UHFS Model S? <<<
the Soundcubed HDS2.1 8", Dual 2 Ohm is discontinued it appears
or if anyone knows where I can buy LMK!
On the non-UHFS cars, there is just a recess where the subwoofer would be installed. You would need amplification and wiring for it, however, as the standard system will only drive the front components and rear doors.
Having heard the UHFS subwoofer in a loaner, I would just get an aftermarket subwoofer. The NVX sub is kind of pricey, but nice and stock looking, and it will really pound if you want it to.
I hear you on the quality of the stock UHFS vs something like the NVX sub. My hesitation with the NVX is that it takes up space in the real well that I regularly use. My thought is, if the car has built into it a space intended for a subwoofer, why not source a good quality subwoofer and install it in that space so as to keep usable cargo space. It seems like a logical approach, but I haven't found discussion of that approach on any threads
It is a slight tradeoff in space with the NVX vs. the UHFS subwoofer, but using the UHFS subwoofer is not a free lunch either. On a standard system there is more room to the passenger rear of the hatch as there is no stock subwoofer there:
What you give up on the left with the NVX, you gain by not having anything on the right, though the NVX is slightly larger. I think if I were hell bent on using the UHFS enclosure, I would upgrade the driver to something stronger and with greater excursion than the stock driver. There was a popular driver from Sound Qubed that would install into the stock enclosure either by drilling new holes or by installing a 3d printed adapter to mate it to the strange 6-side factory recess.
It is a pretty good system for the price.
That said, if you are interested in choosing your own driver, Audio Designs CG sells a custom unloaded MDF and fiberglass enclosure that fits in the same location as the NVX sub. I bought my speaker adapters from them. Going that route might save you a little bit of coin, and/or you might be able to get a slightly better subwoofer that way, but I don't think you will be disappointed with the output of the NVX combo.