Does anyone have any comments, positive or negative, on KHE-100 or KHE-200 series of replacement radios for corvettes? I have a '79 that I would like to upgrade the radio in and was wondering if it is worth the extra money for the 200 watt or is the 100 watt sufficient? I would like to put a pair of 6x9 speakers in the rear and upgrade the 4x6 speakers in the dash. I am looking for good sound, not anything that will rattle the windows as I am a mid 50's guy just trying to listen to classic rock on a good system. Your comments and suggestions are appreciated.

 

I really like the 300 series radio; it is a better radio and if you want the Aux. input, it has the jack! I’ve posted the details on it below. This radio out sells all our other radios 5 – 1. It's listed in the forum sale side at this link: http://willcoxcorvette.com/product_i...ducts_id=26593

Radio Stereo 1977-1982. One of the best radio's available as a direct replacement for your factory radio. No mods are required to install this in your factory dash bezel. AM/FM/iPod Stereo Radio, Manual Turning, 1968-1976, Includes 200 Watts Of Power, 5AM/15FM Presets, Auto Reverse, Fast Forward-Rewind Buttons, Preset Scan, Seek, 4-Way Fader, Separate Bass/Treble, Green Backlit, Longer Push-Buttons, Electric Antenna Power Lead, Clock, and Aux input for iPod.

As far as the speakers go, I’m probably to old to answer this question appropriately. We install the 100 watt speakers in the front of the pad in our shop and have great success with them in both sound and quality. This might give you a bump to someone else that has installed even better speakers. It’s just my opinion, but the cockpit of the Corvette is so small that you only need the 100 watt speakers to obtain a quality sound.

Paul74 has some new fangled speakers in his kick panels I noticed the other day. Maybe he would offer up some advice to you if you PM’d him.

Willcox Inc.

 

As the Willcox respondent has noted I have the KHE-300. You really don't want the 100 or 200 series with the old-fashioned cassette. I tried an IPod Nano with it but the menu is too complicated and you don't want to be trying to see the screen while driving. So I use an old Shuffle with about 70 tunes on it.



The upper dash speakers are Pioneer 4 x 6".



Given that the KHE-300 has four channels, I run the other two through Polk DB651 speakers (6 1/2") in the kick panels





And to enhance the ooomph (bass) I have an 8" subwoofer in the back. It has an integrated amp and is connected directly to the battery thus not pulling power away from the 50W x 4 KHE-300. With some tweaking of fade/balance/bass/treble on both the head unit and subwoofer all of this comes together very nicely. Once set to your tastes the job is done. I very much enjoy the sound.



And as Willcox has noted, the cabin is small. This combo of five speakers can rattle your teeth and the rear decklid (without distortion I might add). But being a little older the volume is not played that high.

 

Very nice set up paul 74. Might be a little too much for me, but appreciate the input.

 

The Corvette is one of my hobbies and sometimes I get carried away....

Willcox is correct in stating that a good pair of modern 4-ohm speakers in the upper dash along with the KHE-300 will give a decent sound. You will have to dump the OEM 10-ohm speakers. I would imagine the paper cones are long gone in any case. The 4 x 6"s do not produce good bass, they are simply too small, but certainly the sound is acceptable. And you lose two channels of the KHE-300 with just two speakers so effectively 50W x 4 becomes 50W x 2.

Read the Willcox papers on removing the gauge bezel and upper dash. You can easily make a $500.00 mistake between the two.

 

does any one have the instruction manual from the khe 300? I sent the radio back for repairs. When I received it, the manual was not in the package. Thanks. If you do, please send it to bbrdz2002@yahoo.com. thanks again.