I have just purchased a pair of replacement leather seats for my Eunos. Unlike the leather seats in my previous Eunos these do not have perforations in the headrest for the speakers. The previous owner of these seat didn’t have the speakers connected so he can’t tell me how effective (or not) they were. I have done a bit of googling and the results are what would be expected.
The guys who have non perforated headrests say they work fine through the leather (almost like standard cloth).
The guys with perforated headrests say it could work with uprated speakers both in the headrests and doors.
The guys who have never experienced it say it won’t work and headrest speakers are a waste of time and I should fit a complete new sound system with huge subwoofers and speakers all around the car.
My question is, have any of you ever had a car with leather seats and headrest speakers that can advise on how effective they are without the perforations?
Or has anybody made a successful modification with external speakers instead of using the headrests?