Features

• The Monsoon audio system included eight speakers: four woofers to handle the low-frequency sound and four tweeters for the high-frequency audio. Each speaker was strategically positioned in the dashboard, doors or backseat and tuned to each car's acoustic environment.
  
  

Effects

• An eight-channel, 200-watt amplifier equalized the sound. Each speaker also had an amplifier, and each amplifier channel had active crossovers to direct low, mid-range and high frequencies to the appropriate speaker.
  
  

Console

• The Monsoon's dashboard console came in different styles. One featured a tape deck with controls that you could use to control an optional disc changer that was installed in the trunk. Other consoles featured the tape deck and a built-in six-disc changer.
  
  

Considerations

• The 2003 Beetle offered a ten-speaker system that featured one-inch tweeters and 3.15-inch mid-range speakers in the dash, 5.5-inch subwoofers in the doors and 5.5-inch mid-range speakers and tweeters near the back seats.