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Looks like it weighs a lot 
It's not going to say Speedster on the side of it any more if you keep filling it up with stuff. Just sayin'...
Good point on the weight - I mean how much can you reduce noise in an air cooled convertible with side curtains. Some try to cover every inch with sound deadening when you only need a few narrow strip to stop drumming. Doubt speaker sound could be improved much in a Speedster.
I had my entire car dynamatted, and it makes a huge difference. The doors shut with a thud and with the Subie I have not noticed much performance loss. Danny brought the scales to Carlisle and it came in at 1799 lbs.
I use a 18 x 22 piece of indoor outdoor carpet glued to the inside of the door, this makes for a thud when closing the door. Other than that if you have a top down speedster with a loud exhaust why bother with the time and expense of Dynamax etc.
I find it helps with reducing drivetrain noise and certainly makes the doors feel solid. Also when you drive top up it also reduces the boom box noise effect but top down certainly agree that the wind noise is your challenge.
As far as the speakers if they have an enclosure that holds them you will get better sound but your fighting the wind at speed to hear the sound and who will admit that we are hearing challenged at our age. 
Can of spray foam might work just as well for a lot less'
I used the "peel and seal" stuff on my entire Speedster including inside the doors. I also packed a bunch of poly-whatever (the stuff inside a pillow or stuffed animal) inside the door prior to putting the panel on. It adds a nice bit of sound deadening along with the dynomat stuff...
Did you put a little build-a-bear heart in there too? What do you do when that stuff get sopping wet?
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There is some sound deadener under the carpets in my Speedster and under the carpet on the firewall. That's it.
I don't have a radio, an MP player, a disc player or an adapter, or a place to plug in a phone charger. The only speaker is the person in the passenger seat, and I'm usually not particularly interested in hearing from them when I'm driving the Speedster, no matter who they are.
I have wind noise, loud exhaust, some transmission hum in fourth and the sound of the engine. I hear and feel the suspension load and unload sometimes.
I also hear the sound of other cars horns and the comments about the Speedster as they drive by or sit next to me at stop lights.
My other cars have all that stuff to block out the world, deaden the driving experience and control the cabin environment while giving me the control of what I hear and to whom I communicate.
I didn't acquire this car for that kind of experience. The other cars are means of conveyance, the Speedster gives back some life.
I'm good with that.
Similar to what Dr. Clock has done from time to time, I used shop floor padding material (about 3/8" thick from Home Depot and pretty cheap) under all of the carpeting including the back of the back seat area and under the seats, and also in the doors. Glued it in with 3M Super 90 Super-Stickem aerosol. Only had one door piece let go over time, so shot half a can of Super-Stickem onto the inside surface of the door and again on the pad, let it just start to tack and put them back together. It ain't never comin' out of there.... Door sounds like one on my wife's Subaru when it shuts - "Thud!"
WOLFGANG posted:Did you put a little build-a-bear heart in there too? What do you do when that stuff get sopping wet?
I tossed the heart in the trash.
It won't get wet. I do not wash the car (I hand clean it before and after every drive) and it will not see rain. I'll avoid puddles while driving too...
Yes - I am "that" guy 
*LongFella posted:WOLFGANG posted:Did you put a little build-a-bear heart in there too? What do you do when that stuff get sopping wet?
I tossed the heart in the trash.
It won't get wet. I do not wash the car (I hand clean it before and after every drive) and it will not see rain. I'll avoid puddles while driving too...
Yes - I am "that" guy
Wow.
I can only imagine what it would be like to live in a place where there was not even a remote possibility of rain more than about 10 or 15 days a year. I had one summer when I didn’t want to take the car out unless I wasn’t sure if there would be no rain, and I found that I never drove it.
Getting past that (and the fear of a scratch or rock chip), and just figuring I would deal with “whatever” when it came up, meant I could enjoy the car for what it is.
Stan Galat posted:*LongFella posted:WOLFGANG posted:Did you put a little build-a-bear heart in there too? What do you do when that stuff get sopping wet?
I tossed the heart in the trash.
It won't get wet. I do not wash the car (I hand clean it before and after every drive) and it will not see rain. I'll avoid puddles while driving too...
Yes - I am "that" guy
Wow.
I can only imagine what it would be like to live in a place where there was not even a remote possibility of rain more than about 10 or 15 days a year. I had one summer when I didn’t want to take the car out unless I wasn’t sure if there would be no rain, and I found that I never drove it.
Getting past that (and the fear of a scratch or rock chip), and just figuring I would deal with “whatever” when it came up, meant I could enjoy the car for what it is.
We are a little spoiled in SoCal when it comes to weather...
*LongFella posted:We are a little spoiled in SoCal when it comes to weather...
But we have to have our water imported from out of state.
Rusty S posted:*LongFella posted:We are a little spoiled in SoCal when it comes to weather...But we have to have our water imported from out of state.
And we pay a pretty penny for it. In fact, I don’t have much grass anymore so I can conserve water (hence hand washing with a detail spray and micro-cloth - no water needed - when cleaning the Speedster)