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E92: got $800 to spend upgrading my stereo
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| 05-18-2014, 01:53 AM | #1 |
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E92: got $800 to spend upgrading my stereo
$800 to spend upgrading the "premium" stereo, which is the door sail tweeter, not HK, system. How would you attack it on this budget? The system doesn't sound bad, but I could use more clarity and depth out of the door speakers, and more definitive bass. Sounds kind of loose right now. Highs are lacking depth, sounds kind of tinny.
FWIW, I consider myself somewhat of an audiophile at home. Obviously I can't get the same results in my car, but I want it to be decent. My home system consists mostly of modded amp/preamp (McCormack DNA 125 Rev. Gold and ALD-1 pre REV A), a modded Modwright Sony tube CD player (sounds incredible), Cardas wiring, and Tyler Acoustics D1 speakers, along with plenty of acoustic panels. I built the system up for $12k, but it usually beats $25k systems I hear on dealer floors (mostly because modded parts can out-run stock stuff at the same price level, especially when you look at McCormack and Modwright, 2 of the best out there). Anyways, that is where I am coming from sound-wise. My car is noisy with the performance exhaust, but I would like music to sound reasonably good. |
| 05-18-2014, 05:28 AM | #2 |
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Best budget mod for these:
1. New amp like the JL xd600 2. New door speakers mids/tweets, wide range here, MB Quart, RF, Jehnert, Morel etc 3. If budget allows, new 8" underseats 4. All easily put together with Technic wiring harness for new amp Here are the speakers that Kai is referring to in the post below. Their install instructions are also interesting and correspond fairly well with what most self installers and tuners here have found. http://www.mbquart.com/manuals/speak..._3BMWfinal.pdf Last edited by cdgatti; 05-18-2014 at 08:06 AM.. |
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| 05-18-2014, 07:26 AM | #3 |
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MB Quart QM200.3 at Best Buy and XD600/6 amp.
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Mobridge DA2 > JBL MS-8 > ARC XDi 600/4 > JBL Gti 408 Mids & Vifa OT19 Tweeters; PG Ti2 1600.5 > Morel HCW-10 & IDMax 15
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| 05-18-2014, 10:56 PM | #7 | |
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| 05-18-2014, 11:42 PM | #8 |
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Great, thanks for the responses. I will contact Technic and see about obtaining a harness.
I can do it in stages if I need to: I wouldn't mind going speakers and amp first, maybe subs/mid-bass later. Also, the system I have; is it Hi-fi? I don't think it is logic 7; pretty sure that is called "Harmon Kardon" for 2011 model year, and that isn't what I have. What I have is the in-door tweeter+midrange model: not the base w/o components. I read somewhere this is the "Hi-Fi" but the poster above alluded to the Logic 7. Just want to make sure I am barking up the right tree. |
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| 05-19-2014, 12:26 AM | #9 |
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If you read the first few thread of BMW stereo types
If you read the first few thread of BMW stereo types
It should be pretty obvious . There will be a solid plastic plate between the vents on top of the dash instead of a dash speaker with a grating and you won't have a built in graphic equalizer if you have Hi Fi . Also you will have 10 or 8 speakers with Hi Fi and 13 or 11 with L7. You could also look on a online Vin decoder and see what options are installed on your car. Tweeters count as individual speakers in BMW spec manship. All the standard systems are built by Harmon Becker of which Harmon Kardon is a division I believe. The Hk was there best system in the previous model and L7 surround sound is surround sound process which Harmon Kardon markets. Last edited by ctuna; 05-19-2014 at 12:37 AM.. |
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