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Originally Posted by NewWorldOrder
I'm curious if bavsound, with the upgraded amp, would sound better than the integral audio setup.
It would set them around the same price point.
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I have both the amp and ghosts, so here's my take.
Together, it is a night and day difference. The amp helps a ton cause its way more powerful. 1300 watts. And the tune they have on it is honestly pretty amazing for a plug and play. Still don't get a manual EQ, but again they did very well with the tune. For shits and giggles i turned the volume all the way up on many occasions (briefly) and there was ZERO distortion (even with the rest of the HK speakers actually)
I'm a musician for a living and mix a ton of audio. I wouldn't be able to live with it if it actually sucked
The ghost subs are definitely better than HK, very rich and deep. Not heart pounding, but very good if you don't want a dedicated sub. Depending on what music you listen to, you can definitely get these shakin for small mid range subs. Pretty impressive. They are very good for funk, R&B/soul, jazz and classical music. Personally, I don't think they are that great for rock music.
As for the amp, supposedly they are not making them anymore for the 2 series. Also you needed to have the HK system to get it. I got lucky and got the first (and i think only batch in early 2019) that they manufactured. I could be wrong though. Anyway, my only gripe is there's no manual EQ and DSP settings and when i fade, even one notch to the rear, you start losing bass cause bass follows the fade to the rear. They should have made the spread to the rear a little further in the tune as it sits just a tiny bit too upfront at even balanced fader. (but still night and day compared to stock HK) The pre-installed tune EQ and timing is phenomenal though. They obviously spent alot of time on it. If there was a way to make the Ghosts dedicated, that would be absolutely enough to not have to upgrade further to a dedicated sub. I might at some point do it and upgrade the rest of the speakers, but again the HKs are fine for now. I've lived with it for almost 2 years.
All in all, pretty happy. All my musician friends that have been in the car (a couple are big time producers) have been very impressed for what it is. Could you improve on it? Sure.
On a side note, if you are able to get the amp and only replace the subs, you HAVE TO make sure the amp setting is on AMBER, not green. The only time you use green is if you replace all speakers to Bavsound. Very important. Cause it sounds like shit on green if you don't have all their speakers.
One last point about the subs. At low volume, they're meh. It sounds musical. But at mid to loud-ish, they sound pretty damn good. You also have to break them in for roughly 20 hours. They really do get better with more play time (Which is consistent with higher end speakers)
OHHHH and make sure you KEEP THE STOCK AMP. DO NOT SELL IT in case you have to a BMW software update. It will not go through with anything but the original amp!!!!!
Hope this helps.