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      10-13-2020, 08:10 PM   #2
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Drives: 2006 E46 M3 / 2017 M240
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Originally Posted by WriterDude View Post
I drive a 2017 230i with the HK system and I am in that minority of people who really like it.

I listen to a lot of acoustic / Americana music and the imaging between the tweeters is great. I play at moderately loud but never crazy volume.

I'm looking at a demo 2020 that doesn't have the HK system and I have always said that is a dealbreaker for me.

But what is a really nice audio upgrade option that might give me confidence? I don't want huge numbers of mods and big amps in the trunk, etc. but I would like really nice sound.
A ton of threads on this.

My opinion are that the non HK suffers from not enough wattage and no tweeters.

There are plug and play amp solutions for $700 or so for the Match amp.
I had trouble piecing together a simple front speaker tweeter setup.

I purchased the speaker Alpine F22 tweeter housing off eBay from Europe. Bavsound makes decent inexpensive plug and play speakers but the F22 ones set don't have tweeters and they don't sell them individually. I found them here on member classified sales.

That may not be super helpful but between the speakers and the amp I am now quite happy with the sound.
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