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Originally Posted by sethwas
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Originally Posted by Lozza47
Alternatively, if you could only do one - would changing out the speakers or changing out the amp for something like bimmer tech's harness the best audio performance improvement?
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If you could only do a single thing change your front 2 speakers to a coax set w/passive crossover.
(since removing/unplugging the center channel is free: do this too).
If you were to do that single thing but a touch fancier, move that coax to separates/components with passive crossover and the OEM sail panels to house the tweeter.
Either way, with the door card off dampen the door before reassembly.
Those front door speakers are the single weakest area in the car.
Seth
P.S. the summary from the million threads on audio for 'proper' upgrade path is:
1) remove front center speaker
2) replace door speakers with coax* and dampen doors
2a) *component
3) replace rear fill w/passive coax
4) replace amp
4a) replace amp/processor
4b) replace amp/processor/run active crossover not passive
5) replace subs
5a) remove subs and use trunk sub instead
5b) bandpass filter underseat subs and use trunk sub for low fill |
Thanks for that run down.
I just recently installed some Hertz 100.3 coax speakers. They are awesome.
I'll put a review up shortly.
I also added a foam spacer around the edges to direct the sound through the grills better due to the lower mounting position.
The high frequencies are a bit harsh only due to the amp I would imagine and the original bmw speakers not having tweeters so the amp pushing the signals up.