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Picture of stock speakers and replacement
I thought I would upload a picture of the stock speakers. The bottom pair is the door speakers and the top pair are the rear deck speakers.
I also included a picture of the Focal ISC 100 speaker that replaced the stock ones. I used the same speakers in the door and in the rear deck. It produced a remarkably better sound. |
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^^^ awesome - thanks for the pics - I was checking those out on Crutchfield earlier today. They have gotten really good reviews.
Do you happen to have a pic of the spacer your installer made for you? I wanted to get an idea of what worked for you so that I could potentially replicate it... Also, did you replace the subs? Or are you thinking about it? Thanks my man...
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I didn't get a picture of the spacer, sorry. I didn't replace the subs. But I now have great base so I don't plan on replacing them.
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I am going to get under there and take a look tonight and see what's what on the sub front...
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A better picture of the new speakers from the Focal website:
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04-11-2014, 03:59 PM | #6 |
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Did you buy a single Focal replacement for the center channel dash speaker as well?
Not bad on the Focals. I'm not a huge fan of coax setups since you can't amp and control the tweeters individually, but I trust Focal has a designed these properly. I'm putting these on my wish list and will probably drop in the 4" Diamond Audio Hex S400 speakers I have from an old install of mine, although those are a true component system. I won't really need the tweeters for rear fill. |
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Didn't bother with the dash speakers. Kind of like the center speaker on your surround sound at home. They are not very important to the overall sound experience.
And you are right that separate control of the tweeters may be nice. But I wanted to keep the price reasonable and separate tweeters increased the speakers from $129 per pair to $600 per pair. I listened to both combinations in the show room but my ears aren't sharp enough to detect any significant differences. I am sure that if I had perfect pitch I probably could have. But I don't. |
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The center speaker carries all the on-screen dialogue and anything happening in the central image will be routed through the center speaker. You can often send a lot of that information to the left and right speakers if you want, but it will throw off the soundstage for anyone not sitting centered on the screen. An ideal front speaker setup for a home theater will have identical or nearly identical speakers for the center, left and right front. |
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i would get this speakers in a heartbeatbut i am worried about the bmw warranty, do they void the warranty if you change the speakers?
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Warranties are voided when you have a problem caused as a direct result of something you did outside of normal. Changing a speaker only voids warranty of those parts. A very impossible scenario would be that you installed some crazy speakers that changed resistance on the amp so much that the amp caught fire and your car was lost as a result. Just not going to happen though. |
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04-17-2014, 03:23 PM | #15 |
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Are these Focal ISC 100 speakers a exact swap or does the door panel need to be cut/modified. How does it look once installed?
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Exact swap except it need a spacer since they are deeper so they don't hit the window. No cutting and fits 100% behind stock door screen. Looks 100% stock.
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Great thanks for the info
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04-25-2014, 02:48 PM | #18 |
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(Stock) How many speakers are there in the door? Is there a speaker in the triangle behind the side mirrors? Like in the 135i.
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Does anyone know if the sail panel location is wired for a speaker and if so is it hot (live). I want to possibly find the sail speakers from a wrecked 1 series and just install them in the M235i.
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They have a life time installation guarantee. Last edited by DanG; 05-15-2014 at 08:04 PM.. |
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