Premium Stereo Upgrade....
#21
RE: Premium Stereo Upgrade....
Y not just upgrade your front speakers/amp and fade the sound forward. Keep your stock rear speakers. It does sound really nice. Think of attending a live concert. The sound is coming from in front of you versus around you.
But its up to you what kind of sound you like, live concert or surround sound.
But its up to you what kind of sound you like, live concert or surround sound.
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#24
RE: Premium Stereo Upgrade....
ORIGINAL: Master Deep
Keep your stock rear speakers. It does sound really nice. Think of attending a live concert. The sound is coming from in front of you versus around you.
Keep your stock rear speakers. It does sound really nice. Think of attending a live concert. The sound is coming from in front of you versus around you.
Surely when using the DSP functions from the premium system good rear speakers would also be needed??
#25
RE: Premium Stereo Upgrade....
Buck,
If you are not as concerned with the sound in the back seat, you will be better offputting a full range (2-way / 3-way) in the rear doors anyway. As it is, the rear door speaker is the closest one to the driver. Putting the tweeter even closer to you will mess up your front soundstage no matter how you aim it. I think Focal makes a 2-way you could match w / front components.
No doubt they will sound good, I listened to the K2's, but @ 4 times the cost, I'm happy w / what I chose.
Let us know how it sounds when you're done.
If you are not as concerned with the sound in the back seat, you will be better offputting a full range (2-way / 3-way) in the rear doors anyway. As it is, the rear door speaker is the closest one to the driver. Putting the tweeter even closer to you will mess up your front soundstage no matter how you aim it. I think Focal makes a 2-way you could match w / front components.
No doubt they will sound good, I listened to the K2's, but @ 4 times the cost, I'm happy w / what I chose.
Let us know how it sounds when you're done.
#26
RE: Premium Stereo Upgrade....
ORIGINAL: xtyperick
Buck,
Putting the tweeter even closer to you will mess up your front soundstage no matter how you aim it.
Buck,
Putting the tweeter even closer to you will mess up your front soundstage no matter how you aim it.
I think its worth saving £200 just to have them in the front and not the back if rear tweetersdont make much difference to people sitting in the front???
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#29
RE: Premium Stereo Upgrade....
Buck,
Sorry I wasn't clear. Yep, I was talking about the separate tweeters inthe back that you do not want. If you mount tweeters in the rear door handle like Jag does, the rear driver side tweeter will now be the closest one tothe driver…You I assume. You then end up with 2 driver side tweeters closer to you than the nearest passenger side one, making it harder to balance. The 2-way Polk's I put in the back have a tweeter mounted with a swivel I aimed toward the rear passengers. It sounds fine back there but I was being selfish and wanted the best sound up front...where I am
The front separates you do want to use. The Jag location is OK but there was a guy somewhere that outlined a project locating the tweeters on the black piece up front. That would be a better location but I didn't want to cut more holes.I ended up usingthe Jag location for the front tweeters.
Master Deep,
At least the 04's like mine with the base 120W system used a Phillips speaker. The only words I could think of when I pulled them out were horrible or crappy.
Hay Buck, right before I clicked send, I remembered you guys have the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car Just kidding, but I had to go back and change the lefts and rights I wrote in the first paragraph to Passenger side and Driver side.
Sorry I wasn't clear. Yep, I was talking about the separate tweeters inthe back that you do not want. If you mount tweeters in the rear door handle like Jag does, the rear driver side tweeter will now be the closest one tothe driver…You I assume. You then end up with 2 driver side tweeters closer to you than the nearest passenger side one, making it harder to balance. The 2-way Polk's I put in the back have a tweeter mounted with a swivel I aimed toward the rear passengers. It sounds fine back there but I was being selfish and wanted the best sound up front...where I am
The front separates you do want to use. The Jag location is OK but there was a guy somewhere that outlined a project locating the tweeters on the black piece up front. That would be a better location but I didn't want to cut more holes.I ended up usingthe Jag location for the front tweeters.
Master Deep,
At least the 04's like mine with the base 120W system used a Phillips speaker. The only words I could think of when I pulled them out were horrible or crappy.
Hay Buck, right before I clicked send, I remembered you guys have the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car Just kidding, but I had to go back and change the lefts and rights I wrote in the first paragraph to Passenger side and Driver side.
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#31
RE: Premium Stereo Upgrade....
Have booked the car in for the 13,14,15th Feb.
Going for the8 Focal speakers with crossovers (custom made tweeter ventsin door mirror trim) and 10" sub hidden behind acoustic material in the boot where the boot light/strap is.
Cant wait.
Off now to buy some Iron Maiden,Megadeth,Samantha Mumba, AC/DC etc.
Going for the8 Focal speakers with crossovers (custom made tweeter ventsin door mirror trim) and 10" sub hidden behind acoustic material in the boot where the boot light/strap is.
Cant wait.
Off now to buy some Iron Maiden,Megadeth,Samantha Mumba, AC/DC etc.
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#33
RE: Premium Stereo Upgrade....
Nothing like a new sound system! Going to work will be even more enjoyable, eh? Im jealous of the 10" sub...I don't have any room for one that large.[sm=smiley19.gif]
I recognize all but the Mumba chick in your list. Can I recommend some Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin?
I recognize all but the Mumba chick in your list. Can I recommend some Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin?
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#35
RE: Premium Stereo Upgrade....
The car audio specialist is half way through the upgrade but has a small?? problem.
There is an error on the speedo which says
This is an error code I have never seen before.
This is the problem if I understand what they are saying:-
The sound system works fine but this message is on all the timeshortly after the trip mileage is 1st displayed.
The local Jag dealer was phoned and they said they dont know.
When the CD-Amp (fibre optic??) lead is unplugged (this lead passed the test checks when it was made) and the old lead fitted the error disappears.
Anyone know what this code means?
There is an error on the speedo which says
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This is the problem if I understand what they are saying:-
The sound system works fine but this message is on all the timeshortly after the trip mileage is 1st displayed.
The local Jag dealer was phoned and they said they dont know.
When the CD-Amp (fibre optic??) lead is unplugged (this lead passed the test checks when it was made) and the old lead fitted the error disappears.
Anyone know what this code means?
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#38
RE: Wild guess
Could be they are not corrected in the right order. Again, I am going from (a bad) memory. I did some minimal research on this system and seem to remember the items, radio, cd changer, amp had to be connected in a certain order in the loop. Each piece could be looking for an ACK from the last piece. Incorrect ACK could throw anerror. I'm digging here...but just trying to help you out.
Do a search over on roadfly, there was a guy, maybe D2BGUY or D2BEXPERT that gave someinfo on the system. There is some info in JTIS also in the D2B section.
Do a search over on roadfly, there was a guy, maybe D2BGUY or D2BEXPERT that gave someinfo on the system. There is some info in JTIS also in the D2B section.
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