Just though that I would post to say that I have recently performed 2 upgrades to my MC.
I know that there are those who like the sound of the MC as standard but I felt that it lacked a little 'balls' when it came to its exhaust note. Last week I had Charlie at Pro-Speed fit new back-boxes to the old girl and it sounds great now. Low rumble at start-up and then a good scream at 4-7K rpm.
Now with all of that noise, the standard cassette/CD changer and standard speakers were no way near a match for the new bark of the engine. I bought an Alpine single CD head unit with built-in iPod interface and had it fitted by a nice guy from Halfords. Instantly the sound was much better but the spakers were not good at high volume. I purchased some Vibe 13cm component speakers online and fitted the bass and tweeter speakers to the roof in the back. I inherited a JL sub speaker from the previous owner (warboys) so I bought an amp and had that mounted (by the Halfords guy) in the space where the CD changer was. Result - great improvement on the sound. I still have a set of 13cm Vies to fit to the front of the car but need to work out how to include or replace the door tweeters.
Anyone out there want to but the BMW business cassette player and 6 CD changer from me? I will not be going back to it!
I'm interested if anyone else has tackled the front speakers before I try. I know that there are some threads on the forum about this but it would be good to know who else has gone down this road already.
James
I know that there are those who like the sound of the MC as standard but I felt that it lacked a little 'balls' when it came to its exhaust note. Last week I had Charlie at Pro-Speed fit new back-boxes to the old girl and it sounds great now. Low rumble at start-up and then a good scream at 4-7K rpm.
Now with all of that noise, the standard cassette/CD changer and standard speakers were no way near a match for the new bark of the engine. I bought an Alpine single CD head unit with built-in iPod interface and had it fitted by a nice guy from Halfords. Instantly the sound was much better but the spakers were not good at high volume. I purchased some Vibe 13cm component speakers online and fitted the bass and tweeter speakers to the roof in the back. I inherited a JL sub speaker from the previous owner (warboys) so I bought an amp and had that mounted (by the Halfords guy) in the space where the CD changer was. Result - great improvement on the sound. I still have a set of 13cm Vies to fit to the front of the car but need to work out how to include or replace the door tweeters.
Anyone out there want to but the BMW business cassette player and 6 CD changer from me? I will not be going back to it!
I'm interested if anyone else has tackled the front speakers before I try. I know that there are some threads on the forum about this but it would be good to know who else has gone down this road already.
James
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