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Originally Posted by c-bass
Unless I'm reading this wrong, the OP just wants proper sound out of the coax speakers and tweeters. Not necessarily to use all the factory speakers
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He replaced all of them with aftermarket so I assumed he wanted to use them all.
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Originally Posted by c-bass
You don't need an 8 channel amp or multiple amps at all unless you want active control for each channel. You can do everything easy and cheap with passive xovers, just like BMW did using a cap to filter the highs for the tweeters.
I'm my opinion, the factory system components suck and there's no good reason for it to be a 3 way system anyway.
You can improve the factory sound easily with just a tweeter and a 6.5 in the factory door and then go from there as you need.
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I agree. A good component set is a world of improvement over the stock HiFi gear. Especially paired with an aftermarket amp. But the HiFi amp does not sound bad either with a set of components (you don't use the included passive Xover for the tweet). I was impressed with my bud's setup who is running stock HiFi amp with stock dash and Infinity Reference components. Avin 4 for the head unit and 10" sub in the side compartment w/ small mono amp. Really not shabby.
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Originally Posted by c-bass
I am with you 100% on the car audio enthusiast side. I've been out of the game for a minute but this summer I finally put together a little system in my e46 convertible from some equipment I had lying around.
An observation...but it doesn't seem like the price of audio gear has gone down AT ALL!!
Seems like electronics in general are worth a fraction of what they did when they came out as new technology...not so in car audio.
Even the used equipment is expensive around these parts
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Been out of it for a bit too. But got the itch to build my "dream" system from when I was young and into it but couldn't afford higher end gear. I agree with you, vintage/classic gear is going up in price, not down. It's not back up to MSRP prices... but it's definitely not cheap. The 1000/1 v1 is up to ~$500 used.
That said, some of the newer gear is incredible with the footprint they have while still maintaining decent power and acceptable THD. Some of the audiocontrol amps have DSP built in, clipping detection, bass restoration for OE integration, EQ's, and other stuff. Just crazy.
