You people suck. 12 years later, I finally replace speakers.

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by ajacks8

I've got:
Eonon head unit.
Memphis dash mids
BSW ghost sub/amp
Bavsound front doors
Bav Auto's upgraded p&p tweeters
Factory rear doors
JL MX280/4 amp

I feel like it all sounds great EXCEPT for the Memphis mids bottoming out at only medium volume respective to what I feel the whole system should be able to handle. My questions, therefore, are these - has anyone found a better option for mids in dash than the memphis ones? Also, would a fix86 or bass-blockers help me out? OR, should I just keep dreaming about a VX400/4i???

How is everything hooked up?

E53 has 6 channels up front alone between the mids, tweets, and dash speakers. You driving everything (front and rear) with the marine 4 channel? Cool little amp BTW. And that VX400/4i... yummm.

With there being so many speakers in the X5 I opted for the Tim "the Toolman" Taylor option of 2x 500/5 JL Slash V1 amps and 1x 1000/1 Slash V1 to drive everything with it's own Xover and separate level adjustment. Obviously overkill, and I don't have any of it in the truck yet sooooo yeah. All the gear is just sitting on a shelf waiting for the kids to grow up

Edit: The fix86 looks like it would work from reading the description. But that price though. You like nice gear. I think I'd try the bass blocker option if I was sure that the amp wasn't unhappy with the load I was presenting it and causing the distortion.

[ajacks8]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

How is everything hooked up?

E53 has 6 channels up front alone between the mids, tweets, and dash speakers. You driving everything (front and rear) with the marine 4 channel? Cool little amp BTW. And that VX400/4i... yummm.

With there being so many speakers in the X5 I opted for the Tim "the Toolman" Taylor option of 2x 500/5 JL Slash V1 amps and 1x 1000/1 Slash V1 to drive everything with it's own Xover and separate level adjustment. Obviously overkill, and I don't have any of it in the truck yet sooooo yeah. All the gear is just sitting on a shelf waiting for the kids to grow up

Edit: The fix86 looks like it would work from reading the description. But that price though. You like nice gear. I think I'd try the bass blocker option if I was sure that the amp wasn't unhappy with the load I was presenting it and causing the distortion.

Thanks CW. Yes, I am driving front and rears with mx280/4. I have the factory amp bypassed because it died on me. I can get a lightly used Fix86 for around $200 OR my interest was peaked when researching alternatives to Eonon and found the Avin Avant4. I'm curious to know if that would be plug'n'play to replace the Eonon unit I have. It is a bit steep at like $700 loaded up with the right features. I know that a lot of people have been relatively happy with their Eonon head units but I could not find anything through search about the Eonon GA9449 which looks to be MUCH faster than mine AND adds CarPlay. It is advertised for E39 only 8/10 times and E39&E53 2/10 times. Very scientific sampling - I KNOW. Anyway, that newer Eonon unit would not solve my DSP problem, but for $218 it IS tempting compared to the Avin unit. This all feels like a random thought dump, but I was hoping someone might chime in who has at least looked closely at the GA9449 as a referenece and this thread could help find them

[E36X5er]

I ended up getting Infinity Primus PR6510CS components for the front door / tweeters - 160mm woofers fit nicely once I bent the screw mounts out of the way. The tweeters fit into the stock housing with the use of a little adapter they had, but I had to cut off the screw mount on the back of the adapter to get the to fit properly.

Question about securing the 6.5”s in the stock housing - I hot glued the sh*t out of it and that’s it! Is there anything else I can do to secure it? Or do you think hot glue will hold?

I will be building a box for a shallow mount Infinity REF1000S to put in the stock subwoofer spot in the back of the cargo area. That will be powered by an Alpine MRV-M250.

The infinity components sound so much better. Will be ordering the Memphis mids for the dash although I don’t think I really even need them.

Stock Nav / HU with out DSP
Infinity PR6510CS 6.5 / tweeters
Stock amp for separates
Infinity REF1000s at 4ohm
Alpine MRV-M250

[crystalworks]

Nope. Hot glue will not hold. I don't like gluing drivers in but if I had to, would tack it in place with a couple of hot glue dabs, then run a bead of silicon gasket maker around the perimeter. That stuff won't come off until you want it to. LoL, and sometimes not even then.

[Purplefade]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

Nope. Hot glue will not hold. I don't like gluing drivers in but if I had to, would tack it in place with a couple of hot glue dabs, then run a bead of silicon gasket maker around the perimeter. That stuff won't come off until you want it to. LoL, and sometimes not even then.

Agreed, hot glue will get brittle and sometime, in the near future, you’ll be driving along, hit a bump and hear it fall into the door panel.

I would go with the gasket maker as well, and if you can, maybe a zip tie or two at the top and bottom


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[E36X5er]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

Hot glue will not hold... run a bead of silicon gasket maker around the perimeter...

Thanks crystalworks and purplefade - I ran some gasket maker around the inside

I am swapping the front mid range speakers with Memphis 2.75” and am wondering if I need the resistor from the factory mid setup?

NEVERMIND - saw the info on post #22 of this thread

[kspark]

Just picked up a set of Infinity Primus PR6510CS components and the Memphis PRX275s based on all the recommendations in this thread. Keeping the stock head unit for now, but may consider swapping the DSP subs in the future.

Originally Posted by E36X5er

Thanks crystalworks and purplefade - I ran some gasket maker around the inside

I am swapping the front mid range speakers with Memphis 2.75” and am wondering if I need the resistor from the factory mid setup?

NEVERMIND - saw the info on post #22 of this thread

Was it a Yes or No on the factory resistor?

I read through the whole thread including post 22 but I think I missed that detail.

[E36X5er]

Resistor is YES. I kept it on the factory wiring and soldered to the speakers

[kspark]

Originally Posted by E36X5er

Resistor is YES. I kept it on the factory wiring and soldered to the speakers

Perfect, thank you.

[SpookX5]

Before I order I need some confirmation from the pro's on here.

I currently have the stock S676 HiFi speaker system from the factory with non DSP amp. It doesn't sound bad but it's 20 years old and I'm curious to hear and feel the difference.

Here comes my question. If I'm correct the S676 HiFi system uses 2ohm woofers, 8ohm mids and tweeters?
I've read that replacing 8ohm with 4 ohm will not cause damage, only extra heat.
I'm not sure if I can replace the 2ohm woofers with 4ohm woofers, will I get volume problems? It's difficult to find suited 2ohm woofers...

I want to keep the stock non dsp amp and I am running an Android headunit.

Can someone confirm that the HiFi system uses different Ohm speakers?