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[BMW E34] Newbie needs advice on SQ setup
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<blockquote data-quote="Heinemans" data-source="post: 8248328" data-attributes="member: 660388"><p>First of all:</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for the reply's, this is allready helping a lot! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</p><p></p><p>I'm not ging to react to every post individually because a lot of you are suggesting/talking about the same.</p><p></p><p><strong>The setup I'm willing to go for</strong></p><p></p><p>The plan is to achieve the best sound possible (for me), so I'm willing/need to replace all original components of the sound system. The one thing I wan't to keep is the original headunit.</p><p></p><p>Above was also what I told to the salesman I spoke earlier this week and he made a suggestion regarding that information. After some reading I changed some things (mostly budget wise/to highend for me(?)), and this is what I came up with:</p><p></p><p><strong>FRONT</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focal PS165 F3<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focal FPS2160<br /> </li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>REAR</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focal PS165FX<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focal P21V2<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focal FPS4160<br /> </li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>DSP</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alpine PXA-H800<br /> </li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>Up till now I have 2 questions:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Does the FPS range amp's sound a lot better than the FPP range? (The FPP range is adviced by Focal for the PS(flax) range of speakers, and is a lot cheaper. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif)<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Does the PXA-H800 correct enough for the old/OEM headunit?<br /> </li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>I must say that the factory headunit, overall, does not sound bad at all. I've had a more recent Pioneer headunit (about 200,-) that did not sound noticably better than the unit I have now. Ok you did have more settings to correct for stuf, but when playing from CD the unit does not sound bad at all...</p><p></p><p>Thats why I did have the question about the Alpine DSP, it seems to have a lot of cool features. Ofcourse I know that the DSP cannot create details in the music when they are not deliverd by the headunit. --&gt; (sh*t in = sh*t out, I can imagine)</p><p></p><p>Sound deadening will be done if necessary, I can only judge this after the install is done.</p><p></p><p><strong>About the install</strong></p><p></p><p>I will be doing this myself. Now I know I have no experience with car audio, but I am a very handy man. I'm doing everything, but I mean everything on the car myself. Heck, I'm even restoring an M5 (same model) from the ground up, so I think that installing a "simple" audio upgrade would be no problem. (no offence ofcourse //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif, the finetuning will be done with the help of an expert. (first need to find one. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif)</p><p></p><p><strong>About keeping track of the progress</strong></p><p></p><p>Ofcourse I will post all progress here. For the information I'm getting from this site you guys deserve some pictures/stories about a, I hope, clean install. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heinemans, post: 8248328, member: 660388"] First of all: Thank you all for the reply's, this is allready helping a lot! [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] I'm not ging to react to every post individually because a lot of you are suggesting/talking about the same. [B]The setup I'm willing to go for[/B] The plan is to achieve the best sound possible (for me), so I'm willing/need to replace all original components of the sound system. The one thing I wan't to keep is the original headunit. Above was also what I told to the salesman I spoke earlier this week and he made a suggestion regarding that information. After some reading I changed some things (mostly budget wise/to highend for me(?)), and this is what I came up with: [B]FRONT[/B] [LIST] [*]Focal PS165 F3 [*]Focal FPS2160 [/LIST] [B]REAR[/B] [LIST] [*]Focal PS165FX [*]Focal P21V2 [*]Focal FPS4160 [/LIST] [B]DSP[/B] [LIST][*]Alpine PXA-H800 [/LIST] Up till now I have 2 questions: [LIST] [*]Does the FPS range amp's sound a lot better than the FPP range? (The FPP range is adviced by Focal for the PS(flax) range of speakers, and is a lot cheaper. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif[/IMG]) [*]Does the PXA-H800 correct enough for the old/OEM headunit? [/LIST] I must say that the factory headunit, overall, does not sound bad at all. I've had a more recent Pioneer headunit (about 200,-) that did not sound noticably better than the unit I have now. Ok you did have more settings to correct for stuf, but when playing from CD the unit does not sound bad at all... Thats why I did have the question about the Alpine DSP, it seems to have a lot of cool features. Ofcourse I know that the DSP cannot create details in the music when they are not deliverd by the headunit. --> (sh*t in = sh*t out, I can imagine) Sound deadening will be done if necessary, I can only judge this after the install is done. [B]About the install[/B] I will be doing this myself. Now I know I have no experience with car audio, but I am a very handy man. I'm doing everything, but I mean everything on the car myself. Heck, I'm even restoring an M5 (same model) from the ground up, so I think that installing a "simple" audio upgrade would be no problem. (no offence ofcourse [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG], the finetuning will be done with the help of an expert. (first need to find one. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif[/IMG]) [B]About keeping track of the progress[/B] Ofcourse I will post all progress here. For the information I'm getting from this site you guys deserve some pictures/stories about a, I hope, clean install. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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