1997 BMW 525tds Touring Oldschool Install

[Autosom]

you can't make an omelet with out breaking a few eggs.

Why?
Its realy necessary modify the oem aspect to have a good sound?

[ttocs]

Those drivers can play a lot cleaner then the stock speakers would, and in the locations they are at, facing the way they do they will also have a better soundstage/imaging. As long as everything is mounted nice and tight I am not sure how you can say that it wasn't an improvement but I understand that its not for everyone.

What would you have recommended he do?

[joerg]

you can't make an omelet with out breaking a few eggs.

Why?
Its realy necessary modify the oem aspect to have a good sound?

In case of this car yes. The car is from 1997 and nobody cared about staging when developing the sound system for it. It just had to be enough to listen to FM radio and the news. When i bought it only a single speaker was working. All the others where shot.

[ttocs]

with that reasoning then, what is the stereo in that cute little mopar of yours look like?

[joerg]

with that reasoning then, what is the stereo in that cute little mopar of yours look like?

Its a 4x10 Oval Coax powered from a 2 Watts FM/AM 8-Track Radio

[ttocs]

figured your loud pedal was your stereo.

[Autosom]

Soundstage? With the speakers above the listening position?

This car only with a speaker on the door at the original site would have better soundstage than as is.

[joerg]

Soundstage? With the speakers above the listening position?

This car only with a speaker on the door at the original site would have better soundstage than as is.

It´s amazing how much u know about my car, but here´s a picture with a little description. I´m not the biggest guy but seems like i´m bigger than the average portugese fella.

[Autosom]

Do not go out there because not insulted anyone.

I was speaking of doors, no one can have the soundstage with the tweeter and woofer pillar in that position.

[ttocs]

there are a lot of cars competing now with pillar mounted tweets and door mounted woofers. its all about where the tweeters are aimed, off-axis responces and how its all tuned but it can be done, and has been done.

[joerg]

Due to rain all easter weekend long i focused on indoor activities for my install. I completly finished the first of three MS2250 Nickels that goes into the car and rebuilt and painted the distros so i have enough to power all the equipment. Forgot to take pics of the distros tough.

[ttocs]

are those multi-colored led strips? Looks killer...

[joerg]

are those multi-colored led strips? Looks killer...

The color is amber. I like the soft warm look of it. It fits the golden circuit board a lot better than the red and blue strips i used to use.

Forgot to mention that the enclosure has been calculated with term lab as well.




The enclosure will be sealed and modifyable to suit either the Focal KX46SPL or the 2 Cyclones that are still in my possesion

[PhuckinGood]

Amber lights look killer, I really like that, not as much as I like that cd case though

[joerg]

...not as much as I like that cd case though

That´s filled and ready to go into the car once the install is finished...

[joerg]

Black Distros are boooring...




... but i still need to finish the bases of the big one and the ground blocks.

[joerg]

.aaand done!

[oldskoolmseriesfan]

Due to rain all easter weekend long i focused on indoor activities for my install. I completly finished the first of three MS2250 Nickels that goes into the car and rebuilt and painted the distros so i have enough to power all the equipment. Forgot to take pics of the distros tough.

That is pure audio sex Joerg!!!! I would love to see see your install in person....god damn ponds...

[AVICJR]

Blocks look killer, what color are they? PC'ed or painted.........great install!!

[joerg]

Blocks look killer, what color are they? PC'ed or painted.........great install!!

I blasted the housings and repainted them with graphit paint. Once that dried up i applied diamond effect paint. That kind of paint has some sort of flakes in it. Then a layer of clearcoat and they were done.

[joerg]

During the last weekend some work has been done on my car. The enclosure for the cyclones is done only missing the carpet
and all the signal processors are hidden in the left side compartment of the trunk. The right side will house everything regarding the power supply.

[kg1961]

man it looking great alway great work

[joerg]

Some RCA-wires have been soldered an installed today

[zeropoint0.5]

Some RCA-wires have been soldered an installed today

what a nice looking ax406

[joerg]

what a nice looking ax406

A ZPX2 would have looked outta place in there indeed