2013 BMW F11 (5 series touring) Sound system upgrade

bmstuff · 17-11-2014 8:05pm #1

Very dull standard stereo system as you may know. No tweeters even from factory.

So we upgraded the front speakers with Gladen 201, added original tweeters grills, updated rear speakers with Gladen MC100 speakers.
Added 1 x Mosconi 120.4, class AB, 4 channels amplifier to drive each corner and a Gladen 125.2, 2 channels, to drive the under seat woofers.

Those amps are far superior to the JL Audio 600/6 and other class D ones I see too often used in BMW audio builds, that includes TOP HIFI amps from factory which are class D too. The difference in terms of clarity and details is night and day.
You discover sounds and instruments you can not hear with class D amps.

Finally the car was coded to HIFI to flatten the EQ curve

The kits

The car

Doing the doors

Headliner speakers

Fuse for the battery - 4GA, 80 amps.

Doors back together, tweeter grills about to be installed

Under sear woofers

Running 4 channels loom from the radio. Keep in mind the car has no amp from factory.

New Gladen MC100 in place

Doing the amps now

Amps done.

Car coded to HIFI

Thanks for looking

whizbang · 18-11-2014 2:01am

Nice work.

Any thoughts yet on the sound, particularly the under seat subs.?

I want to do something similar to the Mazda 6, as the standard setup is really poor.
Are these ones particularly BM fit only, or are they generic cabs ?

thanks

Comhrá · 18-11-2014 11:40am

Nice work. I would love to undertake an upgrade along those lines. Maybe my next car.

Roughly what sort of cost in total would such an upgrade be?

2013 BMW F11 (5 series touring) Sound system upgrade

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