New Sound System En Route

[VP Electricity]

Originally Posted by whuts4lunch

He's familiar with the BitOne. I was referred to him in part because of his skill tuning BitOne systems.

I'd bring my car to you VP, but I'm located all the way diagonally across the country

Not about me... Not certain I'd take it on

But you need a guy who's comfortable tuning and who will engage with speakers he's probably not familiar with.

I guess the caveat I'm going to pass along is that you've done a DIY sort of thing but you aren't owning the project. Wondering who does.

[flinchy]

Originally Posted by whuts4lunch

"ED: i'll also add, those kicker speakers aren't very good, i mean, really, what are you expecting from $90/pair... they'll be more than likely worse than the stock speakers, and that sub is HORRIBLE, please don't put such a super bottom of the range low end setup in a bmw . please.

and $30 mids? ... i can almost guarantee the stock speakers will be better than them."

Every component was recommended by an experienced audiophile.

The mids won't sound better than stock? You've heard the stock speakers right?

And how is a Hertz HX250 in a custom sub enclosure low end???

It's not a cheap system. The BitOne is an $800 unit. The sub enclosure would cost about another $800 to build. The two amps together were $520. The sub in the enclosure is worth $230. The tweeters are like $95, mids $70, under seat $110.

I get that its only gonna be in the top 1% of car audio systems and not the top 0.5%, but gimme a break.

yes, i have... they're comparable to my previous set of splits (polk MM6501) in clarity and midbass, and i had it all tuned decently too (a few hours worth of tuning with crossovers, decent head unit, decent amp) unless the speakers in the AUDM 1ers are better.

sub enclosures are more like $200 for something custom. you could do it yourself for $50 in materials and 2 hours work.

i listed prices from the links you provided man lol.

it's not even going to be in the top 1%, nowhere near. the sub is bottom level midrange, possibly middle midrange in terms of quality. price reflects this, you can grab it for around $200 easily. every single one of the speakers are middle low end to upper low end at best.

the only thing i can recommend out of that list is the bitone, which is an incredible bit of kit. just the rest of the setup.. well the entire rest of the setup pretty doesn't even cost as much as the processor alone?

a $300 3way front stage barely scratches low-end.

ED:
2-3 packs of
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamat-10455-...8516498&sr=8-1
or even something cheaper (sTp or roadkill or something) is a must in any system, low or high end, by the way... i noticed you didn't list any deadening. enough to do your front doors and boot floor/lid

as said, the biggest issue you're going to have with a fully active setup like this (you know what that means right?) is that without crossovers set for a specific set of paired speakers, tuning is going to be a MAJOR pain in the ass. and has to be done perfectly, or it WILL sound worse than even *cheaper* speakers.

[whuts4lunch]

Sub Enclosure, Subwoofer, Bit One, and Door Speakers arrived

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76243226@N04/6844343521/

[tracer bullet]

Cool. I'm really interested in how the BitOne works out.

[whuts4lunch]

Install is complete. The system sounds outstanding and looks really clean.

[whuts4lunch]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6...4e8934a5_b.jpg

[kaigoss69]

Congrats OP. Sounds like you put a decent system together. Like VP said, it's all in the tune.'

BTW, not sure if I have ever seen so much bad and flat out wrong advice in a single short thread like this one...not sure what you did to attract that!

[whuts4lunch]

re the bad advice: Haha I know right?

The guy who tuned the car is a professional musician and claims he was the first person to tune BitOnes in the United States. He did a hell of a job.