MK5 stereo install advice

[Mr ©harisma]

Personally I would get the Oz Me. Mount it magnet out, add some darcon and you will be sweet. Or the boston bum out will look awesome. I have the 12inch OZ with 600WRMS and it doesn't overpower my splits which are getting around 70WRMS although it is turned down. I need the 12 though for the low Hz. The 10inch didn't cut it for me but with space at a premium you will probably like it. Hertz gear it good, Mille is pure awesome but lots of $$$.

Glidn that sucks that no one does those brands. rm audio are the Aust distributors of Hertz / Audison / Morel perhaps someone in NZ should have a chat to them....

As with everything audition it and see how you like it. Personally I have never liked a 10inch. From the IDMAX to DD 9510 to Treo SSi none have impressed me.... so far

[glidn]

OK, I've played with the tape measure and putting in even a shallow 10" would be a mission to keep it nice and level with the wheel arch. I'm even wondering where the heck to put the amp I have! Space is the major factor for me, I may dream of a 12" in a box, but I know it will spend a lot of time out of the car, which defeats the purpose.

Seems the left side would give a "box" volume around 10-13 litres if I do a bit of metal work for the magnet.That RE8 is starting to look pretty good.

I've heard these Hertz speakers mentioned like gods before...are they REALLY that great, or is it the old law of diminishing returns?

Yeah i know where you are coming from as far as boot space is considered. hence for past 4 months i have always explored idea's outside the box. And what would you know? The RE8 fitted that bill. And 10 - 13 Litres would be superb for this little monster.

And only requires 4 Inch mounting depth.

I guess in most likely 12ish months i will be in the same boat that you are currently in. If i can help of course.

Mr Charisma - Yeah it does bite the dust, not being able to play with those products here.

I guess there price point hear will most likely outweigh the likelyhood of them sellings. As Parallel importing is such a big thing here.

That Proper established channels and networks for gear, slowly becomes un cost effective.

At least that is the only reason i can currently see why nobody does those brands in NZ. Or at least i have been unable to find in NZ.

[Mr ©harisma]

I guess in most likely 12ish months i will be in the same boat that you are currently in. If i can help of course.

Mr Charisma - Yeah it does bite the dust, not being able to play with those products here.

I guess there price point hear will most likely outweigh the likelyhood of them sellings. As Parallel importing is such a big thing here.

That Proper established channels and networks for gear, slowly becomes un cost effective.

At least that is the only reason i can currently see why nobody does those brands in NZ. Or at least i have been unable to find in NZ.

Hmm I have had a quick look around around and I think your right. No one seems willing, or able for that matter, to bite the bullet and introduce many of the new products. If you get a chance you should have a look at www.fhrxstudios.com and go to products to see what people in Sydney can go down and Audition.

Don't worry if it makes you feel any better, I know guys in far North Qld who are in the same boat as you. They stock Focal, at least that is a start from the all Pioneer / Clarion / Alpine gear.

[glidn]

Hmm I have had a quick look around around and I think your right. No one seems willing, or able for that matter, to bite the bullet and introduce many of the new products. If you get a chance you should have a look at www.fhrxstudios.com and go to products to see what people in Sydney can go down and Audition.

Don't worry if it makes you feel any better, I know guys in far North Qld who are in the same boat as you. They stock Focal, at least that is a start from the all Pioneer / Clarion / Alpine gear.

Thanks for that

maybe i should fly over to sydney, to have a listen to all this gear available. then get some myself.

[Mr ©harisma]

Thanks for that

maybe i should fly over to sydney, to have a listen to all this gear available. then get some myself.

It might be worth a trip because there are serveral of the countrys best there. Doran / Lifestyle / Platinum to name a few. I might post up some picces of my boot install that was done at FHRX, anyone in Sydney who needs advice should go see Marty or Joel.

[qsilverza]

I know the owner of RM Audio quite well, I could pop the question to him if you like. He may be willing to ship to you.

PM me if you would like...

[glidn]

It might be worth a trip because there are serveral of the countrys best there. Doran / Lifestyle / Platinum to name a few. I might post up some picces of my boot install that was done at FHRX, anyone in Sydney who needs advice should go see Marty or Joel.

Yeah i think you should start a new thread on some of the installs you ahve done, i would be very interested in deed to see them.

As for cogdoc, let us know your progress, would be very interested indeed as to what you end up doing.

and lastly qsilverza, thanks for the offer, i generally never buy gear if i have not heard it at least once. but thanks, i may take you up on the offer in the future.

[Mr ©harisma]

Yeah i think you should start a new thread on some of the installs you ahve done, i would be very interested in deed to see them.

As for cogdoc, let us know your progress, would be very interested indeed as to what you end up doing.

and lastly qsilverza, thanks for the offer, i generally never buy gear if i have not heard it at least once. but thanks, i may take you up on the offer in the future.

Yeah ill try and round up some picces. Nothing that exciting, most people that I help get a prefab box and some amps. My car is ok, still not finished ( it never is lol ).

Umm if you want to check out the suppliers site it is www.rmaudio.com.au Honestly glidn if there was only supplier I could choose from it would be them. They sell:
Morel Speakers( Yummy 9" mids, Supremo tweeters ),
Audison Amps ( have these in my car, awesome! Italian quality )
Hertz Gear ( Mille ribbon mid is god, Mille sub, HP amps )

Have not used anything yet from Morel personally, as I said I have Audison amps and both my girlfriend and bro have Hertz components and I had a Hertz HXS300 for a month for Audition.

[glidn]

Yeah ill try and round up some picces. Nothing that exciting, most people that I help get a prefab box and some amps. My car is ok, still not finished ( it never is lol ).

Umm if you want to check out the suppliers site it is www.rmaudio.com.au Honestly glidn if there was only supplier I could choose from it would be them. They sell:
Morel Speakers( Yummy 9" mids, Supremo tweeters ),
Audison Amps ( have these in my car, awesome! Italian quality )
Hertz Gear ( Mille ribbon mid is god, Mille sub, HP amps )

Have not used anything yet from Morel personally, as I said I have Audison amps and both my girlfriend and bro have Hertz components and I had a Hertz HXS300 for a month for Audition.

Hey, it's just so funny, those that know alot of car audio systems, no matter what our systems are never finished.

As for the Morel fronts you have, i would aprreciate a few pics of it in the front of your MK4 golf/Bora?

But yeah The Morel's are very nice, never heard a set thou.
But would love a 8 or 9" mid in 3 way in the front of my car.

[Mr ©harisma]

lol na dude I don't have Morel fronts yet, I ended up going with Boston Acoustics cause they where $100 cheaper and sounded almost the same ( as the equalivent Morel 6inch ). Ill do up a new thread with everything so far so it can give people so ideas as well.

[Greg Roles]

Yeah, stop hogging my thread, it's all about me afterall!

Glidn, I did some serious research on the RE8's you love so much, and the options in that size, and ended up ordering a Boston 1008, just cause I have such a hardon about Boston stuff. I'm sure the RE would be awesome, perhaps better, but the Boston had a few things going for it.

My biggest problem now is where to mount my Van Gough amp, and I'm half tossing up something like the alpine PDX compact amps, despite the reported poor low end response, just because of the space issue.

Any advice on the little amp options from you guys? I will step out of my boston comfort zone for an amp....although they do have that Q tune thing

I want to drive the front Pro6.5's and the sub from an amp, and the rear S60's from the headunit, an alpine 9987 with the usual 22 odd RMS x 4. Can't wait to try the Imprint.

[glidn]

Yeah, stop hogging my thread, it's all about me afterall!

Glidn, I did some serious research on the RE8's you love so much, and the options in that size, and ended up ordering a Boston 1008, just cause I have such a hardon about Boston stuff. I'm sure the RE would be awesome, perhaps better, but the Boston had a few things going for it.

My biggest problem now is where to mount my Van Gough amp, and I'm half tossing up something like the alpine PDX compact amps, despite the reported poor low end response, just because of the space issue.

Any advice on the little amp options from you guys? I will step out of my boston comfort zone for an amp....although they do have that Q tune thing

I want to drive the front Pro6.5's and the sub from an amp, and the rear S60's from the headunit, an alpine 9987 with the usual 22 odd RMS x 4. Can't wait to try the Imprint.

Yeah not a problem, let us know how it sound once installed.

As for amps, i'm not sure what footprint of an amp will work you or not. I'll go have a look at some car yards, maybe find some solution.

Infinity make a 5ch amp currently, 100WRMSx4 and sub channel os 300WRMS@4ohm and 500WRMS@2ohm, could maybe work for you. Not sure?

I did have a big problem with small amps and big power. But ended up redoing the whole stereo install instead.

As for the imprint, i have official heard a first negative against it.
One thing of course with imprint set, you cannot fidel with the EQ at all, or you can retune with imprint.

But the negative thing was just this. Once system was tuned with Imprint, all bottom end had alot less impact as before. Company reckoned that some one with no sub would benefit from it far more than some with a sub.

Also it sets the system up to sound like it's inside a studio.

[glidn]

dont forget to post pics of the new boston 1008.

[Greg Roles]

Interesting....well I guess I'll see for myself. I pretty much wanted that deck anyhow, and scored the imprint kit for next to nothing on top.

What seems odd is for such an indepth tuning device, it suggests any external amps have the gain set to 12 o'clock. That in itself seems to be a bit "rough", as I'm sure you are aware of the massive difference in various amp gains.

I already have the perfect amp, but it's physically big for a golf boot. These new digital class amps are half the size, but seems they don't have the same low end performance from what I've read thus far...

Don't worry, I'll try and find a way to fit the Soundstream!

Pics no problem!

[Mr ©harisma]

I might drop the name Audison for amps, they make a couple of dedicated 3 channel amps... SRx series are very small for the outputs. LRx will give you the power though.

SRx3 is $RRP700
75WRMS x2 + 270WRMS x1 4ohm

Or even better
LRx 3.1k is $RRP1440
170WRMS x2 + 750WRMS x1 4ohm
Both amps can run the sub channel in 2ohm as well.

Or what about the DD S4 $RRP999
100WRMS x2 + 600WRMS x1 4ohm.

Just some more options. I must admit I am a Boston fan as well, god knows I have blown enough of them up lol.