Bavsound Review

[GreyM340i]

No IMO. Just find a cheap hifi speaker on ebay or whatever. If you want to really make an impactful upgrade, you should get an aftermarket amplifier. That will make even the basic speakers shine.

Is there a aftermarket harness that will allow me to connect a new aftermarket amplifier using my factory speaker wires and not cut any of them?

[Tbonem3]

No IMO. Just find a cheap hifi speaker on ebay or whatever. If you want to really make an impactful upgrade, you should get an aftermarket amplifier. That will make even the basic speakers shine.

[WOODOO]

I have just the standard HiFi system and one of the rear speakers just went out. Anyone upgrade to these on the same system? I'm not familiar with the differences between HiFi and the HK but I'm assuming the amplifier in my system is weaker. Is it worth doing the upgrade to my system?

[Tizz]

I've got the bavsound speakers new in box in my garage sitting there now for over a year. This thread motivated me to get out there and install them. Been dreading the install

[Mr.wReckless]

Thanks for clarifying. I have a rear sunshade so I am looking for a compatible solution.

Can have a look here? https://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/threa...pgrade.253532/

Regards

[WOLFN8TR]

Reading this thread I went out and bought the Fosgate 6x9 speakers (R169X2) exactly as described. I need to add that the HK speakers worked fine - I just thought why not freshen them up with new speakers. Went to test them....really dissapointing!!

Worse than the originals. I set the fader to rear of the car and turned up the bass - the speakers did put out some bass - but very little. Set the fader to middle (front/rear) and the sound just lacked any bass. Played familiar tracks - just no bass "kick". I'm a bit of an audiophile - so know my way around decent setup - but these just lacked any bass.

Kinda shocked to hear you had NO bass at all, something isn't right. When I first installed these I immediately noticed how much better the entire system sounds with the increase level of bass. I had to fix several rattles from the added bass that I did not have with the stock HK's. I've ran these now for 6 months with NO issues whatsoever. To be honest they sound better now than when new.

Pretty sure Tyler is right on them being wired in parallel to present 2 ohms at the amp.

You'll also want speakers with the same nominal impedance as the HK *if using factory amp. Could be 2 ohm or both 4 ohm wired in parallel to present 2ohm to amp, I'm not sure.

[duracellttu]

I think he's saying that they don't fit on a car that has the electric rear sun shade.

Thanks for clarifying. I have a rear sunshade so I am looking for a compatible solution.

[K-Dawg]

Are there any mods you can make to get the Rockford rear subs to fit in a coupe?

I think he's saying that they don't fit on a car that has the electric rear sun shade.

[0-60motorsports]

Do you know of any other model speakers that are a suitable upgrade that fit coupes?

Unfortunately I do not.

[duracellttu]

No, as there is no room for the sub box with the electric curtain installed.

Do you know of any other model speakers that are a suitable upgrade that fit coupes?

[0-60motorsports]

Are there any mods you can make to get the Rockford rear subs to fit in a coupe?

No, as there is no room for the sub box with the electric curtain installed.

[duracellttu]

These do not fit on M3 Coupes with the rear electric curtain

Are there any mods you can make to get the Rockford rear subs to fit in a coupe?

[Mayan-Viking]

I'd love to hear your setup next time we stretch these cars' legs. Perhaps we can A/B a track.

A/B is the only way. I'm confident we can agree on some tracks to demo together. I'm looking forward to this...

[bytor]

Hi there,
So when I say "I dropped the new ones back in" - sorry I meant I dropped the OLD original HK 6x9s back in!

I did lower the housing from the shelf with the Fosgate units installed - just to check they were working/putting out some sound - and they were - but very weakly.

Totally agree - the Bavsound is not amazing - but I wanted to keep the stock setup and for $700 AUD for the speakers with simple "plug and play" replacement - I think they are good value and provide real improvement over the original sound. I think they do provide better clarity from the original HK speakers - you hear sounds that the original speakers simply missed or were muffled. Agree they are a little on the bright side - but you can tweak bass/trebble to compensate. Sound is a bit like wine - everyone has slightly different taste - but to my ears they are better. The Fosgates - not so!

Cheers!

[01SG]

On a side note... I think I'm the outlier in that I feel the Bavsound speakers sound equally terrible to the H/Ks. I didn't replace any amps (perhaps that's my downfall), but find the Bavsound speakers were perhaps marginally better than the H/Ks. For the money, I would have expected a lot more.

Bavsound makes a convenient, hassle free replacement for the old stock system. But high-fidelity they are not. Any decent system will blow them away.