My new amplifier upgrade

[0-60motorsports]

That sucks. Please update once you hear back.

Sure. I sent him a reminder too. Since I am thousands of miles away with a time difference someone CONUS should pick up the phone and call them.

[maw1124]

My current amp is running 35W per channel, which, for the most part, is more than enough for my 51 year old ears. The problem is that the music I’m streaming from Apple Music outputs at different levels, some songs are super loud, and other songs are just a a moderate level, even though the volume is maxed out. Gets even worse with the top down, so the step up to the 85W/ch would be just to give me a little bit more headroom, I don’t ever plan to max it out at that point.

The 6.5 are rated to 150W and the tweeters 210W, so they’ll be fine even at the higher wattage.

I have the same issue running off BT or iPod, but the Dynavin has the input level adjustment which, along with Sound Check helps a bit. GL with the install.

maw

EDIT… now I see, I misread the specs on the amp. I’m running an older Hertz non-DSP at 65x4 with what is probably the same RF sub amp.

[genesis]

85W RMS is a lot for the cabin. Did you upgrade your handle speakers in the front doors? I'm running 65W and it feels like a lot. I've said before I'm surprised I haven't blown the BavSound speakers yet but they handle it just fine.

maw

My current amp is running 35W per channel, which, for the most part, is more than enough for my 51 year old ears. The problem is that the music I’m streaming from Apple Music outputs at different levels, some songs are super loud, and other songs are just a a moderate level, even though the volume is maxed out. Gets even worse with the top down, so the step up to the 85W/ch would be just to give me a little bit more headroom, I don’t ever plan to max it out at that point.

The 6.5 are rated to 150W and the tweeters 210W, so they’ll be fine even at the higher wattage.

[GreyM340i]

White button illumination doesn't bother you too much against the OE amber?

Not really, I did change the screen color to a red/orange and it looks good to me.

[oceansize]

I have the XAV-AV5000 and it has been very good. It has been more reliable, with respect to Apple CarPlay, than any OEM unit I've ever had. My wife has had three new cars over the last 5 years. 2018 VW Tiguan, 2020 Honda CRV, and her current 2022 Subaru Outback. They all had problems with CarPlay at one time or another so I'm not sure that any head unit is perfect. My brother's wife has a 2022 X7 M50i and it locked up on me in CarPlay when I was driving it the other week at the beach. My Mach 1 will lock up from time to time on CarPlay, so does any unit not?

The shortest high quality USB cord you can connect to the unit from your phone the better your experience will be. I tested an Android phone against this unit and I will say it was far more sensitive to cord length than my Apple. I've only used a wired connection.

[Pklauser]

I updated to the new firmware just released on the 10th so will update if that doesn’t work perfectly. So far today it’s been working great. It’s a clean head unit and I’m happy with it so far. Better than the android unit I was running.

White button illumination doesn't bother you too much against the OE amber?

[GreyM340i]

Disappointed to hear the Sony 6000 not working out for some folks. I was really holding out for that to be my end-all-be-all head unit for this car. Curious if the firmware updates help y'all out.

I updated to the new firmware just released on the 10th so will update if that doesn’t work perfectly. So far today it’s been working great. It’s a clean head unit and I’m happy with it so far. Better than the android unit I was running.

[Pklauser]

Disappointed to hear the Sony 6000 not working out for some folks. I was really holding out for that to be my end-all-be-all head unit for this car. Curious if the firmware updates help y'all out.

[maw1124]

Yes, E46 cab. Prima AP1 and AP6.5 up front, might be same in rear (not 100% sure). Mounted w/ .125" acrylic mounts, 8 channels active + sub out to the aforementioned 10" sub and RF mono amp

85W RMS is a lot for the cabin. Did you upgrade your handle speakers in the front doors? I'm running 65W and it feels like a lot. I've said before I'm surprised I haven't blown the BavSound speakers yet but they handle it just fine.

maw

[GreyM340i]

Yes, E46 cab. Prima AP1 and AP6.5 up front, might be same in rear (not 100% sure). Mounted w/ .125" acrylic mounts, 8 channels active + sub out to the aforementioned 10" sub and RF mono amp

I bet that sounds amazing. I think I’m going to upgrade the front to the Morel Virtus Nano Carbon 63. It’s a 3 way 6.5” slim speaker line. Reviews look great however a little more expensive than I wanted to spend. Hoping to find a discount somehow.

[genesis]

Yes, E46 cab. Prima AP1 and AP6.5 up front, might be same in rear (not 100% sure). Mounted w/ .125" acrylic mounts, 8 channels active + sub out to the aforementioned 10" sub and RF mono amp

[GreyM340i]

GreyM340i what's your experience with the AX6000 so far? I had the AX5500 and upgraded to the 6000 recently, and have had issues with both- every once in a while the 5500 wouldn't connect using wired Apple CarPlay, and the 6000 has similar issues wirelessly, and today it wouldn't boot up when I started the car although it had power (could see the illumination on the buttons). Had to factory reset to resolve connectivity issues, and forced reset today by holding HOME button until it came back up. I know there's a firmware update that hopefully fixes these issues because so far my experience with Sony head units has been trash

I went a different route with my setup- audison prima speakers and 8.9 BIT DSP amp. Sounds great, needs more power though-will eventually upgrade to the Forza amps (should've done it in the first place smh)

Is this system in a E46 M3? If so what speakers you using in the doors?

[maw1124]

Yeah, I'm on record as saying the Hertz / Audison / BavSound is the best sound system you can do in these, within reason. I put Dynavin as the head unit, but YMMV.

maw

EDIT... GreyM340i snap a pic of your dash from the driver's seat when you get a chance, please. If the car is already tucked away offsite don't worry about it.

[genesis]

I haven't had the Sony 6000 running long enough to have those issues yet however I read some on Crutchfield and was worried about that. Funny you mentioned the Audison brand I just ordered a new Audison Prima 10” powered sub for my trunk. Will be here on Tuesday or Wednesday. So far the Match amp and the BSW speakers have been good. I’m sure your upgraded speakers sound better.

I also have the Prima 10” in a built box fed by a Rockford 300W mono amp (was originally going with the active 10” Prima powered sub/amp, but was out of stock as well as Audison and Hertz mono subs)

[GreyM340i]

Nope

That sucks. Please update once you hear back.