Project 'BOSE BE GONE!' audio upgrade completed

[Mr. Mac]

Hello Mr Mac;

So I have the system up and running for about 3.5 months now. Was it worth the time and $$$. Yes, I love the system.

With running three amps my voltage never drops below 14V. The Amps and the DSP are very reliable.

The Blam's 2.0 sig. M/T speakers. They are very neutral due to the carbon fiber cone, 3d imaging is good. I like them but there probability a better 3 inch driver out there. Give soundworks audio in Pasadena Maryland a call.

I have the brax 2 inch drivers in the side rear, there are nice too!

I really like the Mundorffs ribbons inthe back, there are mounted on top of the sub enclosure. I just had the hole system retuned by Migel at waveform tuning.

Fantastic. Congrats and enjoy many smiles per mile

 

[zermatt]

Yes, Thks Thks. It make driving the Z a blast in a half. Once thks for your post.

 

[Mr. Mac]

Update to stealth enclosure design since system was first installed. Redesigned the support frame around subwoofers to accommodate an extended trim panel that runs entire width of cargo area, tucks under interior edges of trim panels, and also now has supports over the subwoofers themselves with just enough space for maximum excursion. This way any heavy luggage that may be placed on top when covered by factory cargo carpet mat won't sag where voids under carpet mat used to be with original design.

 

[Mr. Mac]

Hey all. UPDATE: I've since moved from original fully active 2-way front stage setup detailed in OP to a fully active 3-way front stage. The original 2-way was fantastic, but over the year since I've been listening to it I’ve picked apart little nuances that made me yearn for just a bit more fullness, airiness, and detail (yes, I suffer from OCD all kinds of stuff lol), especially with sustained sounds found in certain strings and synths.

This has now be achieved by having custom aluminum pods made that house Audiofrog GB-10 (OE-0001 version) 1.0” soft dome tweeters. These pods mount directly to the Z’s A-pillars with concealed wiring path, and can be freely articulated for precision positioning. The factory dash locations, which previously housed Focal FRAK wideband tweeters (which are amazing btw), have been freed up to accommodate Audiofrog GB25 2.5” midrange drivers. These same GB25s are now also being used in the factory rear fill locations as well. Everything else about system is still same as before.

The results are exactly what I was after over the year’s critiquing and provide the icing on an already delicious cake. Staging, imaging, accuracy, and overall OOMPH have all been elevated to the point I can now confidently say she’Z now done for good. Any other improvements over this would require much more extensive redesigning of the cabin, fabrication, etc., which I’m not willing to do on this particular vehicle. Happy as a pig in shit and ready to enjoy more fully soundtracked cinematic roadtrips. Here’s a few shots of the updates.

PS: Still need to get the tweeter pod bases re-anodized satin black due to the exposed raw aluminum you see here along their outer perimeter edges from CNC process getting them the exact size to mate with flat area of A-pillars, which is purely an aesthetic issue.