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      11-13-2016, 04:36 AM   #1
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Harman kardon upgrade

I've seen a set of harman kardon speakers advertised for less than £200 (looks to be 4 mid range speakers and 4 tweeters)... would there be any benefit in me installing these or would it be pointless without the full amp etc?
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The HK speakers are higher impedance than any of the other speakers that came in F30's. I don't know if you have HiFi or the base stereo that we don't have in the US, but either way you would need a third party amp or the F30 HK amp.
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The weak link of the base or HiFi stereo is the amp. If you want to upgrade anything in the audio system that's what I would do first, especially when HK speakers aren't very good either.
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The weak link of the base or HiFi stereo is the amp. If you want to upgrade anything in the audio system that's what I would do first, especially when HK speakers aren't very good either.
Would the existing system be plug and play with an upgraded HK amp... also would the car need any coding to get it to see the new amp?
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Would the existing system be plug and play with an upgraded HK amp... also would the car need any coding to get it to see the new amp?
I don't think HK amp will be plug-and-play and coding is absolutely needed. You should get the bimmertech amp instead which is plug-and-play and doesn't need coding. Search this whole forum for the bimmertech amp and read the thousands of posts on it.
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For the most bang-for-your-buck, easy to put in and take out later, the Bimmertech amp/DSP can't be beat. Buying an HK amp would be just as expensive and wouldn't be as good (and the HK amp with the Hifi speakers is not a plug-and-play upgrade...your HiFi speakers are 4-ohm and the HK amp won't like them). The HiFi speakers aren't bad once they have a decent amp behind them.
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