[indergill]

Hi Everyone,

Speakers on my 7-year-old F30 have aged and needed to be replaced. I was thinking about what options I got here? I have installed sub and speakers in few cars (E90, E92) so I'm technically SOUND about this :P

Few things I'm thinking about:

1) Buy the same speakers currently fitted and replace them (Least preferred)

2) Buy some good aftermarket speakers with mounts and replace 4 door speakers (Most preferred)

3) Buy some good aftermarket speakers and under-seat sub with mounts and replace all 6 speakers. (Tempting)

4) Buy expensive plug and play speakers (Maybe underseat subs as well)

Another concern is will any of this provide some good difference in sound without putting an amp? Waiting for your suggestions here Also interested if you know good plug and play brand worth buying

Thanks in advance.

[JimBeam]

Which system have you got installed right now?

There were a couple of different BMW audio systems around at that time.

You may already have a reasonable amplifier.

[JimBeam]

Sorry just saw the title :-)

Base audio...

[JimBeam]

I would suggest that fitting top end speakers without a proper amp to drive them is not the best use of your cash.

Can you not stretch to an amp with matched speakers?

[JimBeam]

Me again... What about a set of tweeters? You need to get units that are high pass filtered and you could tap into the lines going to the door speakers.

To me, if you are on a budget the biggest improvement for your money would be tweeters.

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by indergill

Hi Everyone,

Speakers on my 7-year-old F30 have aged and needed to be replaced. I was thinking about what options I got here? I have installed sub and speakers in few cars (E90, E92) so I'm technically SOUND about this :P

Few things I'm thinking about:

1) Buy the same speakers currently fitted and replace them (Least preferred)

2) Buy some good aftermarket speakers with mounts and replace 4 door speakers (Most preferred)

3) Buy some good aftermarket speakers and under-seat sub with mounts and replace all 6 speakers. (Tempting)

4) Buy expensive plug and play speakers (Maybe underseat subs as well)

Another concern is will any of this provide some good difference in sound without putting an amp? Waiting for your suggestions here Also interested if you know good plug and play brand worth buying

Thanks in advance.

I'd get a far superior amp before I upgraded any speakers.

[indergill]

Originally Posted by JimBeam

I would suggest that fitting top end speakers without a proper amp to drive them is not the best use of your cash.

Can you not stretch to an amp with matched speakers?

I can stretch for sure, Do you know any know setups?

[indergill]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

I'd get a far superior amp before I upgraded any speakers.

I'm planning to do the same now! Do you know any known setups? apart from bimmertech etc

[indergill]

Originally Posted by JimBeam

Me again... What about a set of tweeters? You need to get units that are high pass filtered and you could tap into the lines going to the door speakers.

To me, if you are on a budget the biggest improvement for your money would be tweeters.

Thanks for the suggestion, my car got base audio-only so two speakers at the front and two at back only. I would rather look into putting up a amp

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by indergill

I'm planning to do the same now! Do you know any known setups? apart from bimmertech etc

What I am talking about is far superior to the Bimmertech amp

[indergill]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

What I am talking about is far superior to the Bimmertech amp

Can you give me any leads to what you talking? Any known setup or guides?

[Encanto]

I would suggest the OEM Alpine amp/speaker kit as an upgrade.

Originally Posted by indergill

Hi Everyone,

Speakers on my 7-year-old F30 have aged and needed to be replaced. I was thinking about what options I got here? I have installed sub and speakers in few cars (E90, E92) so I'm technically SOUND about this :P

Few things I'm thinking about:

1) Buy the same speakers currently fitted and replace them (Least preferred)

2) Buy some good aftermarket speakers with mounts and replace 4 door speakers (Most preferred)

3) Buy some good aftermarket speakers and under-seat sub with mounts and replace all 6 speakers. (Tempting)

4) Buy expensive plug and play speakers (Maybe underseat subs as well)

Another concern is will any of this provide some good difference in sound without putting an amp? Waiting for your suggestions here Also interested if you know good plug and play brand worth buying

Thanks in advance.

[Billfitz]

There's very little out there in replacement speakers that are worth the money. These seem to be, but availability outside of the US is probably spotty.
https://www.parts-express.com/grs-b1...odels--292-490

[Trey @ Integral Audio]

Hi Everyone,

After reading through the convo here I thought it would be appropriate to chime in. We have a Plug-in-Play package that comes with:

-Soundstage™ Series 3-way Front Speaker Package (MIDS + TWEETS+UNDERSEATS)

-Custom Crossovers with Vehicle-specific Acoustic Tuning

-Integral Audio® Phantom™ Subwoofer System (PSS-F30) [Optional - select option above]

-Amplifier by ARC Audio, Class-H delivering 75W per front channel and 250W to subwoofer

-SMARTConnect™ plug-n-play wiring harnesses

-Custom Mounting Brackets & Adapters

100% Complete Kit - Everything you need - down the last screw.

This package was made specifically for your vehicle and we are offering it at a very big discount as we prepare to roll out the newer version for the more recent F series.

Here is a link to check out and I'd be happy to hop on the phone with you to answer more questions!

https://integralaudio.com/soundstage...eries-f3x.html

Cheers,