Who's done a Musicar audio upgrade? Happy?
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Ordered a set of Musicar tweeters a few years ago and was very impressed with the quality of the pieces, the packaging, and the service.
In retrospect, I wish I had ordered Stage 2 with the sound deadening for the doors—but I ended up sticking with stock Bose at the time as none of the systems on the market addressed what I view as the real need for anyone who has PCM: The ability to adjust the system to one's own preferences, with an EQ beyond PCM's pathetic treble/bass settings or, worse, no settings at all with CarPlay, Pandora, etc. Something between PCM's outputs and the factory amp (or a better amp) would be very appealing indeed. A local installer suggests we can tune a new amp, but that's a one-time deal with his laptop. Looking for something I can adjust from time to time, as in the old days of hi-fi.
In retrospect, I wish I had ordered Stage 2 with the sound deadening for the doors—but I ended up sticking with stock Bose at the time as none of the systems on the market addressed what I view as the real need for anyone who has PCM: The ability to adjust the system to one's own preferences, with an EQ beyond PCM's pathetic treble/bass settings or, worse, no settings at all with CarPlay, Pandora, etc. Something between PCM's outputs and the factory amp (or a better amp) would be very appealing indeed. A local installer suggests we can tune a new amp, but that's a one-time deal with his laptop. Looking for something I can adjust from time to time, as in the old days of hi-fi.
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i haven't purchased anything from them yet, but I believe you have to call musicar directly
https://musicarnw.com/contact/
you should be able to use existing grilles, no?
https://musicarnw.com/contact/
you should be able to use existing grilles, no?
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i haven't purchased anything from them yet, but I believe you have to call musicar directly
https://musicarnw.com/contact/
you should be able to use existing grilles, no?
https://musicarnw.com/contact/
you should be able to use existing grilles, no?
pretty sure you need to purchase the Burmeister grills if you do not have them already
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Looks like suncoast carries them, too, I almost feel compelled to order the grilles now!
(I have graphite blue interior, and I could just see them being really hard to find on ebay.)
(I have graphite blue interior, and I could just see them being really hard to find on ebay.)
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ok, just to clarify...
Actual burmester tweeter is a ribbon array, attached to a flat plate. That one needs the burmester grille.
https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/SKUBERTWEET.html
The morel tweeter from musicar looks to be a round one, but it looks like it should fit into the stock grille. No?
(see post #33 in this thread)
EDIT: Nevermind. looks like it's also attached to a flat plate. The pic is of the old tweeter, I reckon.
Actual burmester tweeter is a ribbon array, attached to a flat plate. That one needs the burmester grille.
https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/SKUBERTWEET.html
The morel tweeter from musicar looks to be a round one, but it looks like it should fit into the stock grille. No?
(see post #33 in this thread)
EDIT: Nevermind. looks like it's also attached to a flat plate. The pic is of the old tweeter, I reckon.
Last edited by tiiger; 08-19-2024 at 06:58 PM.
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Ordered a set of Musicar tweeters a few years ago and was very impressed with the quality of the pieces, the packaging, and the service.
In retrospect, I wish I had ordered Stage 2 with the sound deadening for the doors—but I ended up sticking with stock Bose at the time as none of the systems on the market addressed what I view as the real need for anyone who has PCM: The ability to adjust the system to one's own preferences, with an EQ beyond PCM's pathetic treble/bass settings or, worse, no settings at all with CarPlay, Pandora, etc. Something between PCM's outputs and the factory amp (or a better amp) would be very appealing indeed. A local installer suggests we can tune a new amp, but that's a one-time deal with his laptop. Looking for something I can adjust from time to time, as in the old days of hi-fi.![Wink](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
In retrospect, I wish I had ordered Stage 2 with the sound deadening for the doors—but I ended up sticking with stock Bose at the time as none of the systems on the market addressed what I view as the real need for anyone who has PCM: The ability to adjust the system to one's own preferences, with an EQ beyond PCM's pathetic treble/bass settings or, worse, no settings at all with CarPlay, Pandora, etc. Something between PCM's outputs and the factory amp (or a better amp) would be very appealing indeed. A local installer suggests we can tune a new amp, but that's a one-time deal with his laptop. Looking for something I can adjust from time to time, as in the old days of hi-fi.
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My understanding of Musicar’s latest offering is that they switched to an amp from Audiotec Fischer that has a fantastic DSP and lets you really fine tune your sound. Yes, this is done while wired to a laptop, but you can load DSP files into the amp that will give you a great starting point. Once dialed in not much fiddling required. I have one of these amps in my BMW and they are infinitely adjustable.
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