I am new here, but have a few specific questions from those who may know a bit about installs, and also some advice on what components to use. Sorry if the post gets too long...
Background: This is not my first time designing an audio system, and I like ot put a lot o thought into each of my vehicles. Goals are to consolidate to as few modifications possible to get a stealth, good sounding, economical sound improvement. My vehicle now is a BMW and has a rather unique setup. Rather than replacing the stock HU, research has yielded that the OEM one provides balanced 5V (so 10V total) unprocessed speaker level signal to an amp in back, to about 10 speakers in the car. Amp does about 20W/channel with some weird crossovers. I am thinking that I can tap the 10V signal directly into an amp that will accept it. So...
1. Amps that accept 10V plus speaker level inputs: so far i found kicker (up to 10V) and pioneer PRS (up to 26V). Know of any others? Also, is this feasible that I can wire the tapped 10V full, speakerlevel signal as the input to an amp capable of accepting it? Amp would be to power a 3-600 watt amp for something in the ballpark of a sealed or low-tuned ported 12.
2. I would like to replace the front speakers. The tweeters are weak to very weak. The stock midrange is an odd 6" size. I was thinking of trying phoenix gold rsd6cs components. Any chance they would sound good on the stock amp with 20W and some odd crossover points? If not, I could run them off their own passive crossovers from a 4 channel amp with the other two channels bridged to the sub.
Sorry about the super long post, but any and all input is appreciated. Let me know if I am conceptually off on this, in terms of the amp running off the stock HU mostly. If that is possible I will be ecstatic!
Thanks
Background: This is not my first time designing an audio system, and I like ot put a lot o thought into each of my vehicles. Goals are to consolidate to as few modifications possible to get a stealth, good sounding, economical sound improvement. My vehicle now is a BMW and has a rather unique setup. Rather than replacing the stock HU, research has yielded that the OEM one provides balanced 5V (so 10V total) unprocessed speaker level signal to an amp in back, to about 10 speakers in the car. Amp does about 20W/channel with some weird crossovers. I am thinking that I can tap the 10V signal directly into an amp that will accept it. So...
1. Amps that accept 10V plus speaker level inputs: so far i found kicker (up to 10V) and pioneer PRS (up to 26V). Know of any others? Also, is this feasible that I can wire the tapped 10V full, speakerlevel signal as the input to an amp capable of accepting it? Amp would be to power a 3-600 watt amp for something in the ballpark of a sealed or low-tuned ported 12.
2. I would like to replace the front speakers. The tweeters are weak to very weak. The stock midrange is an odd 6" size. I was thinking of trying phoenix gold rsd6cs components. Any chance they would sound good on the stock amp with 20W and some odd crossover points? If not, I could run them off their own passive crossovers from a 4 channel amp with the other two channels bridged to the sub.
Sorry about the super long post, but any and all input is appreciated. Let me know if I am conceptually off on this, in terms of the amp running off the stock HU mostly. If that is possible I will be ecstatic!
Thanks