Odont

I'm still waiting for my C230K. Where are all the speaker locations for the upgraded (Bose) system? Seven of them-- right?

Buellwinkle

Three per door (2 x 6 1/2" and a tweeter) and a 6x4" woofer in the hatch area left side storage compartment. Sound gets better once you get used to the lack of punch and tinny sound.

Mike E

There is also a center-fill speaker in the dash for a total of 8 spks.

Buellwinkle

There may be a center fill speaker on the sedans but I doubt it on the coupe. It's strickly an air vent, a noisy one at that.

Mike E

I've had my coupe for 2 1/2 weeks. I specifically checked for the presence of a center-fill speaker because I was uncertain as to whether there was one or not. It does have one. It's located closer to the windshield under the dash top center grill. The sound reflects off of the windshield and into the passenger area. This helps to minimize the degree to which sounds will be localized at the tweeters positioned by the side view mirrors.

Odont

I thought there are 2 door speakers/side, center fill, & sub-woof. in trunk; but, where is #7 ?

Mike E

Let's try this again!

There are two wide range speakers in each door. They are both near the bottom of the door. One is in the front of the door near the hinged area which provides sound to the front seat section of the passenger cabin. The second is near the back of the door, the end that swings away from the car when the door is opened. This provides sound for the rear seat area. There is a tweeter on each side of the car at the lower front corner of each front window right by the side view mirrors. So, each door has three speakers, 2 wide range and 1 tweeter which makes 6 speakers mounted in the 2 doors. The other 2 speakers (for a total of 8) are the sub-woofer on the passenger side of the rear hatch area (between the side panel and the wheel well) and the center-fill speaker previously described.

I hope that helps you create a mental image of what you will be getting.

Buellwinkle

The people at MB must have lost something in the translation. They either can't count and can't measure or theirs a 9" speaker somewhere in a C-Coupe. Now if it's true that there are 7 speakers in a Coupe with the Bose option and we know there are 6 speakers in the door, a woofer in the rear and a center fill speaker in the front then which speaker is not really there?

This is what the MBUSA website says for the coupe;

2002 Options
Bose Premium Sound System

Bose sound system with 7 speakers including a dash-mounted center fill speaker and a 9" Nd Neodymium Iron Boron high -efficiency woofer. Bose AudioPilot digital processing helps compensate for unwanted ambient noise with no perceived change in audio volume.

This is what is says for the sedan;

2002 Options
Bose Premium Sound System

This 10-speaker sound system has been engineered specifically for the C-Class - and for the audiophile in you.

Flashman

Seems right for the count. Seven speakers PLUS a woofer. They are not considering a 'woofer' a 'speaker'. As for the size of the woofer...

Odont

Mike E - Thanks for the clarification. I was confused by the fact that the MB literature indicated a total of 7 speakers as descibed in Buellwinkle's reply.

Flashman- To me, "seven...including" refers to the woofer also, so the MB count is inaccurate. Very confusing to the consumer!

Flashman

I didn't say it was good English, just made sense to me.