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Old Aug 24, 2016 | 10:41 PM
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Battery Location?

Anyone know the battery location on the C63S Coupes? Don't own car yet...
Front? Rear?

In doing a stereo swap, I hope to keep the power runs short....

Thx.

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Old Aug 24, 2016 | 11:48 PM
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Hopefully doing the stereo swap will be easier for you than locating the battery. Good luck.
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Old Aug 25, 2016 | 12:10 AM
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It's in the trunk. How are you going to swap the stereo? New head unit?

Did you mean swap the speakers/sub?

Originally Posted by auditoamg
Anyone know the battery location on the C63S Coupes?
Front? Rear?

In doing a stereo swap, I hope to keep the power runs short....

Thx.
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Old Aug 25, 2016 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Jojipoji
It's in the trunk. How are you going to swap the stereo? New head unit?

Did you mean swap the speakers/sub?
I should have been more clear. I don't own the car yet. I'm going to do a DSP/Amp/Speaker swap, but didn't want to run power wires front to rear, if it could be avoided. No head unit swap, just a "behind the scenes" swap.

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Old Aug 25, 2016 | 09:09 PM
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Factory Amp and DSP is in the wheel well..
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Take a look on the W205 forum on the burmester upgrade thread Mike5215 also has a page documenting all the changes he has made.. Vlarth (i think) also done extensive chnages with good pics for detail here too..


Hope that helps mate.
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Old Aug 25, 2016 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Shadwell
Factory Amp and DSP is in the wheel well..
pic attached..


Take a look on the W205 forum on the burmester upgrade thread Mike5215 also has a page documenting all the changes he has made.. Vlarth (i think) also done extensive chnages with good pics for detail here too..


Hope that helps mate.
Thanks, man.
I appreciate it.

Has anyone ever used Helix speakers? I hear they are comparable to Focals.
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Old Aug 25, 2016 | 10:36 PM
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Just as an FYI, others in doing their upgrades, have suggested changing the door speakers as not a priority until the provision of bass and control over EQ is achieved..


Personally i have gotten 75% of the way simply by using EQ app on the ip phone...
But the muddy bass is apparent if you listen for it especially with increased volume..
Thats the 6" front bass trying to do too much.. hence the DSP and EQ control prioritisation suggested by others..


All the best.
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Old Aug 25, 2016 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Shadwell
Just as an FYI, others in doing their upgrades, have suggested changing the door speakers as not a priority until the provision of bass and control over EQ is achieved..


Personally i have gotten 75% of the way simply by using EQ app on the ip phone...
But the muddy bass is apparent if you listen for it especially with increased volume..
Thats the 6" front bass trying to do too much.. hence the DSP and EQ control prioritisation suggested by others..


All the best.
Yeah, I'm doing a Helix V Eight DSP, JL Sub, Helix Door speakers, etc.

What was your choice for DSP controlled from an iPhone??
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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 12:11 AM
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EQu by Elephant Candy...


For $3 its bloody good..
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Originally Posted by Shadwell
EQu by Elephant Candy...


For $3 its bloody good..
It's interesting, but not good for me....

I'm going to use the SD card as my source, not the phone.
Phone streaming and audio in general isn't good and you're just tricking the system to over compensate the factory EQ.
The factory EQ needs to be removed.

I would, however, love to find a DSP that is Bluetooth linked for real time control and monitoring.....
Now that would be cool.
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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 12:32 AM
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Oh totaly, its soley a turd polisher..
But compared to nothing its allowing a "preferred" sound for bugger all.


And the standard limitations are apprent when using CD.
Playing around with the factory set up (EQ, surround, fade and balance etc)does lead to improvement but.........
I have too many competing priorities for that particular $3k..


All the best with your install
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Originally Posted by Shadwell
Oh totaly, its soley a turd polisher..
But compared to nothing its allowing a "preferred" sound for bugger all.


And the standard limitations are apprent when using CD.
Playing around with the factory set up (EQ, surround, fade and balance etc)does lead to improvement but.........
I have too many competing priorities for that particular $3k..


All the best with your install
Turd polisher. Hysterical.
Haven't heard that before.

LMAO

Thanks and I totally understand!!!!
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