bnz.

No, it is not just a new system. It is truly hi-end, audiophile grade, high quality sound system. The killer system. It is also very ))) loud (((

It took over two months for me to install it all. I am not a stereo-installer but I did all installation myself because 1. I don't trust those "car-butchers" from a local "Car Stereo Installation" shops.
2. I believe that no one could do this job on your car better than yourself.
3. Save a lot of money (many thousand$) on the installation labor cost.

First picture is a diagram with all components in this system:

bnz.

First thing I did was "Dynamating" the whole car.
Six boxes (120 pounds) of Dynamat Extreme went there. It is 216 square feet total or equal to 20 square meter or 31,104 square inch (!) (it really took a lot of my time and efforts to intall it). I didn't only cover a roof and floor (I didn't want to take the whole car apart) but everything else is covered with Dynamat completely.







Quarter




Trunk




"Dynamated" door with DynaXorb (in the speaker housing):

bnz.

After "Dynamating", I rewired the car.

I had to make all speaker and subwoofer cables (14 pairs) from rolls because Monster wires came in rolls with no spades on ends.




Out of these rolls (almost 100 ft) I made 14 pairs of cables (for 4 tweeters, 4 mids, 4 crossovers and 2 subwoofers).




Those Monster XLN 400-Series wires are pretty complex with all kind of isolution on them. Before attaching spades, I had to remove all the isolution:

djamer

When I saw the McIntosh components..SAY NO MORE.. that will be a simply one heck of a sound system!! very very hi end.. please keep us posted on the progess!

bnz.

Knowing that trunks are sealed in CLK, I had to make ports. One port is in the rear deck now (between mids):




Two more are in back of rear seats (cut 12" round holes and covered them with regular speaker grills). Picture below is a back of rear seat with and without grill attached:




In a car:




And one more port I cut behind the arm-rest (you can also see it on the previous picture).

clkal

you've got some great components in your system. Very impressive that you did the installation all by yourself! major kudos!

now the question is : does it sound good and bump?

bnz.

Crossovers for the front stage are behind door panels.
Here is a picture of one crossover and one mid-woofer in the trunk. By the way, it took almost a whole day to make custom housings (out of original Mercedes housings and using 1" spacers) for a pair of theses Dynaudio mid-woofers.

About Dynaudio for those who are not familiar with Dynaudio. It is simple. Their speakers are absolute best. And yes, even better than Focals




I also cut holes in door and quarter panels to fit tweeters:




By the way, it was not easy to find extra room inside of a door for a tweeter

bnz.

Here is a picture of the sub before I put it in the trunk.
Kicker ('old-school' ZR1000 - a legend amp (was over $1200 new)) is 250W X 2 with a "Parametric Bass Module" (remote-controllable bass EQ).:




In the trunk:






C.A.P. capacitor side view:

bnz.

Denon DCT-Z1 CD player (MSRP $2500). Trully a perl of hi-end car audio and almost impossible to find in the USA (search Google for more info).




"Day and Night" view:




Interior view:




AudioControl Four.1 is the only (and first) hi-end equalizer ever made for car audio.

bnz.

McIntosh. Both are four-channel amps but I briged them for more power. Now 2 X 175 Watts each. I think it (plus Kicker ZR1000 with two 15"s) answers 'clkal's question about "does it sound good and bump?"

bnz.

That's all.

Too bad I cannot play it over the Internet for you. I am pretty much sure you would like it.

Finally, here is complete list of all components involved:

E L E C T R O N I C S
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Denon Z1 CD head unit
McIntosh MC420M amplifier
McIntosh MC420 amplifier
DynAudio 240GT component X 2
Kicker ZR1000 amplifier
Kicker PBM (Parametric Bass Module)
Kicker CompVR C15VR subwoofer X 2
AudioControl FOUR.1 Equalizer
Alumapro C.A.P. 15 Farad Capacitor

A C C E S S O R I E S
____________________________________________

Dual 15" subwoofer box
Kicker 15" grills X 2
12" speaker grills X 2
Pair of 6.5" speaker spacers
Monster 4-channel audio interconnect - 5m. M1001 XLN 4CH
Monster 2-channel audio interconnect - .5 m MPC I402 2C-.5M
Monster subwoofer cable - 6 m. MPC I402 SW-6M
Monster speaker cable 50 ft. MPC S402 2C-15M
Monster speaker cable 25 ft. MPC S402 2C-7.5M
Mercedes radio wire harness
StreetWires Battery Terminal Positive/Negative
StreetWires speaker spades - 10 pairs
StreetWires crossover spades - 12 pairs
Power and ground wires - 1/0, 4 and 8 gauge
Fuse holder and distribution blocks
Dynamat Xtreme Bulk Pack 36 Sq Ft - 10455 X 6
Dynamat DynaXorb Speaker Kit - 11800

If all these components were bought from a dealer and for "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price" (MSRP), this system would cost over $12,000 (plus installation of course).

I hope you like it.

CLK430girl

Now---that's dedication!!! Looks great and I'm pretty sure it sounds great also.....

ThrillKill

15 farad cap? HOLY ****!

Nice job man!

Machsurfer

Incredible work! Anyone can buy high end stuff and pay to have it installed. I have installed a few things in the car and I can't imagine the amount of time (and research) it took to figure out how to strip down the interior like you did for the Dynamat. Really a fantastic job. I'm sure you probably could care less, but how do you plan on getting to your spare if you need to?

Cheers,

Dominik

Motivation

Very impressive !!!!!

Benzoxtc

Nice work! Excellent choice of audio components.

Is that a Dynaudio sub, in the picture behind the monster cable?

bnz.

Thanks ppl! You touched my heart
It's Klipsch RSW-15 powered sub (from Klipsch's Reference Series).



Behind is Tannoy Sterling (from Tannoy's Prestige Series http://www.tannoy.com/Stirling )



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blackbenzz

VERY nice! Love the McIntosh amps and great job with the dynamat and install! Everything is high end but why did you go with kicker subs and sub amp?

bnz.

I had this Kicker set in my previous car for almost five years. Although I agree with you that Kicker is not the loudest/cleanest in the world today but it still can produce really loud, solid, clean and deep bass (as low as 25 Hz). Plus with my Kicker PBM (remote Parametric Bass Module) I can continually adjust the bass to its best sound settings.
I thought about replacing it with Soundstream XXX series:
http://www.soundstream.com/amplifiers-xxx.htm
http://www.soundstream.com/subwoofers-xxx.htm

There is a really good deal on eBay currently:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=330013738597
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230011653510

but spent $$ for 19" Lowenhart BR5 instead.

ROCKETW19

i followed this from a link in the classifieds. nice install that must of took some time and patience witch i dont have. im with black benz on the subs and amps. i like JL subs and zapco amps. but since you already had the stuff money better spent on your rims. good job bro.

Silverbillet

Great job, that is a heck of a system. Very clean and professional. I don't think I would have the patience to do that all myself.

madshifter

Amazing Job. What were you on? Whetever it was if that's what it takes to have the best DIY car audio setup I've seen then gimme some of that!

insame1

Question for the OP. Why do you have the subs facing the cab?

da_guitarist

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