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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 11:52 AM
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Installed Aftermarket Sound Quality Audio System in 2015 W166

I just finished a SQ install in my 2015 ML350. It sounds absolutely amazing. Looks great too!

Audiofrog GB10 and GB25 installed into custom Sail Panel pods.
Audiofrog GB60 installed into doors
Audiofrog GB12D2 installed into custom box under a false floor
Another view of the Sail Pods
....And another
Zapco Z150.6 LX powering the front stage
Audison Voce Uno powering the Sub

Another view of the false floor with subwoofer box
Helix DSP.2 to correct the speaker response/time align



Mobridge DA1 to intercept factory optical before HK7.1 amp .. fed to Helix DSP

False floor to cover electronics in the wheel well (I'll be redoing the carpet with OEM carpet).

Sound deadening and Closed Cell Foam applied to doors and under the custom sub box.

As for how it sounds .. All bass/midbass impact is up on the windshield/dash .. far left to far right and everything in between is coherently placed on the soundstage .. instruments/vocalists have air/space around them. It can feel live .. like a brass instrument ringing your chest or a kick drum punch in the body... with all perceived sound originating from the soundstage on the dash. It's like driving in a studio.

Does anybody have a good source for buying OEM velour carpet?

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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 12:05 PM
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Are u active up front?

I love a nice sq install, you used great products I bet it sounds amazing .
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 12:20 PM
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100% active. 150x6 to the frontstage and 700w to the sub.

3500@24db on the tweets
350-3500@24 on the midrange
74-350@12db on the midbass
74@12db on the sub

I hope to start competing next year. IASCA/MECA
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Elliot Saleman
100% active. 150x6 to the frontstage and 700w to the sub.

3500@24db on the tweets
350-3500@24 on the midrange
74-350@12db on the midbass
74@12db on the sub

I hope to start competing next year. IASCA/MECA
Very nice clean setup. I wish you the best
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 05:09 PM
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Congrats, sounds like (pun intended) you have a sweet ride there.
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Old Jun 16, 2018 | 12:14 AM
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Nice install, I might tackle this in the future. I find the HK system to barely have any bass?
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Old Jun 16, 2018 | 10:10 AM
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Nice install, I might tackle this in the future. I find the HK system to barely have any bass?
With HK .. the bass is there, but you need to boost EQ +5db to bring it out. I never boost EQ but the HK gets punchy when boosted. Low lows are non-existant though.
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Originally Posted by Elliot Saleman
I just finished a SQ install in my 2015 ML350. It sounds absolutely amazing. Looks great too!

Audiofrog GB10 and GB25 installed into custom Sail Panel pods.
Audiofrog GB60 installed into doors
Audiofrog GB12D2 installed into custom box under a false floor
Another view of the Sail Pods
....And another
Zapco Z150.6 LX powering the front stage
Audison Voce Uno powering the Sub

Another view of the false floor with subwoofer box
Helix DSP.2 to correct the speaker response/time align



Mobridge DA1 to intercept factory optical before HK7.1 amp .. fed to Helix DSP

False floor to cover electronics in the wheel well (I'll be redoing the carpet with OEM carpet).

Sound deadening and Closed Cell Foam applied to doors and under the custom sub box.

As for how it sounds .. All bass/midbass impact is up on the windshield/dash .. far left to far right and everything in between is coherently placed on the soundstage .. instruments/vocalists have air/space around them. It can feel live .. like a brass instrument ringing your chest or a kick drum punch in the body... with all perceived sound originating from the soundstage on the dash. It's like driving in a studio.

Does anybody have a good source for buying OEM velour carpet?
Where can I buy the same custom pods for the mid/tweeters in the doors?
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Originally Posted by Elliot Saleman
I just finished a SQ install in my 2015 ML350. It sounds absolutely amazing. Looks great too!




Originally Posted by MBGLE400MEX
Where can I buy the same custom pods for the mid/tweeters in the doors?
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I wonder if OP Elliot Saleman is still around? Very impressive setup with no change to the head unit. Elliot's photo-posting skills were no match for his speaker-installation skills, lol: what looked like 9 photo links were actually 6 with some dupes....

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I wonder if OP Elliot Saleman is still around? Very impressive setup with no change to the head unit. Elliot's photo-posting skills were no match for his speaker-installation skills, lol: what looked like 9 photo links were actually 6 with some dupes....

Thanks, but I was talking about the mounting pods (custom made), not the speakers themselves. I have a 3-way speakers set but I need something like your pods to install the midds and tweeters and I can't find anything as nice as yours man.
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