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Coming back to this older thread to share an update since there always so many questions about BavSound.
I installed my most recent warranty Under Seat Ghost Subwoofer Kit (described above in this thread) a couple of months ago. After approximately 100 hours of listening, I got in the car yesterday and played various genres of music for the duration of my 90 minute drive. The entire set up just now sounds like everything has meshed together, and I am getting 40 to 50% louder bass than I was getting just last week. As I have stated before, the shipping insert says the subs need about 12 hours to break in. I have suggested something more like 20 hours. I’ll say now that 20 hours is the initial break in it seems, and the 100 hour mark is where you really feel a difference. This is the second set that has fallen on this exact timeline. So for those of you who feel like you didn’t get much difference, give it closer to 100 hours for “full” break in and for the whole system to sound cohesive. It sounds pretty good now if increased bass is what you’re looking for!
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Just wish Bavsound had an amp upgrade for the F90. Been pretty happy with the subs.
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Same. I wish the Revenant Pro they sell was compatible with audio systems other than HiFi. Figuring out a new plug and play (or as close to it as possible) has been on my long term list of things to do with this car. There is certainly more RMS power in th Ghost Subs that could be squeezed out with a little more juice behind it. With the way it sounds now, coupled with a more powerful amp, I wouldn’t even be upset that I lost BW audio to Covid.
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Even though I am nowhere near as knowledgeable as you in this department, I also agree that the amp is in fact the weak link.
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Well, considering I bought the car in September and I'm really happy with pretty much everything except for the sound system, I'm not quite ready to buy something else. So given that, is there a way to upgrade the amplifier for < $2k?
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That’s a great place to start if you have some knowledge about audio systems and amps. https://www.audiotec-fischer.de/en/match/amplifiers/
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You’re welcome! Please do!
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Well, I didn't hear back from Fischer, but I did find a local company that sells their equipment. I contacted them, gave them my VIN, and they came up with an upgrade for my car. It uses the MATCH UP 10DSP and the MATCH PP BMW 1.9 RAM-HK. The cost is $1600 for the equipment and another $800 for the install. I will probably go for it in the not distant future.
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I think I know the answer to this, but just to triple check — you have an LCI that retained HK except for BavSound Ghost subs, right? Just trying to figure out if you and I are in the exact same situation so I can act accordingly. I want to proceed with this setup as well.
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‘23 model with the Bavsound Subs. I didn’t upgrade the rest of the speakers. I plan on just replacing the amp with this setup in the next month or so.
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RalphT5, I started doing some research and got into some very technical threads about tuning the amp and ended up right back in my place of extreme confusion. Is the installer you found going to tune the amp for you as well?
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Yes. He's charging $300 for the DSP tune. The $300 is included in the $800 I quoted earlier.
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I couldn’t even get the subs installed. Went step by step, and not only are the screws virtually impossible to get to without ripping up the floor, once I got them all out the sub itself wouldn’t budge, like it was glued in, not clipped. No way I’m paying to have my shop install them, not worth it. Going to send them back and save my $ for B&W on my next car in a couple years.
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If you decide to try it again, reach out and I’ll help you as much as I can! EDIT — Sorry, that should have said “sub” and “sub enclosure” obviously.
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