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      06-22-2012, 08:19 AM   #1
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9 speaker hifi system

I have the 9 speaker hifi system. Can someone tell me exactly where they are. I can only find 6 of them. The tweeter and normal speaker in each front door and a normal speaker in each rear door. Where are the other three???
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      06-22-2012, 09:37 AM   #2
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I think one of them on the hud and other two were back of the rear seats you have subs under the front seats too
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      06-22-2012, 11:42 AM   #3
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1x centre speaker, 2x tweeters + mids on front doors, 2x mids on rear doors, 2x subs under front seats. Total 9 speakers.
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      06-23-2012, 02:04 AM   #4
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1x centre speaker, 2x tweeters + mids on front doors, 2x mids on rear doors, 2x subs under front seats. Total 9 speakers.
Thanks Clarence. Hey thats news to me I didn't realise I had speakers under the front seats!!
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      06-23-2012, 02:05 AM   #5
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I think one of them on the hud and other two were back of the rear seats you have subs under the front seats too
Thanks Berk, I definitely don't have any behind the rear seats on the parcel shelf. I have split fold rear seats.
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Hi I have 2014 4.28i , with 9 speakers, can someone tell me I have standard or hifi?

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      07-19-2014, 04:00 AM   #8
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Hi I have 2014 4.28i , with 9 speakers, can someone tell me I have standard or hifi?

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The standard (base) system isn't available in USA, luckily for you as it's absolute crap! You get hifi as standard.
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What is the different from the standard and hifi?
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[QUOTE=kdao;16319779]What is the different from the standard and hifi?[/QU
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More speakers and an amp, still not a huge improvement but tolerable.
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I have the hifi, can anyone suggest me which branch of speaker I can upgrade to get the better sound
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      07-20-2014, 03:11 AM   #12
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I have the hifi, can anyone suggest me which branch of speaker I can upgrade to get the better sound
I went a combination of both BAV Sound and Focal, but the reality is you do need to upgrade your amp if your going down the path of just speak upgrades, from my experience.
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      07-20-2014, 04:39 PM   #13
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I have the hifi, can anyone suggest me which branch of speaker I can upgrade to get the better sound
BAV Sound have an $500-600 upgrade kit that plugs into your car for a noticable bump in sound
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I have the 6 speaker base system in my 2012 320i. I want to know if I can upgrade to the 9 speaker system and if the 9 speaker system is any better
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I have the 6 speaker base system in my 2012 320i. I want to know if I can upgrade to the 9 speaker system and if the 9 speaker system is any better
The BMW Harman Kardon system actually has 14 speakers, 2 underseat subwoofers and a trunk mounted amplifier. It’s extremely difficult and expensive to try to upgrade from a BMW HiFi to a BMW HK audio system. The HK uses a fiber optic cabling system between the head unit in the dash and the amplifier in the trunk.

Upgrading to an HK would be foolish because the HK has a 10+ year old DSP system. That is ancient in the tech world. It would be like upgrading an iPhone to a Blackberry. Best upgrade for a BMW HiFi system is the Match 7BMW amplifier that has a modern DSP system. Plenty of posts exist on this.
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I have the 6 speaker base system in my 2012 320i. I want to know if I can upgrade to the 9 speaker system and if the 9 speaker system is any better
Upgrading the speakers is a waste of time and money if you don't upgrade the amp.
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Upgrading to an HK would be foolish because the HK has a 10+ year old DSP system. That is ancient in the tech world. It would be like upgrading an iPhone to a Blackberry. Best upgrade for a BMW HiFi system is the Match 7BMW amplifier that has a modern DSP system. Plenty of posts exist on this.
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