MINI2 - MINI Forum - View Single Post - Wave or Boost CD Player? Whats the difference?

CarFreak! · Jul 28th, 2006, 12:31 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by PMB

Obviously we are not all into high end sound. I connected the stock HU to a BBC LS3/5A speaker and playing flat it sounded very good. I connected the stock speakers to £6000 of tube based CD and Linn amplification and they sounded aweful. Those stock speakers are useless. You see I am an audiophile of pretty much the highest calibre. The only way to get the stock speakers to sound good is by extreme equalisation and processing. By doing this you introduce so much unwanted noise and distortion it can in no way be considered high fidelity (or average for that matter).

The truth is nobody makes a bad sounding head unit. Some just go louder than others.

I understand! I think the stock speakers are crap, and want to change them as soon as possible. I have bought a set of Morel speakers, and gonna buy some morel sub elements. Do you have any thoughts about this brand?. And i'm planing to use some Sinfoni amps to run them. Bad sound kills good music

My point is that a new HU can make the stock speakers punch more

But i totally agree that it's smarter to change the speakers instead! more bang for the buck!

Edit: As you might understand, i'm kind of new to this

But i love to listen to great audio setups! and wants to learn more about it!

Jul 28th, 2006, 12:31 AM	#14
CarFreak! MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oslo, Norway Local Time: 04:27 PM Posts: 49 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by PMB Obviously we are not all into high end sound. I connected the stock HU to a BBC LS3/5A speaker and playing flat it sounded very good. I connected the stock speakers to £6000 of tube based CD and Linn amplification and they sounded aweful. Those stock speakers are useless. You see I am an audiophile of pretty much the highest calibre. The only way to get the stock speakers to sound good is by extreme equalisation and processing. By doing this you introduce so much unwanted noise and distortion it can in no way be considered high fidelity (or average for that matter). The truth is nobody makes a bad sounding head unit. Some just go louder than others. I understand! I think the stock speakers are crap, and want to change them as soon as possible. I have bought a set of Morel speakers, and gonna buy some morel sub elements. Do you have any thoughts about this brand?. And i'm planing to use some Sinfoni amps to run them. Bad sound kills good music My point is that a new HU can make the stock speakers punch more But i totally agree that it's smarter to change the speakers instead! more bang for the buck! Edit: As you might understand, i'm kind of new to this But i love to listen to great audio setups! and wants to learn more about it! I kind of love mini's!