What did you do with your Z today V (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)

ChopsZ · 07-22-2017, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Gatz

Took off the Nismo flares, looks way better.

I bet it does look good, but with Photo-Suckit, we'll never know...

ChopsZ · 07-22-2017, 07:52 PM

As for me, I installed a nice new Pioneer head unit today along with the Axxess ASWC-1. Works perfectly!

I'm running the dash speakers and door speakers in a true 2-way active setup along with time alignment. It makes the stock non-Bose speakers sound pretty darn good... Considering. In fact, it sounds better than my brother's Sport Bose system.

killrain · 07-22-2017, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

As for me, I installed a nice new Pioneer head unit today along with the Axxess ASWC-1. Works perfectly!

I'm running the dash speakers and door speakers in a true 2-way active setup along with time alignment. It makes the stock non-Bose speakers sound pretty darn good... Considering. In fact, it sounds better than my brother's Sport Bose system.

I actually like that unit.

ChopsZ · 07-22-2017, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by killrain

I actually like that unit.

Me too.

It's the AVH-X491BHS.

redondoaveb · 07-22-2017, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

Me too.

It's the AVH-X491BHS.

Does that unit have usb? If so, where is the plug located?

DeliriousClam · 07-23-2017, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

Does that unit have usb? If so, where is the plug located?

Pioneer's true 7" screen double dins are really nice. USB is located on the back

redondoaveb · 07-23-2017, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DeliriousClam

Pioneer's true 7" screen double dins are really nice. USB is located on the back

Did you get an adapter and plug it into your center console usb?

ZZZ_34 · 07-23-2017, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

As for me, I installed a nice new Pioneer head unit today along with the Axxess ASWC-1. Works perfectly!

I'm running the dash speakers and door speakers in a true 2-way active setup along with time alignment. It makes the stock non-Bose speakers sound pretty darn good... Considering. In fact, it sounds better than my brother's Sport Bose system.

That looks outstanding! Nice work

ChopsZ · 07-23-2017, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ZZZ_34

That looks outstanding! Nice work

Thank you! And that's using the stock dash bezel. When using these double din units, there's really no need to use the aftermarket bezels.

Jayhovah · 07-23-2017, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

As for me, I installed a nice new Pioneer head unit today along with the Axxess ASWC-1. Works perfectly!

I'm running the dash speakers and door speakers in a true 2-way active setup along with time alignment. It makes the stock non-Bose speakers sound pretty darn good... Considering. In fact, it sounds better than my brother's Sport Bose system.

I am running the same setup as you, thought with a lower end pioneer headunit (avh-3800bhs). Base speakers actually sound pretty good to me, I plan to keep them =)

Make sure you remove the on-board crossover from the factory dash speakers! just a capacitor - desolder and short.

ChopsZ · 07-23-2017, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayhovah

I am running the same setup as you, thought with a lower end pioneer headunit (avh-3800bhs). Base speakers actually sound pretty good to me, I plan to keep them =)

Make sure you remove the on-board crossover from the factory dash speakers! just a capacitor - desolder and short.

The stock speakers do sound amazingly good. Tight and punchy bass also.

As for the dash speakers, I left the caps on them. I'm running the Pioneer crossover as low as it will go for the tweeter high-pass (1.25 kHz). I plan on replacing them with Memphis Audio PRX27 drivers. It's a shame the Pioneer crossover doesn't go lower. I'd love to run the new dash speakers down around 500 Hz.

Jayhovah · 07-23-2017, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

The stock speakers do sound amazingly good. Tight and punchy bass also.

As for the dash speakers, I left the caps on them. I'm running the Pioneer crossover as low as it will go for the tweeter high-pass (1.25 kHz). I plan on replacing them with Memphis Audio PRX27 drivers. It's a shame the Pioneer crossover doesn't go lower. I'd love to run the new dash speakers down around 500 Hz.

Keep in mind the OEM crossover point is about 8khz. So if you have both mid and low crossed at 1.25k there could be a hole in the response between 1.25 and 8.

ChopsZ · 07-23-2017, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayhovah

Keep in mind the OEM crossover point is about 8khz. So if you have both mid and low crossed at 1.25k there could be a hole in the response between 1.25 and 8.

Yesterday, I was just listening to random crap on the radio, and it sounded pretty good. Bass strong and tight, better treble extension and smoothness. Though today, I've been out in the car for about the past hour streaming Tidal with music I'm familiar with. Turning the gains all the way down on the door speakers and playing with crossover points on the tweeters, I came to same conclusion that the caps on the tweeters roll off around 8 kHz.

Switching things around, I turned the gains all the way down on the tweeters and just listened to the door speakers. With the crossover point rather low, below 2 kHz, the tonal balance isn't too bad. Once you start getting up past 4 kHz, those door speakers start getting a bit muddy, cupped and honky sounding.

I'll definitely be upgrading those tweeters to the Memphis PRX27 drivers. The lower the crossover frequency on those the better.

Long story short, these last couple of posts should probably be over in the "Audio" section.

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