Some people are easily pleased when it comes to music in the car, channel swap or not the standard, HiFi and new HK units are pish.
It has to be aftermarket every time IMO.
Some people are easily pleased when it comes to music in the car, channel swap or not the standard, HiFi and new HK units are pish.
It has to be aftermarket every time IMO.
Not doubting that, I’ve always been a bit disappointed with the mini set up but if it means its less pish by any measure then it’s a result in my book without the expensive Audio install.
My friend had a £1600 Audio install in his Renault 5 GT Turbo with Custom parts all trimmed with Sub, Amps, base tubes tweeters you name it and imported head unit. You could hear him a mile off but it was a work of art with a split charging system. He was extremely into car fidelity in the early 90's
To me it was very simple his was incredibly detailed and loud but it all came it at a cost too far. My Clarion at the time played MC Hammer well enough for me. It was a happy compromise to the radio shack or something that was originally in my Ax. A very small difference but well worth it.
Hammer time!
Last edited by Stewart; 7th October 2010 at 09:10 PM.
Mini as it was. As it is. As it always will be. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, it's up to you to decide if it counts!
My install in the MINI is probably at the same level as your friends in today's money, I'm obsessive about audio though.
Mine's about quality rather than volume, the weakest link is the car panels, they vibrate despite loads of deadening. MINIs just aren't built for good music installs
Just purchased one of the cables today as it happens. Will update on the difference as a few people have raved about it on NM.
Your probably right folks about the standard system being crap, but it is a marked improvement once the channel swap is done.
Never have the stereo on in the GP
whine whine whine all day long
Damn, that means me then, my car has the Harmon Kardon upgradeOriginally Posted by ianking
One of the main reasons i didn't like the R56 was due to the stereo
Yes, but presumably you get better sound from the HK system anyway!Damn, that means me then, my car has the Harmon Kardon upgrade
One of the main reasons i didn't like the R56 was due to the stereo
Realistically the only way I am going to do this is by using Mike's adaptor - so the question is, is the improvement worth £45? Most of the time I am listening to the radio so would it still be worthwhile?
Trigger
Harmon Kardon only came back to the R56 in 2009/2010. prior it was the Hi-Fi upgrade.
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