Car woofer speaker

[Sparkyme24]

I have a Mercedes c class w205 with audio 20 system

I’m looking at installing a sub woofer for the driver side footwell

Can I install just one burmester speaker as the driver side footwell sub woofer , will it work with my existing audio 20 ?

I don’t want to go down to route of coding etc

 

[KennyN]

Something will need to drive the sub , either from the current amp (if it has one and has a sub output which i doubt) or from a separate supply linked somehow to your existing system.

Dont think it will be viable from a , quality / cost / faffing POV.

Just my 2p worth.

K

 

[Sparkyme24]

Something will need to drive the sub , either from the current amp (if it has one and has a sub output which i doubt) or from a separate supply linked somehow to your existing system.

Dont think it will be viable from a , quality / cost / faffing POV.

Just my 2p worth.

K

Yes I can splice the cable going to the other woofer on the passenger side and connect this woofer. My only concern is as my system is not burmester but audio 20.

Will a burmester woofer work with my current audio 20. Or I will get some error somewhere regarding I need coding or audio 20 not compatible with one burmester woofer speaker ?

Many thanks

 

[KennyN]

So you are going to have the standard speaker on one side a Burmeister on the other both sharing the same single output ?

Far from being an audio expert and not at all familiar with your car but does your car only have a single sub in the passenger footwell ?

I would imagine the BM speakers would be a bit more "specific" as to their operating ranges so i dont think you would get the full benefit from linking it to the stock system , i also dont think that coding would be required just to piggy-back a speaker.

K

 

[togthecat]

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[John]

The speakers are the same whether Burmester or not I believe (a bit shyte).

The number of speakers changes depending on what system is in the car (more speakers the higher you go).

The difference is as stated with regard to the largest speaker is there is only one woofer in the passenger footwell without Burmester.

It's 6.5" in a C Class as well which is not great news (a smaller speaker has to move much further to produce the lowest frequencies, which when coupled with a low power amp means quicker distortion!).

The amp definitely changes though. Burmester-only gets a Burmester amp with their "settings" - Audio 20 will use whatever generic audio amp is cheapest probably knowing MB.

The "Front Bass" setup is just that. Not really subwoofers, although they handle typical subwoofer frequencies, and a shallow installation.

Theoretically, you could run a second woofer by splicing into the existing passenger footwell woofer channel.

However, it's whether the stock generic amp is powerful-enough to drive it well-enough (which it probably will although that's not good news) and whether you will get much benefit from it i.e. if it's worth the cost and effort - I seriously doubt it!

If you want more bass and are looking to limit costs, you'd be better off running a signal cable from that same passenger footwell woofer channel to a high-level input on an active subwoofer or amp and passive subwoofer.

If boot space is required, you can remove the sub if you wire it with banana-plugs or similar.

There's no coding involved at all because once you get to speakers, you are beyond the MOST fibre-optic ring although if you do go down the route of running in an additional amplification and / or subwoofer, you may need to fit a load generator module to "fool" the stock amp into thinking the correct speaker is still attached.

Depends what you want to achieve really.