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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 07:51 PM
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I thought the sound systems offered in the A7 was unimpressive.The B&O was expensive and did not sound $5000.00 better then the stock unit. I ultimately ended up with the Bose system but I still thought it needed something extra. The main deficiency was in the base response so I added a custom 8 inch Hertz subwoofer in the rear cubby hole in the trunk. I also added an a Pinnacle Gold 300 watt amplifier. Now it sounds like it should have right from the factory. Here are some pics....
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 07:54 PM
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I agree the bose system is missing the bass.

Great job. Looks clean. Where did you install the amp?
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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What, no back lit frosted panels?

Looks good!
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 10:07 PM
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I need one for 10" sub...
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 07:17 AM
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Nice job, looks good. Like others, I'd be interested in the AMP placement details.
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BasicSlvr
Nice job, looks good. Like others, I'd be interested in the AMP placement details.
There is another cubby hole in the trunck on the driver side. The existing Bose amp resides there. The new amp piggybacks onto the the Bose amp. You will also need to add a "high voltage line converter" that will convert the Bose speaker outputs to RCA plugs. These will plug into the new subwoofer amp. I used an AudioControl LC2i
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by zukbang
I need one for 10" sub...
I dont think a 10" would fit. Thats why I went with the 8".
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jjA7
I added a custom 8 inch Hertz subwoofer in the rear cubby hole in the trunk. I also added an a Pinnacle Gold 300 watt amplifier. Now it sounds like it should have right from the factory. Here are some pics....
Can you let us know approximately how much this was?
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 05:37 PM
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Can you let us know approximately how much this was?
Total cost was about 1600.00
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 02:15 PM
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Are you willing to make another sub enclosure? How much
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