So I have been hunting for years for the perfect Audi RS6 to show up. Wanted maintenance history, lowish miles, had o be Mugello Blue with the ebony interior and some mods wouldnt hurt.
Well I lucked out and found my baby. 75k miles, $32,000 in modifications, $30,000 in service history and just a rocket ship. Has the 610hp tune with full exhaust, big brakes, Bilstien coilovers, Miltek exhaust with high flow cats.... car was done up right. It even came with a once great stereo system. Some of it is showing its age so some will be replaced.
The stereo it came with is as follows:
Morel Supremo SW6 6" mid-bass front and rear.
Morel MT-22 tweeters front and rear
Morel Elate CDM88 3.5" mids up front
Alpine Type R 10" subwoofer
Two McIntosh MC406M amplifiers (oh man I wanted these for years!)
Alpine IVA-205W DD touch screen deck
Alpine DVD player
Alpine NAV
Alpine H701 DSP
Alpine Sirius Sat radio module
Alpine Bluetooth module
Alpine Rear Camera
and while not audio related, an Escort 9500ci built in radar detector with active laser scramblers.
So this is what I started with:
Now I am not an Alpine type R fan so the sub had to go. I love Boston Acoustics G5 subs so set out to find a NIB one which was quite the challenge. I did locate and purchase on but it was too deep for the custom box so I had to mount it inverted.
I didnt like it sticking out like that so spoke to a few friends and one had one of the holy grail SQ subwoofers sitting NIB on his shelf. The old CTD ES-SQ1000 subwoofer. What a sub! Works perfect in a .45 sealed box and just sounds fantastic!
I do have a dark grill on order that I hope fits due to the large amount of X-max this sub has but if it fits it will hide that yellow basket. LOL
The next step will be re-wireing the McIntosh amps to double their output to the front stage and add a JL Audio 500/1 to take over sub duties. I already have the amp and wires are on the way. Should sound much better.
I also have a complete new front stage in route. I was never a fan of Morel and even though its a nearly $3000 front speaker setup I dont care for it and will be removing them in favor of AD speakers. New to America Italian compay that meakes some killer speakers. The distributor is sending me several kinds to play with and review and I can just keep the ones I like at a very good deal.
I believe I will end up using the following.
AD Vipera F6 6" woofer with a 1" x-max
AD M35 Midrange but not sure is I willl use the NEO version or the standard one.
AD Supertweeters. They use a semi EMIT design and will have the crisp highs I so desire.
I will also be using SDS sound deadener throughout the car and will be sure to doccument progress.
Well I lucked out and found my baby. 75k miles, $32,000 in modifications, $30,000 in service history and just a rocket ship. Has the 610hp tune with full exhaust, big brakes, Bilstien coilovers, Miltek exhaust with high flow cats.... car was done up right. It even came with a once great stereo system. Some of it is showing its age so some will be replaced.
The stereo it came with is as follows:
Morel Supremo SW6 6" mid-bass front and rear.
Morel MT-22 tweeters front and rear
Morel Elate CDM88 3.5" mids up front
Alpine Type R 10" subwoofer
Two McIntosh MC406M amplifiers (oh man I wanted these for years!)
Alpine IVA-205W DD touch screen deck
Alpine DVD player
Alpine NAV
Alpine H701 DSP
Alpine Sirius Sat radio module
Alpine Bluetooth module
Alpine Rear Camera
and while not audio related, an Escort 9500ci built in radar detector with active laser scramblers.
So this is what I started with:
Now I am not an Alpine type R fan so the sub had to go. I love Boston Acoustics G5 subs so set out to find a NIB one which was quite the challenge. I did locate and purchase on but it was too deep for the custom box so I had to mount it inverted.
I didnt like it sticking out like that so spoke to a few friends and one had one of the holy grail SQ subwoofers sitting NIB on his shelf. The old CTD ES-SQ1000 subwoofer. What a sub! Works perfect in a .45 sealed box and just sounds fantastic!
I do have a dark grill on order that I hope fits due to the large amount of X-max this sub has but if it fits it will hide that yellow basket. LOL
The next step will be re-wireing the McIntosh amps to double their output to the front stage and add a JL Audio 500/1 to take over sub duties. I already have the amp and wires are on the way. Should sound much better.
I also have a complete new front stage in route. I was never a fan of Morel and even though its a nearly $3000 front speaker setup I dont care for it and will be removing them in favor of AD speakers. New to America Italian compay that meakes some killer speakers. The distributor is sending me several kinds to play with and review and I can just keep the ones I like at a very good deal.
I believe I will end up using the following.
AD Vipera F6 6" woofer with a 1" x-max
AD M35 Midrange but not sure is I willl use the NEO version or the standard one.
AD Supertweeters. They use a semi EMIT design and will have the crisp highs I so desire.
I will also be using SDS sound deadener throughout the car and will be sure to doccument progress.