What amp is this ?

marcop123

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Hi,

I believe my car has top hifi 10 speaker system but confused with the details of the amp..
Can anyone tell me what DSP it is ? But looking other photos it seems to mention which type of DSP and words DSP also but this one only high power ??

And also it was installed behind the seats and all other references seem to be should be installed next to the battery in boot ?

Cheers
 

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Looks like the mid range 10 speaker system amp I used to have, it's not dsp.
It's installed on the bulkhead because I assume you have a coupe? If its the e85 they are near the battery I believe.
 
Ok so basic is 6 speaker, then mid range is 10 speakers and top hifi is 10 speaker with DSP.

I just presumed it was a DSP, I’m in a long journey of upgrading my audio but from my VIN an audio installer said I had BMW Z4 hybrid audio system utilising 9 channels but I’ve never read this mentioned on the forum I’ll search a bit more I just presumed it was DSP so maybe this makes the audio upgrade easier but need to know more about this hybrid setup
 
marcop123 said:
so maybe this makes the audio upgrade easier

Pretty sure you're in a much better position to upgrade by not having dsp.
I'm sure there's a few threads about it
https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108156
 
Thanks for link..clears a couple of things up as in top hifi is what I have which is amp 10x speakers , next up is carver DSP.

It’s a huge long story, but when I bought the car it had Jehnert sound design custom speaker upgrade specially for e86. I suspected the previous owner simply reverted back to factory setup and removed whatever amp etc he had but still not clear how he had this custom door cards working.
I thought it be case to simply and going by what Jehnert saying to add a new amp and wire up the additional speakers 3x each door card 2 x footwell also replacing the tweeters and mids on door. But end result of additional amp wasn’t good at all. I’ve know been speaking to very knowledgable installer quite a bit away from me 5hrs drive but he’s recommending a musway m12 amp, which has outs which can then add my new amp I bought for the door cards and wire all other speakers 2x rear 2x mid 2x tweeters 2x footwell ( these are all part of the Jehnert upgrade also) to the musway amp and the 3x each side door card speakers to the other audio systems .de amp which is 2 channel and also has Jehnert 3way cross overs in door card.. Musway are new but from what I can gather really high end kit, the amp around £1100
He did look up my vin and could tell I had bmw hybrid setup utilising 9 channels but I kept referring to being DSP so now maybe need to bring this up and clarify he is aware it’s not a DSP and just amp which I think he must know but if not maybe I don’t need to go with running 2 amps and there is other solutions potentially cheaper solutions than the Musway M12 but I’m determined to get this Jehnert setup firing and has been expensive so far with failed audio installer who just didn’t grasp the job or knowledge of DSP or amps in bmw it seems and wasn’t prepared to read up and gain knowledge and just took the job on and fooked it but confident will get a result of new guy
 
That kit looks impressive but yeah that amp isn't DSP. Mine was DSP and I upgraded the head unit and amp left speakers stock.

Why would previous owner upgrade everything and then revert back to stock amp? Must have done this to make more money as the amp was worth more seperate than with the car.

Anyway that looks great and likley will be an expensive fix. I know my upgrade cost me around £2k just for a new head unit on the DSP system as it needed a full re wire a new amp and new crossovers
 
Well I suspect he spent like I’m away to on an amp and whatever else to go with the Jehnert kit and then sold on and bought something else I decided to take the new amp and whatever else to new car and reverted to stock to sell, he couldn’t take the door cards etc so left it with some sort of audio
 
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