I have a 2017 75DX with base audio. I have to say for a base system the sound produced by the car was never 'bad' but never really good enough for me to enjoy listening, certainly nothing close to the HiFi setup at home.
I spend a lot of time in my car with my toddler, so nursery rhymes take up 75% of my play list, however for the last 6 months I've itching to get some better speakers fitted so I can enjoy some 'me time' in the car for even at home I cannot get away from 1-2-3-4-5 Once I caught a fish alive.....as most parents am sure will agree!!!!
Am also tight with money, so spent a long time researching what to get. I knew I didn't want to add a sub, the music I listen to isn't base heavy, and I don't have a sub even for my HiFi setup at home. I also wasn't interested in 'adding' more speakers, the sound staging on the X is fine, and in my personal experience its quality over quantity. The stock speakers simply cannot deliver good mid/high range definition, they had to go.
My first attempt to upgrade led me to the Lightning Harmonics speakers for the X. I even ordered some.....BUT nearly a month after my money was taken there was still no signs of the speakers. It turned out because I was in Europe the supplier I ordered from simply couldnt give me an estimate on when they would could get hold of some speakers, but they still refused to refund me. In the end I had to ask MasterCard to intervene, and 3 months after my initial order I eventually got my money back
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I than took the car to my local audio shop. They hadn't worked on a X before but were happy to disamble the front end to access the stock speakers and recommend a replacment.
Turns out the front speakers are 2ohmn impedance, and the built in amps is pretty decent.
After some debate we settled on upgrading the fronts to Focal ES-165KX2s. These retial for about £500, which is by no means cheap for 2 speaker. But anyone half interested in HiFi setups will not really be put off by the price, good speakers command high premiums and I rather have two aweason speakers than 8 rubbish ones.
The Focals were a special order but arrived in the shop after 10 days, the chaps than spent nearly a whole day installing and playing with crossover settings!!!
I picked up the car ealier this week and have tried various music, all I can say is WOW!!
The lyrics in Fast car by Tracey Chapman is now clear and defined, where as before you could hardly hear the vocals.
Instrumentals on something like Bitter sweet symphony is now enjoyable to listen to, rather than been a flat mess.
Put on Three tenors singing Verdi: La traviata, turn the volume up to 6 and the clarity is enough to make the hairs on your neck stand up.
As you can see the music I listen to is very mid range heavy. If your taste is for more bass, than you still to add a powered sub. Push up the base and there is a definite loss in clarity. However adding a powered sub would easily solve that issue.
For me am not bothered about adding a sub, for my musical needs the Focal speakers have transformed the car. I would say apart from bass setup, the X has now a better sounding setup compared to my wifes Lexus which has the top Mark Levison audio setup Lexus offer.
The total install cost was £650, and for another £650 I can easliy get an active sub added. The end result am 100% sure would be much better than the £2500 'Premium audio' setup Tesla was offering at the time I odered our car.
If people are undecided about doing a speaker upgrade, for sub $1k all in I would highly recommend changing the front speakers.
The speakers fitted are the ones below:
PASMAG | PERFORMANCE AUTO AND SOUND - Focal K2 Power 165KX2 Component Review
I spend a lot of time in my car with my toddler, so nursery rhymes take up 75% of my play list, however for the last 6 months I've itching to get some better speakers fitted so I can enjoy some 'me time' in the car for even at home I cannot get away from 1-2-3-4-5 Once I caught a fish alive.....as most parents am sure will agree!!!!
Am also tight with money, so spent a long time researching what to get. I knew I didn't want to add a sub, the music I listen to isn't base heavy, and I don't have a sub even for my HiFi setup at home. I also wasn't interested in 'adding' more speakers, the sound staging on the X is fine, and in my personal experience its quality over quantity. The stock speakers simply cannot deliver good mid/high range definition, they had to go.
My first attempt to upgrade led me to the Lightning Harmonics speakers for the X. I even ordered some.....BUT nearly a month after my money was taken there was still no signs of the speakers. It turned out because I was in Europe the supplier I ordered from simply couldnt give me an estimate on when they would could get hold of some speakers, but they still refused to refund me. In the end I had to ask MasterCard to intervene, and 3 months after my initial order I eventually got my money back
.I than took the car to my local audio shop. They hadn't worked on a X before but were happy to disamble the front end to access the stock speakers and recommend a replacment.
Turns out the front speakers are 2ohmn impedance, and the built in amps is pretty decent.
After some debate we settled on upgrading the fronts to Focal ES-165KX2s. These retial for about £500, which is by no means cheap for 2 speaker. But anyone half interested in HiFi setups will not really be put off by the price, good speakers command high premiums and I rather have two aweason speakers than 8 rubbish ones.
The Focals were a special order but arrived in the shop after 10 days, the chaps than spent nearly a whole day installing and playing with crossover settings!!!
I picked up the car ealier this week and have tried various music, all I can say is WOW!!
The lyrics in Fast car by Tracey Chapman is now clear and defined, where as before you could hardly hear the vocals.
Instrumentals on something like Bitter sweet symphony is now enjoyable to listen to, rather than been a flat mess.
Put on Three tenors singing Verdi: La traviata, turn the volume up to 6 and the clarity is enough to make the hairs on your neck stand up
.As you can see the music I listen to is very mid range heavy. If your taste is for more bass, than you still to add a powered sub. Push up the base and there is a definite loss in clarity. However adding a powered sub would easily solve that issue.
For me am not bothered about adding a sub, for my musical needs the Focal speakers have transformed the car. I would say apart from bass setup, the X has now a better sounding setup compared to my wifes Lexus which has the top Mark Levison audio setup Lexus offer.
The total install cost was £650, and for another £650 I can easliy get an active sub added. The end result am 100% sure would be much better than the £2500 'Premium audio' setup Tesla was offering at the time I odered our car.
If people are undecided about doing a speaker upgrade, for sub $1k all in I would highly recommend changing the front speakers
.The speakers fitted are the ones below:
PASMAG | PERFORMANCE AUTO AND SOUND - Focal K2 Power 165KX2 Component Review
