Your the guy I was hoping would reply to my post. I’m definitely a DIY person! Would you please post some links to the components I should buy? AND any installation pictures specifically for my Model 3 standard plus? Thanks
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Want to add Speakers, amp and subwoofer BUT since tweeters are deactivated with Partial Premium?
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I totally hear you and there’s no Way I would pay $6500.00 when I can pay under $500.00 for a nice sub with Amp. What I’m trying to get is that you say Tesla and the price jumps through the roof. Thanks for your input, I’m sure Tesla will have their Sub/Amp upgrade before the next quarter earnings.
Fred
willow_hiller
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Have you seen this tear-down, Fred?
It looks like there's a space for a subwoofer underneath the right panel in the trunk. I wonder if you could buy a subwoofer from a salvage Model 3 to fit in that space...
Did you figure out how to provide power and signal to this yet? I have an SR+. Not sure where to wire this from.
I’m guessing there is a 12 volt source under the rear seats, signal from the Sub woofer connector that’s already there inside the right panel in the trunk, not sure if it’s turned on, will check when I get back to San Diego.
Fred
That's a joke, right? Plus, have they done aTesla before? Ask to see pics, and ask for a price breakdown on the Components, then google the component prices. I worked in that industry for about four years and it's very crooked. The tesla is unusually easy to work on. 5 days says to me that they will be "Learning" on your car. Definitely be wise and get a few more estimates.
Fernand
Active Member
No harness for the sub in the SR+?
If you have a 2.1 or a subwoofer amp module, it can be wired to just about any full range signal to run a passive sub. If there's no line level signal available, it's likely that some midrange speakers in the SR+ can be tapped, and some coax wire run back. Coax to reduce noise pickup. Because midrange speakers can't respond to anything in the subwoofer frequency range anyway, they are often fed a full frequency range signal, without bothering to filter the bottom out. Worth a try anyway.
There's a clip on youtube showing how to tap a protected 12 volt source with decent amperage through the dash, but initially the cigarette lighter style jack could be used.
If you have a 2.1 or a subwoofer amp module, it can be wired to just about any full range signal to run a passive sub. If there's no line level signal available, it's likely that some midrange speakers in the SR+ can be tapped, and some coax wire run back. Coax to reduce noise pickup. Because midrange speakers can't respond to anything in the subwoofer frequency range anyway, they are often fed a full frequency range signal, without bothering to filter the bottom out. Worth a try anyway.
There's a clip on youtube showing how to tap a protected 12 volt source with decent amperage through the dash, but initially the cigarette lighter style jack could be used.
The $10,000 dollar difference between Partial Premium Interior
And today’s Long range AWD
Starting with flawed streaming audio source material and the Head Of Brooklyn Bridge Real estate wants to sell you quadraphonic sound in a cat box ?
Why anyone would spend $6k to attempt to reproduce the pressure wave a gun blast or jet engine takeoff in your car interior is beyond me.
You could get two #2 Yellow Ticonderoga Pencils,
one for each ear drum for .49 cents.
Or be frugal and just buy one.
And today’s Long range AWD
- Rear heated seats
- Premium audio – 14 speakers, 1 subwoofer, 2 amps, and immersive sound
- Satellite-view maps with live traffic visualization and navigation
- In-car internet streaming music & media
- Internet browser
- Home link Location-aware automatic garage door opener
- A Front Drive Motor
- More battery for 70 extra miles of range, 5 extra miles top end, and .9 sec faster
- Fancy Dual motor badge
Starting with flawed streaming audio source material and the Head Of Brooklyn Bridge Real estate wants to sell you quadraphonic sound in a cat box ?
Why anyone would spend $6k to attempt to reproduce the pressure wave a gun blast or jet engine takeoff in your car interior is beyond me.
You could get two #2 Yellow Ticonderoga Pencils,
one for each ear drum for .49 cents.
Or be frugal and just buy one.
Fernand
Active Member
I don't mean this as a diss, but most people nowadays have simply never had a chance to hear faithful audio. So they accept distortion from MP3 type compression, and equate quality with that boom in the upper bass region.
The Premium Tesla audio system is OK, makes a good impression, has a great choice of (distorted) audio sources, but this is all cheap parts nowadays and can be improved inexpensively.
The Premium subwoofer is typical of consumer 2.1 audio sets in artificially boosting at 60Hz, and fading below that. Here's what the frequency response in the driver's seat looks like with default tone settings.
Personally I'd rather hear it more like they heard it in the studio. It can be made more level, closer to true, with something more like the following settings and bringing the volume up a bit. If you have the "full Premium audio", try it.
But in any case, if the SR+ audio is missing the entire bottom, it's not a terrible loss. It's not hard or costly to add something that will equal or beat what the Premium contributes. All we need is for someone who's motivated to find a good place to tap the SR+ audio and take it from there.
Something like this looks pretty usable.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0794YHK5M/ref=psdc_1294866011_t3_B019Z3R582
The Premium Tesla audio system is OK, makes a good impression, has a great choice of (distorted) audio sources, but this is all cheap parts nowadays and can be improved inexpensively.
The Premium subwoofer is typical of consumer 2.1 audio sets in artificially boosting at 60Hz, and fading below that. Here's what the frequency response in the driver's seat looks like with default tone settings.
Personally I'd rather hear it more like they heard it in the studio. It can be made more level, closer to true, with something more like the following settings and bringing the volume up a bit. If you have the "full Premium audio", try it.
But in any case, if the SR+ audio is missing the entire bottom, it's not a terrible loss. It's not hard or costly to add something that will equal or beat what the Premium contributes. All we need is for someone who's motivated to find a good place to tap the SR+ audio and take it from there.
Something like this looks pretty usable.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0794YHK5M/ref=psdc_1294866011_t3_B019Z3R582
Jedi2155
Model 3 has Arrived.
I seriously doubt Tesla will add that option anytime soon seeing that their service centers are already overloaded. If they can make it a mobile service for the upgrade then I can see it happening but definitely not a service center upgrade.
GuyFromGPT
Member
As a one month owner of a SR+, and a happy one, I almost wish I would have stressed the budget, and bought the Midrange RWD with the Premium interior. It got pulled two days before I bought mine.
While the range would have been a bonus, It's the missing interior components that leave me with mild remorse. I know I could have returned the SR+ and located a MR. But I had already jumped through enough hoops for the first car. I couldn't stomach going through the process again.
I think it's the pain of knowing that my car has most of this capability included, but software locked, that is the frustrating part. I'd pay $1000 for the full Premium Interior, if given the chance.
Maybe we'll get that option, down the road...
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My Limit on buying any car is 35k, I ending up paying 40k for a Red plus, I’m happy with it, the upgrades for it I can get later.
Fred
smagicmans
Member
I agree, some of us have a limit and only were able to stretch for the SR+. We need a new dedicated thread like this to talk about how to aftermarket sound for SR+.
Were you able to install the subwoofer yourself?
lmorda
Member
Exactly how I feel, and exactly what happened to me. Pulled the day before I bought mine.
smagicmans
Member
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