Blau-puke audio question

[mb7756]

I just picked up my G8 gt last week, and I am very disappointed with the bass (I'm a techno fan). Does the Blaupunkt system work with aftermarket amps and boxes easily (such as having a preamp audio out from the head unit), or will I need to gut my entire system and speakers as I have been told in the past with my Bose system in my traded in 350z? I don't need anything crazy, just a decent amp for say, a single 12" sub and crossover, with the rest of the system left intact.

Thank you

[NIevo]

Have you already turned up the gain on the amp? Makes a huge difference with the bass level.

[mb7756]

Hi NIevo, thanks for the response. If you are referring to settings in the head unit, yes, I have tried using manual and preconfigured loudness and bass settings. I'm not a certified "car audio enthusiast" or one of those people who likes to disturb folks next to me or "show off" (never had a box in any of my cars), but I seem to hear the rear speakers going past their limit with bass rattling/distortion even if I have the volume at 17 (of 100?) for some songs. I am basically looking for a decent quality, cost effective solution for bass that will allow me to turn up the volume if I want to once in a while on the highway (since I am a windows down guy and wind noise requrires it), and not hear speakers rattling or sounding like I am tearing the paper cones, which I assmume they are. My Z had a factory sub behind the seat, and even though that seemed to not handle the power the system was putting out, it had more umph than the system I am now using. My guess is that the cheapest way out would be to use a pre-amp out if it existed, and just buy a box and amp. I'm looking to spend $500ish on the job, which kind of rules out replacing the entire system. Thanks!

[NIevo]

No I wasn't referring to the head-unit. There is a separate amp that runs the subs in the rear deck. It is located in the trunk on the drivers side right in front of the battery. You have to pull back the carpet a little, then find a little knob, I believe it was on the top and turn it clockwise till it stops. That boosts the amps output to the subs and greatly increases the bass. The bass level in the head-unit should only be at +1 max or you are just pushing the other speakers to hard and they will distort.

[mb7756]

Subs? Hmm, I thought the only bass my car offered came form the 6x9-ish speakers on the rear deck pointing at the rear glass. I should have performed more research, I thought I only had speakers in the dash, front doors, rear doors, and the 6x9's (if that is what they are, i'm using this size as a generic value) pointing at the glass. Yeah, I had the bass at +4, treble at +4, and recently I tried using "Jazz" with gain +2 and the preprogrammed bass+4/treble +4. Each configuration seemed to stress my speakers above the 15-ish volume level with techno. Thank you so much, I will go ahead and give your suggestion a shot. I appreciate your help.

[mb7756]

"There is a separate amp that runs the subs in the rear deck" - are you referring to the speakers pointing at the rear glass? Maybe i'm confused. Those are the speakers that seemed to strain with my +4 bass setting, thus my looking into a better solution.

[mb7756]

Sorry, I guess I don't really know what I have...but using the head unit settings produced bass that sounded like it was stressing the speakers at highway speed volumes unless I left it at 0.

[NIevo]

Set the treble at 3 or 4 and the bass at 0 or 1 at the most. Adjust the knob all the way clockwise and you will notice a huge improvement.

[mb7756]

I don't by any means play my music excessively loud, I was just looking for sound that was decent at a reasonable volume that didn't sound like it was hurting my speakers with the volume at 20% of the max.

[mb7756]

Thank you, I shall give this a shot first thing in the morning. Once again, I appreciate your help take care.