328 Speaker question

No separate crossover network shown on the 328 schematic so any passive high-pass filtering components would have to be located as part of the tweeter itself. Are you sure that you still have the stock 328 tweeters?

 

I installed Hertz speakers
D16 80W Tweeters
DCX 165.3 door speakers
No mod required

 

As above, you can install a bass blocker (hi pass filter) in line with the tweeters. Some may have those built into them anyway. Am a bit rusty on this stuff but I think you might find some drivers don't take kindly to have tweeters installed in parallel. Some are OK with it, some are not.

On the door cards if you look at the back of them the holes in the fibreglass through which the speakers are supposed to project sound were not even round in my car, just some fairly crude & odd shaped slots that covered probably 30-40% of the cone area.
You can open these up from the back without touching the carpet over the front of them & that will improve things.

I also used one of these things rather than mess about with trying to find a place to install a normal sized amp. https://www.alpine-usa.com/product/ktp-445u

 

Focal speakers are the best on the market today,(1600.00 for the 4 in the doors), 350.00 for the tweeters I believe . I have 2- 6.5 inch, and 2 -4.0 inch in the doors. , and 2 tweeters,cross overs are inside the doors. My amp is brand new , I forgot the name, but its a 4 channel set up, I also have a high end powered sub woofer that sits just perfectly behind the passengers seat with no hardware needed. PM me if you need the Manufacturer of the amp and sub woofer. My amp is on a custom pedestal under the front bonnet. I dont keep the donut there, its useless.My sound system is the most you can get in a 328 without cutting stuff open. Its sounds incredible !!

Thank you

 

Can you post some pics of the setup please?

 

I've been toying with upgrading the sound system, but the NVH ('85 QV) is out of this world. You'd need a 350W RMS amp to overcome it, and some sort of sub-woofer. I'm not sure it's worth it. I'm now considering just going to noise-cancelling ear buds, and listening via bluetooth. Don't you find the NVH a little too loud?

 

Sure, My car is ready for pick up, Im home sick with a chest cold, flu ,I promise I will send you the pics.

Thank you

 

Im not sure what NVH means, with that being said, my system sounds clean as can be,the question is, how does it sound with the top off while driving, and yes it is loud enough lol Let me know what you mean by NVH , Im drawing a blank , Im sorry.

Thank you

 

Noise, Vibration, and Harshness - basically it's noisy as hell in the cabin, even with the roof on, and I'm not sure you can get a clean enough sound to drown it out without causing permanent hearing loss!

 

That really turned out to be my issue with it & why I hardly ever use it. I went to great lengths to install a Sub in the passenger footwell, replaced the front speakers & even made some rear shelf speakers.

Even so, to get any definition, the total volume level is not a comfortable one at anything over about 30-40mph! Anywhere in traffic it also makes you "that antisocial tool playing loud music in his Ferrari"

Everything I did was reversible & I have already removed the Sub. The rears may go next.

 

Well , I think we all have our levels of the sound we like, you are correct, the cabin is noisy, I even have a Tubi / Test pipe as well, when the windows are up and the AC on, its not bad at all, even when I have the windows down, I can hear the music pretty clear, the Focals are fantastic, its a four channel set up, and the Sub woofer really fills the cabin up, which , where it sits, kind of absorbs some of the cabin noise, I was pleasantly surprised when I first heard it , like it said, If you were to listen to it,( I am a bit of an audio file, most of my life), you would really like it.

Thank you

 

Side question...

So I know radio head units where a dealer fitted option in 328's but were the door speakers dealer fitted as well or factory fitted ?

If factory fitted what brand of speaker did they use?

 

I have no idea, except for the size speaker , the small hole can fit 3.5 to 4 inch, the bigger hole 6 to 6.5 . tweeters are 1.5 i believe .

Thank you

 

Hi Mark,

a) speakers were factory fitted into the doors of all 328 produced, and wired towards the center rack to receive a head unit, whether the car will get one later or not.
b) "Autosonik"; still available new.

Rgds

 

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I had my 328 original speakers rebuilt several months ago for $150 US in Florida: Nick Dorazio 330-758-6911

 

OEM part 61835200, available from the usual dealers in Ferrari spare parts, price new for instance from Maranello classic parts in the U.K = 66.97 GBP apiece, excluding VAT.
But they are not very good...

Rgds

 

First pic shows the back side of my speakers and 2nd the horrible condition of the front side. Sound was terrible of course. I also decided to have them repaired at 100 euro instead of replacing them by - no doubt better ones - non original.
3rd pic shows them after repair and the sound is back to what it was when new..............although I never use it
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(I believe) One issue that Menno's pictures illustrate is that the overall depth of the speakers can't be huge (so not every replacement would work).

 

I have had infinity for most of my ownership, the 6.5 s have lasted several years each, so I may have used 4 sets over the past 22 years, most 6.5 s will work in the 328 s door without a problem. The Focals are the best I have had yet, they can handle power and they sound fantastic, the Infinitys are very good as well, they just cannot handle the power that Im looking for. Pictures to follow now that I picked up my car today. Going back to the originals or anything alike would be a waste of time and money in my estimation .

Thank you

 

That was exactly my point but I than realized that the original speakers with the yellow Ferrari stickers should be kept and the sound quality should not be an issue since the real music is behind the passenger compartiment.