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Old 01-14-2010, 02:35 AM
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RE: Advice for '95 SL500 owner please!

Hi Steve
The basic sound systems are quite similar to the earlier 126 and 124's, with some minor upgrades.

First thing to do is to upgrade the head unit and speakers.
Believe it or not, the factory amp in these are quite good actually.
With a new head unit and speaker upgrade, it will make a 100% difference.

As I said , first thing to upgrade is the head unit and speakers and then give your system a listen to and then make a decision if you want to upgrade the amp or not.

The factory amp does supply a good amount of power.

Enough power to drive almost anything out on the market today.

The factory speakers though, are still quite inadequate and very inefficient.

In my opinion, MB has never got the speaker and amp combo right.

The amps have always been well built, with lots of power, and the speakers just seem to be cheap units that distort and break up easily.

The best test to do with your car is to replace head unit and speakers, Leaving the factory amp intact, and take a drive with the top down and just make notes on how well it performs.

Its best to do two tests.
One with the top on, and one with it off.

The cars acoustics will most certainly change with the top off.

You will loose "reflected" sound, which makes the system seem louder than it actually is with the top off.

But with the right choice of speakers, this can be minimized.

I will be more than happy to help you in any way I can.

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Originally Posted by Gusfazekas View Post
I have posted a couple of questions on this part of the forum with NO replies.

I was happy to read your comments on the 124 and 126 vehicles.

Can you help me with my 129?

Aren't the previous vehicles somewhat similar to the 129?

I don't know but I would love to replace my head unit and rear mounted amp with another head unit/amp and be able to use the existing speakers/wires and power wires, do you have any idea if this is a good idea?

I'm somewhat savvy but I don't want to buy all of the items and find out later it won't work easily.
Thanks for your postings, they are appreciated.
Steve

Last edited by whunter; 06-25-2011 at 11:30 PM. Reason: spelling
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