gf777 speaker upgrade

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Smeats

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A few weeks ago I picked up my 777 and I decided almost instantly it was going to get new speakers. Thw seller had 2 original Sharp bass woofers (but situated where the main drivers should be) and 2 new bass speaker that were 8 ohms.

here is a pic as It was.
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here are the speakers I got

Alpine sxe1725s

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They looked silver in the picture but are more white in colour
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they needed painted to be colour coded!
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so I liked the look of these EDGE ED306


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since I was aready in planning to paint the Alpines I wasn't bothered about the colour of the edge speaker cos if you're going to paint 2 peakers you might as well paint 4!

here they are after some painstaking masking and 3 layers of enamel chrome effect spray paint




these were pretty straight forward to fit the previous owner had modded the chassis to fit his big bass speakers but Personally I would have cut away part of the speaker surround instead and I had to rake dad's workshop for new screws and little washers for a more secure fit. Apart from that I took my time and every thing was soldered into place in just over an hour!

Here's how it looks now with it's new speakers installed!

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and Grills off
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systemaddict

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Gotta say that looks tons better than the original, the silver colour really sits well in that box :yes: if only today's speaker technology was around back in the day.
Job well done mate, now get a vid up as BeoSystem says :thumbsup:
 
Smeats

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Cpl-Chronic said:
nice!!! How does it sound?

Cpl
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Sounds totally Awsome ! Much better than the set up before. I love watching the new bass speakers jump in and out with a sharp thumping sound rather than a farty one and it can go pretty loud, the chasis gives in before the speakers! :stereo:
 
Smeats

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BoomboxLover48 said:
Nice! I would have left those speakers with the original burnt orange color!
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The colour was really cool but I don't think it would have looked right in my 777. I wanted to the classic looks and modern technology blended together!
 
Cpl-Chronic

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Smeats said:
As soon as I figure out how to upload a video to the interweb, I'll do it folks! :hmmm:
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Youtube makes it pretty easy. Just create an account & hit the upload button. Once you are on the Upload page, drag your vid file to the upload square & BAM!!! your vid is uploading....It'll even support 1080p vids....

Cpl
 
riker1068

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Totally looks kick ass. Are the edge speakers 8ohms as well? The outers, are you running them as 2 ways in addition to the original speakers?
 
Cpl-Chronic

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riker1068 said:
Totally looks kick ass. Are the edge speakers 8ohms as well? The outers, are you running them as 2 ways in addition to the original speakers?
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Being car speakers the norm would be 4 OHM all across. A lot of members have used 4 OHM alpines for their 777 upgrades. I wanted the max power out so I went with 2 OHM BOSE as you know & they work great but not as glossy new looking as the others....

Cpl
 
ford93

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Would have been nice to see the copper color before setting them up in silver.

I do like the look though really nice!! :cool:
 
Smeats

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Cpl is right, All four speakers are 4 ohms and the 2 outers are full range with their own tweeters run with the original tweeter speakers in place.

Question, I have two 4 ohm small Sony tweeters salvaged from a surround sound system and also tweeters from a VZ2000, would they make a good upgrade and should I run them with or instead of the original sharp ones? :huh:
 
BoomboxLover48

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ford93 said:
Would have been nice to see the copper color before setting them up in silver.

I do like the look though really nice!! :cool:
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I also made the same comment! That Cu color was stunning! Just love it!
 
Cpl-Chronic

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Smeats said:
Cpl is right, All four speakers are 4 ohms and the 2 outers are full range with their own tweeters run with the original tweeter speakers in place.

Question, I have two 4 ohm small Sony tweeters salvaged from a surround sound system and also tweeters from a VZ2000, would they make a good upgrade and should I run them with or instead of the original sharp ones? :huh:
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Hard to say if they would sound better, worse or the same. Too many tweeters will fark with stereo imaging tho & probably overbright. Also, you probably know that each tweeter has to have at least a single order filter capacitor to keep lower frequencies out & different crossover points will change the sound dramatically too. It's a lot to juggle & there is no short definite answer to your query. The fun & also frustrating part is the mix & match approach where you try different tweeters, different filters, etc to get the balance you want. I think it would be good to start by asking what is it about the sound that you don't like or want to change & then we can get a better handle on where to start.....

Cpl
 
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