E92 3-Series coupe subwoofers
Musicar BMW subwoofers for the E92 3-Series coupe are available in various configurations:
- Plug-and-play Add-a-Trunk-Subwoofer kits for Premium Sound systems – plugs into Logic 7, harman/kardon, and Enhanced Premium cars (all you need is hand tools!)
- Add-a-Trunk-Subwoofer kits for HiFi systems (these require four speaker-wire connections – not plug-and-play)
- Preloaded, tested subwoofers (using woofers we’ve validated as performing optimally in our enclosures)
- Unloaded enclosures (this product does not carry the Musicar Performance Guarantee)
E92 subwoofer packages
E92 Level One Top HiFi Add-a-Trunk-Subwoofer kits
These kits include everything you need except hand tools:
- Plug-and-play interface harness
- 250-watt, fan-cooled micro-sized amplifier
- 12″ high-performance subwoofer optimized for small sealed enclosures
- The E92 OE-Look corner-loading enclosure with acoustic polyfill
- Mounting bracket and hardware (uses existing sheet-metal opening)
- Amplifier power harness
This package is $995 installed here at our shop, and $895 not installed. Please contact us for details. Please let us know model year, model, and whether you have Sirius satellite radio, thanks. (NOTE – for M3 Enhanced Premium vehicles, an additional active interface is required – add $100.) Please contact us to place an order.
There are also Level Two and Level Three bass upgrades – contact us for details.
E92 Level Two Top HiFi Add-a-Trunk-Subwoofer kits
Upgrades the 12″ subwoofer to a higher-output model (does not have lower frequency response, just higher output) and a 400-watt micro-sized amplifier. Uses an integrated grille (not our OEM-look grille). $1395 installed at our shop, and $1295 not installed. Please contact us to place an order.
E92 Level One HiFi Add-a-Trunk-Subwoofer kits
This package is identical to the above Top HiFi package, but lacks the plug-and-play harness (instead, a pigtail harness is included). The installer will need to connect to the two speaker-wire pairs for the underseat woofers.
This package is $995 installed at our shop, and $850 not installed. Please contact us for details. Please let us know model year, model, and whether you have Sirius satellite radio, thanks. (NOTE – for M3 Enhanced Premium vehicles, an additional active interface is required – add $100.) Please contact us to place an order.
E92 Level One Subwoofer Module (loaded)
This is our Level One subwoofer in our E92 OE-Look enclosure. Rated for 250 watts of continuous power handling, it is a stellar sound-quality performer.
This module is $495 not installed, with OE-Look grille and speaker-wire harness with quick disconnect. Specify 2-ohm or 4-ohm load when ordering (also tell us your amplifier brand and model number). Please contact us to place an order.
E92 Level Two Subwoofer Module (loaded)
This is our Level Two subwoofer in our E92 OE-Look enclosure. Rated for 500 watts of continuous power handling, it is capable of reaching very high output levels.
This module is $595 not installed, with an integrated grille and speaker-wire harness with quick disconnect. Specify 2-ohm or 4-ohm load when ordering (also tell us your amplifier brand and model number). Please contact us to place an order.
E92 Musicar OE-Look unloaded enclosure
$450 unloaded, prewired, without a grille. Please contact us to place an order.
FAQ
Why just one woofer?
Well, our cars have 8″ midbass under the seat. For good, musical sound, we only need one subwoofer. One subwoofer lets us corner-load, which gets us extra output.
But I want lots of bass!
Then we may not be the solution. We can provide lots of bass, but our target is something more difficult to achieve – accurate, articulate, detailed sub-bass that integrates with the mid-bass from the underseat woofers.
Why do you have a 10″ woofer with the E90 sedan and the E82 coupe, but a 12″ woofer for the E92 coupe?
Well, the E90 sedan was first. We knew that we wouldn’t take away any cargo-floor area, nor would we block any of the trunk opening. With those parameters, the amount of volume available atop the battery cover is limited. We modeled it up and determined that we could use certain small-volume-optimized woofers and the results should be good. We tested, and had better results than we hoped for.
The E92 was next. We measured, and could not find a way to get an above-the-battery-cover enclosure with as much internal volume in the E92 as we did in the E90. We already felt that enclosures with less internal volume than the E90 would have performance limits. We already had some requests for a 12″ from some customers, so we modeled a 12″ enclosure replacing the battery door, rather than sitting atop it. It turned out that we were able to hit the dead center optimal volume for some very high-performance 12″ drivers.
The E82 enclosure was limited by height and by how far we wanted to protrude into the cargo area (as in, not at all). Again, a 10″ driver was optimal for the volume available.
Why do you say your subwoofer is corner-loaded? Aren’t all in-car subwoofers corner-loaded due to the cabin gain?
Yes, technically, they are – but as someone once said, “All in-car subwoofers are corner-loaded at some frequency, but the frequencies change with speaker position”. The response of this design works very, very well at the frequencies we care about – the sub-bass in the region that the underseat woofers can’t handle on their own.
