Hi all,
I have been through
this thread about speaker upgrade but it seems to focus on upgrading the sub which I’m not interested in.
I want to see if anyone has had success changing the speakers and tweeters in the doors? Ideally it would be a straight swap but quite honestly I’m not sure what I’m doing but I am sure some speakers would require more amplification; I just don’t know what the current (stock, non-meridian) system is outputting for power etc.
Also found a picture of someone who has taken their door panels off…. So, it’s definitely doable!
Many thanks
The amplifiers on very early in the production year EV6'S (2022MY EV6 (CV) vehicles produced from November 17, 2021 through February 15, 2022 ) have external amplifiers which are likely to fail. Affected cars were to have their audio systems inspected in different modes and update the ‘AMP’ software logic to improve noise and mute prevention logic, or to replace the AMP on some . Depending on the inspection results, the external AMP system software may need to be updated or the AMP may need to be replaced.
I was a First Edition preorder; my EV6 was produced in December 2021, and I took delivery on February 16, 2022. I'm definitely in the impacted group, and I'm currently waiting on the replacement amplifier.
EV6'S with this problem can exhibit all kinds of unintended problems, from blasting noise to dead silence. Most of the impacted cars have logic faults in the circuitry contained in the amplifier module which permanently MUTES the output of the rear channels. The easiest way to check for this is to go into the Sound settings and select Position. Center the Balance control on the bullseye (where everything should be equal).
Now move the balance to full front. Did you hear anything change? Now move the fader to full rear. Did you hear anything different? If you have the problem, you will hear the front speakers fade, but the rears will not change. This is because the logic circuits for the rear channels are permanently muted. Nothing you can do with the balance control will make the rears any louder. This doesn't just impact the subwoofer, ALL the rear speakers are muted.
If you are impacted, adding an amplifier to the subwoofer (or replacing it with a powered one) will improve the subwoofer output, but it won't correct the lack of output on the side mounted rear speakers. So taking this route is really a compromise, because the rear channels are still muted. In reality, you are merely amplifying a muted output for the sub, and leaving the other rear speakers muted. Even if you have taken matters in your own hands by adding an amplifier or totally replacing the subwoofer, (which does improve the sound), you still haven't addressed ALL the muted rear channels.
If you are one of the unlucky early owners, you really want to have this repair made so you can hear the Meridian system as was intended. Unfortunately, the replacement amplifiers are in short supply, so you may have to put up with the mediocre sound a little longer. But when it gets fixed, you will be amazed at the difference.
