DBS Footwell speakers

[A-DBS]

Hey Guys,

This is my first time writing after I asked about purchasing advice a while back for a 2010 DBS Volante. Got the car and have done about 600 miles in it so far. No surprises so far apart from what I already knew before I got it. Its a joy to drive around in and brings wide grins like this

After pulling out a certin circuit braker its not often I listen to load music while driving anymore. but yesterday I noticed that my footwell speakers were rattling when plying loud music at cirtan base tones ( volume above 70-75% ). Decided to remove the covers and it was a bit nasty

Looking around for solutions? Refoaming maybe? What do u guys think?

[Gday2]

Replacing the speaker is the cure, the membrane is broken. I can‘t tell the size from the pict but if it is 10cm Focal Pc-100 are a very good choice and should fit. I replaced the original speakers in my V8V with them as well as some others did. Love them.

Cheers

Christian

[RichB]

I wonder what happened to it to do that? It's well knackered...

[A-DBS]

Gday2 said:

Replacing the speaker is the cure, the membrane is broken. I can‘t tell the size from the pict but if it is 10cm Focal Pc-100 are a very good choice and should fit. I replaced the original speakers in my V8V with them as well as some others did. Love them.

Cheers

Christian

They are 140mm B&O woofers , a bit hard to find something that will fit in the box. I orderd new rubber rings and will try to fix them.

Thx for the suggestion though.

[A-DBS]

RichB said:

I wonder what happened to it to do that? It's well knackered...

Hot dry weather maybe? I’m in Riyadh and summers are 45 degrees C.

Had the car for 3 month now and just discovered it the other day when playing something very loud at almost max volume. Anyway should be easy to fix with new rubber rings

[Gday2]

140mm is a very odd measurement, normal measures are 100, 165,
Well you never stop learning.

[divetheworld]

Gday2 said:

140mm is a very odd measurement, normal measures are 100, 165,
Well you never stop learning.

130mm (5 1/4") is likely a good fit. Otherwise as Christian states (Focal) will make an actual improvement. Honestly, the B&O woofers aren't worth fixing.
Polishing a

[A-DBS]

The word impovement had me! So Focal PC130 it is then...

[A-DBS]

divetheworld said:

130mm (5 1/4") is likely a good fit. Otherwise as Christian states (Focal) will make an actual improvement. Honestly, the B&O woofers aren't worth fixing.
Polishing a

Now u got me in to it. As I’m replacing the woofers do you guys think the focal utopia BE 13WS would be a good option or should i just stick with the pc130?

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[divetheworld]

A-DBS said:

Now u got me in to it. As I’m replacing the woofers do you guys think the focal utopia BE 13WS would be a good option or should i just stick with the pc130?

It’s all about the depth of the B&O enclosure. It’s a sealed enclosure so the driver will be less loud for each watt pit in but much tighter in sound.
You don’t need hundreds of watts of capability, I think a 100wRMS (ish) element will suffice. Just check the mounting depth.
Focal, Morel, Hertz, Rainbow etc are all good.
If the depth is real shallow, Focal do a shallow range.
Also, the driver is stand alone, no tweeter. You want a component driver.
The last time I did this, I bought a full 2 way component set and had some nice tweeters and crossovers left over to use elsewhere.

Edited by divetheworld on Wednesday 15th August 10:29