can opt for some mid range HU/component set. else could get entry lvl HU/component set and maybe an amp to drive the component set too with a bit of top up.

2-way component set speakers have tweeters + mid bass and a passive crossover (frequencies filtering)
3 way has an added mid, and mid bass will be pushed to play lower frequencies mainly and have the mids do all the upper mid frequencies reproduction

folks active on this ICE forums and are highly recommended are EA autoworks (howiechoo, at bukit jalil area), Audio creations (carcrazy aka victor, at damansara ara NZX area)

then theres also KF audio at PJ aman suria area

wa if i receive commission from 3 shops, i ma damn rich?

ya so when you go to see howie tell him to gimme commission, lolz

Brand new you're looking the region of 2.5k and above. That's the non-esotar/esotec range. The 3-way is in the 5k price range. The highest end Esotec/esotar sell their speakers separately and the tweeter alone is 3k.

You rarely see this brand for sale 2nd hand too so I can't tell you how much these are.

Then get the Alpine Type-R or Type-X

Since u visit Howie, I think he have let u try domination or German maestro rite?

Going to visit Howie ^^ soon, car jsut arrived lululz

No my the car spec doesn't come with good speaker and head unit.
So as a audiophile it hurts to listen to this kind of music ><

Why dun you come for Nov tt, listen to a few types of speakers then decide?
At your range you have no reason to restrict yourself to alpine.

Well, he's not wrong and he's not right. Overpriced yes, no good not really. They sound good in their own right, but for the same money you can probably do better.

Your biggest issue now is finding the right fitment for your car door panels right? Some other brand speakers might not fit properly without some cutting.

Btw, since it's a beemer, do you have a budget for this upgrade? What amps you have in your car now? You should consider changing to the specially-designed-for-BMW aftermarket speakers. I can't remember what brands they are but they fit exactly where the original speakers are including subwoofer so those are probably fitment-perfect compared to Alpines or whatever.

What car racun you la? If you're gonna compare with a 12-speaker Mark Levinson setup in the Lexus or the Dynaudio setup in the Volvo, all I can say is good luck to you.

i think majority of mods won't involve cutting the door metal itself, typically just the door panel which are plastic/wood etc

B&O?

Forget about upgrading your car la. With that sort of restriction on your car and budget limitation there's no way you can do better than the B&O.

Eh... wait, whats your budget again?

Cutting the door panel, need to revert what for change door? Even stock speakers will benefit from the mods mah. Anyway, the BMW direct replacement I saw was from AudioSystem, not BSW. It's not as expensive in comparison but no way comparable with that B&O.

I've seem plenty of stock looking BMWs both new and old with awesome sound systems in CV Audio. They specialise in high end cars anyway, my Wira was one of the rare cheapass cars they deal with. Kinda awkward parking my car to a R35 or a Alphard.  Conti cars like yours already have pretty good sound proofing so that's already half the battle won.

Any comment about the pricing and service at CV Audio? Considering sending my Benz to either CV or KF in December once I'm done with my exams since both are quite close by, 10-15 minute drive for me.

CV has excellent aftersales service. I'd deal with Peter from CV Audio anyday over the rude folks in KF. But that was me, perhaps they've improved since back then.

CV are pros with high end cars so I'd be comfortable sending an expensive Merc or BMW to them anyday.

I've also seen a 5-series stripped down in EA Autoworks too so I'm guessing they know what they're doing too.

Sure good quality sound la. Highest line in maestro wor. The amp is Howie recommend to u 1 or?

Helo ICE sifus! super noob here looking for some advice/ recommendation for my car stock speaker upgrades. For me, the stock fiesta speaker is quite good already.. just looking to see if i can get more oomph out of the musics with minor upgrades.

Car : Ford Fiesta XTR hatchback

Music : more towards RnB, hip hop, dance/club music with loads of deeeep and wicked bass while still able to hear singing voices clearly (sorry i dont know the right term/jargons to explain this haha)

Budget: RM1k-2k for stock speaker upgrades only. depends on cost, might change all at one go or step by step

Looking to replace
x 2 stock front door panel speaker
x 2 stock door panel tweeter
x 2 stock rear door panel speaker

Setup type preferences: prefer to keep HU stock and only change the speakers. wouldn't want to have subwoofer at the back of the boot as i need the space to put stuff. preferably to keep the car as stock looking as possible

i have absolute distaste against underseat subs haha