Meridian upgrade options?

[NavigatorNI]

I have a 2018 F type R and I have never been satisfied with the Meridian system. I have done some research and it strikes me that Jaguar did not commission a sound system unique to the F Type instead they simply used existing systems from existing models, specifically the x351 (XJ) 2010-2012 and I believe in some cases the Range Rover.
The x351 came with two systems, the standard and the premium, they fitted the standard speakers to all F Types, rather than use the premium ones.
I have acquired a full set of premium speakers for my car which comprises of 2x titanium tweeters, 2 x mid range 4” Kevlar coned speakers and 2x 8” premium Kevlar coned subwoofers. Total cost £278. I intended to use sound deadening dodo mat (20sqm) £29.99.
So £300 to upgrade. I will wait for warmer weather to do a good job of the sound insulation. Will keep you posted. Ludders

I'll be very interested to see how you get on. I have the basic system and am unimpressed with it. I've been following this and similar posts and am considering doing the same as you. I look forward to your update posts.

 

[ralphr1780]

I have a 2018 F type R and I have never been satisfied with the Meridian system. I have done some research and it strikes me that Jaguar did not commission a sound system unique to the F Type instead they simply used existing systems from existing models, specifically the x351 (XJ) 2010-2012 and I believe in some cases the Range Rover.
The x351 came with two systems, the standard and the premium, they fitted the standard speakers to all F Types, rather than use the premium ones.
I have acquired a full set of premium speakers for my car which comprises of 2x titanium tweeters, 2 x mid range 4” Kevlar coned speakers and 2x 8” premium Kevlar coned subwoofers. Total cost £278. I intended to use sound deadening dodo mat (20sqm) £29.99.
So £300 to upgrade. I will wait for warmer weather to do a good job of the sound insulation. Will keep you posted. Ludders

I'll be very interested to see how you get on. I have the basic system and am unimpressed with it. I've been following this and similar posts and am considering doing the same as you. I look forward to your update posts.

+1

 

[Rimbo]

Sorry, what's an ICE company?

 

[scm]

In Car Entertainment ....

 

[Lunar]

Oooh, "that" in car entertainment - gotcha :?

 

[davidd]

I have a 2018 F type R and I have never been satisfied with the Meridian system. I have done some research and it strikes me that Jaguar did not commission a sound system unique to the F Type instead they simply used existing systems from existing models, specifically the x351 (XJ) 2010-2012 and I believe in some cases the Range Rover.
The x351 came with two systems, the standard and the premium, they fitted the standard speakers to all F Types, rather than use the premium ones.
I have acquired a full set of premium speakers for my car which comprises of 2x titanium tweeters, 2 x mid range 4” Kevlar coned speakers and 2x 8” premium Kevlar coned subwoofers. Total cost £278. I intended to use sound deadening dodo mat (20sqm) £29.99.
So £300 to upgrade. I will wait for warmer weather to do a good job of the sound insulation. Will keep you posted. Ludders

You are wrong, it was designed for the Ftype. Obviously to JLR's requirements and budget.

 

[Jabbar1971]

Hi. I’m a new F Type owner. Collected my car on 30 December and have 380w system.

I’ve come out of a RR Velar where I had the 1600w system. The 380w system is ‘ok’ and I do regret not going for the 780w system.

I like my music so have always upgraded the sound system.

Anyhow, it’s my weekend car and glad that for my weekday Audi A3 I’ve gone for the B&O 750w system when it arrives in March 2021.

 

[badger]

although i love the soundtrack of my f type's exhaust there are times when i want to listen to some music, the standard ice system is pretty average so i would also be interested how the op gets on.

 

[Tel]

although i love the soundtrack of my f type's exhaust there are times when i want to listen to some music, the standard ice system is pretty average so i would also be interested how the op gets on.

You may be in for a long wait....the OP's topic is a couple of years old!

 

[badger]

although i love the soundtrack of my f type's exhaust there are times when i want to listen to some music, the standard ice system is pretty average so i would also be interested how the op gets on.

You may be in for a long wait....the OP's topic is a couple of years old!

:lol: :lol: have to look into it myself then!

 

[ludders62]

He won’t have a long wait, I’ve just acquired the premium speakers last week, just waiting for some good weather to do the sound deadening. Check YouTube for recent f type speaker upgrade. As for f type speaker xuniqueness, is it a coincidence that the 2010-2012 XJ (X351) speakers are an exact match with F Type, including OEM part number?

 

[scm]

As for f type speaker uniqueness, is it a coincidence that the 2010-2012 XJ (X351) speakers are an exact match with F Type, including OEM part number?

Yes. There's nothing to say that a system tailored fo rthe F-Type can't use existing components that meet the requirements - that makes sound commercial sense. No-one said the F-Type system was unique, just that Meridian tailored it to the car.

 

[ludders62]

Hi Guys
The weather was good today so I did my stage 1 upgrade. WOW, it reminded me of the first time I drove my f type, a massive smile, only now I’m doubling the grin. The improvement is like night and day, clarity of sound, impressive bass and significantly, I can max out the volume without any distortion. This upgrade is all I will ever need for my F Type R. Happy days.

 

[basher]

Hi Guys
The weather was good today so I did my stage 1 upgrade. WOW, it reminded me of the first time I drove my f type, a massive smile, only now I’m doubling the grin. The improvement is like night and day, clarity of sound, impressive bass and significantly, I can max out the volume without any distortion. This upgrade is all I will ever need for my F Type R. Happy days.

Nice one!

Just for clarity, as this is a long thread, can you summarise what you did. Thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys
The weather was good today so I did my stage 1 upgrade. WOW, it reminded me of the first time I drove my f type, a massive smile, only now I’m doubling the grin. The improvement is like night and day, clarity of sound, impressive bass and significantly, I can max out the volume without any distortion. This upgrade is all I will ever need for my F Type R. Happy days.

Sounds like a great upgrade for £300, something others on here would wish to do. Can you let us know where you sourced the premium speakers from?

 

[ludders62]

I used dodo mat to insulate the inner door skins, outer door frame and door card, then replaced the tweeters with titanium ones, replaced the mid range with Kevlar coned Jaguar OEMs and replaced the door subwoofers with Kevlar coned signature speakers. I have taken pictures but I’m usable to upload it to this forum.

 

[ludders62]

Pics of upgrade

 

[Philskill]

Nice Job and Thanks for the Pics, This is soooo tempting...

Interestingly I have the Surround Meridian 770, but the tweeters can be seen to be the lower spec, not with the curved propeller grills as in your picture.

 

[Jaguandy]

I've done the same. With the 770w I also changed the centre dash speaker. I'm not sure if it's due to resistance differences, but I find the centre speaker too loud in the surround mixes, so I'm using the stereo setting, which I am very pleased with. Maybe if you do yours you might want to consider an attenuator on the centre wiring?

 

[Rimbo]

Are there any companies that would do this for a reasonable price? I've searched a couple of times and the prices I get back are eye-watering to say the least! I'm rubbish at anything mechanical (apart from easy-peezy stuff), so would be loathe to try it myself. Ludderz62 you don't fancy earning some extra cash do you!??