HUGE VW T5 Audio System OVERHAUL | Behind The Sound: VW T5 Caravelle

Welcome to a NEW Series of Behind The Sound, following the HUGE Sound System overhaul on a VW T5 Caravelle van, with a complete refit of the sound system, and the addition of soundproofing throughout.
In any sound system, one of the most important details is soundproofing throughout the vehicle. Without soundproofing, you get rattles and resonations from door cards, cables and plugs, but also a lot of road noise. Soundproofing prevents this by adding a 3mm layer from Skinz to all available panel space. This also helps creates a better acoustic environment for the upgraded speakers, by altering the way sound resonates within the door itself.
In this T5, we have soundproofed the front doors fully. There are 3 layers to soundproof, and being a van, there is a large amount of sheet metal to deal with. The inner skin of the door, the middle layer housing the speaker and cables, and the door card itself have all been soundproofed. Additionally, the rear quarter panels of the van have been soundproofed, especially around the area where the rear speakers are placed.
For the audio upgrade itself, there is a significant overhaul of the audio components but also the amplification power being fitted. In the front end, Hertz Mille Legend ML280 tweeters which have been relocated flush into the A Pillars. The original tweeter location was in the dash, facing up towards the windscreen. This is very much a suboptimal location for tweeters, as the sound just bounces off the glass and around the cabin, losing direction. To make the tweeters more driver focused, they are flushed within the A pillars, which brings them much higher and creates a more directional sound. If desired, custom A Pillars could be fabricated to put tweeters even more on axis for the best performance possible.
Within the doors of the T5, we're fitting the Hertz Mille Legend ML 1800 drivers, which provide excellent mid-bass with the rollover design on the edge of the cone, which allows for a lot of excursion within the cone itself.
The front end is finished off utilising an Audison Prima 10" subwoofer which is fitted into a sub box designed to fit below the drivers seat. Being mounted on the floor in this way allows the bass to transmit very efficiently throughout the vehicle.
In the rear quarter panels, we are fitting the Hertz Mille Pro MPX 165 co-axial speakers, to fill in the audio in the rear of the vehicle. Co-Axial speakers have a tweeter built into the cone design, to give a good all in one sound for both high end clarity and also mid bass volume.
This system is all powered by 2 Audison amplifiers which are fitted below the passengers seat. An Audison AP 8.9 Bit runs alongside an AP F1D amplifier, providing 9 full channels of amplification, while also utilising the full 9 channels of processing power from the 8.9. This gives a huge amount of power across the system in a very compact form factor.
To control the tune of the system, there will be a DRC controller mounted below the factory radio in the dashboard, which allows the customer to change between audio preset's, to adjust sub volumes, and bias the system towards either the front or rear cabins.
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[@rajsooriah6965]

Sounds mega. Can’t wait to hear the clarity coming out of this system.

[@CambridgeCarAudio]

It does indeed :)

[@bbsniper9052]

The installation process is so good these days, you wouldn't know that there's a banging system on board. Great work 👏 👍 👌

[@CambridgeCarAudio]

Thank you 🙏