Source for jehnert doorboards in the US?

[Mejnoon]

I recently got my hands on a Mcintosh MX406 and I'm considering scrapping the Becker 1432 and doing a full install on my 500E.

I'm looking for a source for the Jehnert doorboards I've seen mentioned several times on this forum but I haven't found one in the US. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

 

[gsxr]

http://www.jehnert.de/en/distributors/

http://exquisite-marketing.com/

Let us know what the pricing is, if you get a quote from them. Just curious, what color are you looking for?

 

[Mejnoon]

http://www.jehnert.de/en/distributors/

http://exquisite-marketing.com/

Let us know what the pricing is, if you get a quote from them. Just curious, what color are you looking for?

Thanks Dave!

I've emailed exquisite marketing and I will post their response as soon as I receive it. I'm looking for a set in black.

 

[Mejnoon]

Don at Exquisite Marketing got back to me very quickly with some ballpark pricing - $1390 loaded, and ~$400 less unloaded. Thats for genuine leather and is a shipped price. I'll update with an exact number if I pull the trigger.

 

[gsxr]

That sounds like full retail - yikes. For ease of purchase, you might want to just get the loaded kit (which includes the crossovers). Remember if you get the Jehnert loaded setup, your amp should be 2-ohm stable, as they parallel the twin door woofers (4 ohm each, 2 ohm load to the amp). This kit likes power, so if you were going to run an amp bridged, that could be a problem... many amps on the market today are not 2-ohm rated in bridged mode.


That said... if you haven't seen this thread yet, check it out. This ERASE guy went seriously bonkers with his Jehnert install, after being disappointed with the Rainbows (mentioned in post 1):
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w12...87-erases-determined-w124-stereo-journey.html

I would love to try those Scan Speak 12M drivers in the dash, but eeek, they are not cheap. See posts 10 and 15 at the link above, he says they fit perfect in the 124 dash:
http://meniscusaudio.com/scan-speak-12m4631g-p-465.html

Note that I believe he is using the 12M for midrange only, with the Jehnert-supplied soft-dome tweeter. I would LOVE to see photos of this installation, and also hear what it sounds like. I don't have any info besides what's in the thread above, if you contact him and find out more, please share!

 

[Mejnoon]

That sounds like full retail - yikes. For ease of purchase, you might want to just get the loaded kit (which includes the crossovers). Remember if you get the Jehnert loaded setup, your amp should be 2-ohm stable, as they parallel the twin door woofers (4 ohm each, 2 ohm load to the amp). This kit likes power, so if you were going to run an amp bridged, that could be a problem... many amps on the market today are not 2-ohm rated in bridged mode.


That said... if you haven't seen this thread yet, check it out. This ERASE guy went seriously bonkers with his Jehnert install, after being disappointed with the Rainbows (mentioned in post 1):
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w12...87-erases-determined-w124-stereo-journey.html

I would love to try those Scan Speak 12M drivers in the dash, but eeek, they are not cheap. See posts 10 and 15 at the link above, he says they fit perfect in the 124 dash:
http://meniscusaudio.com/scan-speak-12m4631g-p-465.html

Note that I believe he is using the 12M for midrange only, with the Jehnert-supplied soft-dome tweeter. I would LOVE to see photos of this installation, and also hear what it sounds like. I don't have any info besides what's in the thread above, if you contact him and find out more, please share!

Thanks for the info and link - you weren't kidding, that is one serious install!

I've made the decision NOT to install this myself - I have no experience with audio installations and I have a penchant for breaking tabs when I pull door panels and what not. Luckily there is a very well respected shop fairly close to me - I've been in touch with them and I'm planning to have them complete the install. I'm thinking loaded panels are the way to go, but I'm going to email them the specs before I decide and seek their recommendation for an amp and the rest of the drivers.

I'm also looking in to motorizing the flip top armrest. My is broken like most (retainer tabs are broken, shock is blown, and the hinge is broken as well) but the box itself and leather are in excellent shape. It drives me crazy, and I know I'll never find one with all components intact and working.

 

[8899]

I've made the decision NOT to install this myself - I have no experience with audio installations and I have a penchant for breaking tabs when I pull door panels and what not. Luckily there is a very well respected shop fairly close to me - I've been in touch with them and I'm planning to have them complete the install. I'm thinking loaded panels are the way to go, but I'm going to email them the specs before I decide and seek their recommendation for an amp and the rest of the drivers.

Mejnoon - did you ever pull the trigger on the Jehnert doorboard speaker system and go through with the installation?

 

[Jlaa]

8899 / Menjoon - if you are still here, where did you end up purchasing the Jehnert doorboards? Exquisite? Elsewhere? I wish to buy a pair in mushroom / cream beige and load them up with Focal 6.5” woofers. Not sure what depth is avail in the doors. Thanks.

 

[8899]

I purchased my Jehnert kit from this place:

https://unexpectedcreations.com/

 

[Jlaa]

Bitte.

 

[maw1124]

I purchased my Jehnert kit from this place:

https://unexpectedcreations.com/

Greg, where did you place the amp to power these? Did they run one from the trunk or find space in the dash for a micro-amp?

maw

 

[8899]

Greg, where did you place the amp to power these? Did they run one from the trunk or find space in the dash for a micro-amp?maw

Trunk mounted amps

 

[Jlaa]

Trunk mounted amps

Thank you 8899!

May I ask, before you sold the car, how did you have the amplifiers configured? Were those 2 channel amps? Were you driving the 2x Jehnert 6.5" in parallel with one channel and then the dash mid/tweeter w/ with another channel?

I am thinking of mounting one Class D (small) 8 channel amp -- and putting it in a place that would be totally hidden -- like inside the spare tire/wheel cavity, or perhaps under a front seat. I wish not to change the looks of the car on casual inspection.

 

[gsxr]

There is very little space under the front seat, especially allowing for seat movement. Check out the space below the passenger airbag. Or if the amp is super thin / tiny, you could ditch the factory alarm module and use that area.

Routing wires into the spare tire well is difficult to do properly. I did this on my 300D, planning to lose the spare entirely and install 3 Soundstream Reference amps and a Phoenix Gold Tantrum Powergrid 10 Farad stiffening cap that looks like an amp. I cut holes to route the wires through chassis cavities, to keep everything hidden. There are a few pics on my website here. I cobbled it together with 2 amps to get tunes working for a road trip, and never did finish the final setup... still have all the stuff, would like to complete it some day. Might end up changing amps now that nobody repairs the Soundstreams anymore, and newfangled amps should offer better performance with less heat / space.

Side note: I wanted to bridge amp channels on a 4- or 6-channel amp to get a lot of power to the Jehnert doorboards, but most amps can't handle a 2-ohm load when bridged. The old-skool Soundstreams were stable to 1.0 ohms bridged. Almost nothing currently on the market will even do 2.0 bridged. Grumble.

 

[maw1124]

Right, so this is my issue. Even if you find a speaker level output to run an Audison Bit One off of, you have to find it likely in the trunk then disassemble the car to run it back to the speakers. If you’re going to do all that (or trunk mounted amps that require the same procedure), why would you ever keep that head unit. At that point, rip it all out and start with a clean sheet of paper (minus the speaker limitations, some of which the Jenherts solve).

maw

 

[Jlaa]

Right, so this is my issue. Even if you find a speaker level output to run an Audison Bit One off of, you have to find it likely in the trunk then disassemble the car to run it back to the speakers. If you’re going to do all that (or trunk mounted amps that require the same procedure), why would you ever keep that head unit. At that point, rip it all out and start with a clean sheet of paper (minus the speaker limitations, some of which the Jenherts solve).

maw

Because the BE1432 / Grand Prix 2000 is awesome. C'mon, it is so awesome that it hurts. Let me list out the ways that it is so indescribably glorious:

• Volume toggle with super-hard CLICK action. Professional grade clicking
• Cassette Player -- and not just ANY cassette player where you insert the cassette in by its side --- you insert the cassette TAPE SIDE IN. That's nearly unheard of. So unique.
• Asterisk button. WTF is an asterisk button?
• Bass and Treble buttons. In music notation. Because if you don't know what upper and lower register notes look like, then you don't deserve to operate this functionality.
• Absurd hieroglyphics. |<<R >>| 1->2 C'mon. You have to be intimately familiar with the operation of cassettes to know what this shit means. Repeat last song, skip to next song, and "auto reverse" .... except the actual words "auto reverse" is for pansies that buy Japanese electronic equipment. PSSHHHAAAWWW. That's the easy way out. 1-->2 is better.

This unit is "you need to know what you are doing in order to operate this equipment."

If you can't appreciate the awesomeness of this headunit, then you should go back to driving your 1986 Chevrolet Celebrity Eurosport and hauling your 2.5 kids and wife in it with its raging 3-speed automatic and 2.8 liter V6 cranking out 130hp. You're @2phast-grade-level trolling like when he was dissing cassettes and paper cone technology.

<written in big time jest>

 

[gerryvz]

I think you’re right on, JLaa. Actually I think the 1492 is even better save for the shitty volume knob.

 

[Jlaa]

I think you’re right on, JLaa. Actually I think the 1492 is even better save for the shitty volume knob.

The 1492 is not bad. Rotary Encoder Notwithstanding, the 1492, though, is for sideways cassette insertion lovers who lack an appreciation for Dolby C (unless its a double press for Dolby C? Then .... bonus points for the intentional vagueness) and get a headache from earlier models’ hieroglyphics, hence, the spelling out of “EJ,” “TRK,” “TAPE,” and “CD.” That said, the weather band functionality is a nice touch that the 1432 lacks.

 

[8899]

Thank you 8899!

May I ask, before you sold the car, how did you have the amplifiers configured? Were those 2 channel amps? Were you driving the 2x Jehnert 6.5" in parallel with one channel and then the dash mid/tweeter w/ with another channel?

I am thinking of mounting one Class D (small) 8 channel amp -- and putting it in a place that would be totally hidden -- like inside the spare tire/wheel cavity, or perhaps under a front seat. I wish not to change the looks of the car on casual inspection.

Pretty sure that one of the amps is running the both of the Jehnert doorboards and the other amp is running the dash setup (ScanSpeak mid-range speakers + Jehnert tweeters). My OWNER thread may have more specifics.

These threads are worth reading:

https://www.500eboard.co/forums/index.php?threads/stereo-retrofit-help.7598/
https://www.500eboard.co/forums/index.php?threads/oem-fit-speaker-options.1408/

 

[Jlaa]

EDIT --- for posterity --- As of 2019-July, Jehnert doorboards in cream-beige with the cutout for the door-light is $750, shipped --- from Don @ http://exquisite-marketing.com