'Ultimate Stereo Upgrade' Thread

[BadSquatch77]

Sorry for all the questions. How does it sound with just one 10"

Been a few weeks and it sounds awesome with the top and doors on, I’d give it an above average with top off and doors off. Here are a couple of pics from underneath.

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[Scotteasymoney]

Been a few weeks and it sounds awesome with the top and doors on, I’d give it an above average with top off and doors off. Here are a couple of pics from underneath.

I have the plug and play kit with the key 200.4 and 800x1 amps coming in Thursday. So far I replaced the dash with RF 4" with 300htx blockers and have the RF power series 6.75 in the kick panels. Haven't decided on a 10" or 12" sub yet or weather I want a down firing or back door mounted. Decisions decisions

 

[Scotteasymoney]

Been a few weeks and it sounds awesome with the top and doors on, I’d give it an above average with top off and doors off. Here are a couple of pics from underneath.

I love how bronco is on the box. For some reason when I saw it in position it looked bigger.

 

[kreuselh]

I originally was going with all Alpine S series (I already have most of it) but seriously considering buying all Audison Prima and run it through an Audio Control DSP. I trust the noise canceling Audio Control.

 

[fitterhappier]

I've been happy with the S-40s in the front. I've got Infinity Reference in the rear pods, but the plan is to install JL C2-650s (just the woofers) in the kick panels, put in the Key 200.4, and then the Kenwood under-seat sub. That should hopefully give me the improvement over stock that I'm after.

 

[Brock9281]

I've been happy with the S-40s in the front. I've got Infinity Reference in the rear pods, but the plan is to install JL C2-650s (just the woofers) in the kick panels, put in the Key 200.4, and then the Kenwood under-seat sub. That should hopefully give me the improvement over stock that I'm after.

Did you complete this?

 

[fitterhappier]

Did you complete this?

Speakers are in. Going to my audio guy to get quote/scheduling tomorrow. Stay tuned!

 

[ryanhuuu]

After 2 weeks I finally finished installing my 1000watt JVC amp, dual 12 inch kicker comp c in a 32/17/16 ported enclosure (with a bass knob), Pioneer 4inch TS-G400 in each dash corner and rear pods, and 6 3/4 inch Kicker 46CSS674 in the (ironically) kick panels. I hope the amp installment can give some ideas. Feel free to ask any questions.

 

[pjmezz13]

After 2 weeks I finally finished installing my 1000watt JVC amp, dual 12 inch kicker comp c in a 32/17/16 ported enclosure (with a bass knob), Pioneer 4inch TS-G400 in each dash corner and rear pods, and 6 3/4 inch Kicker 46CSS674 in the (ironically) kick panels. I hope the amp installment can give some ideas. Feel free to ask any questions.

Coaxial 4 inch dash under the component tweeter? How does that sound? Also, is that a 5 channel amp? Which speakers are being driven by the amp?

I also went with the Kicker tweeter mounted on the dash speaker grill. I'm thinking about removing them and just running the kicker 4 inch coaxials and the 6.5 inch components active in the front with the rear pods running off the factory radio.

 

[ryanhuuu]

Coaxial 4 inch dash under the component tweeter? How does that sound? Also, is that a 5 channel amp? Which speakers are being driven by the amp?

I also went with the Kicker tweeter mounted on the dash speaker grill. I'm thinking about removing them and just running the kicker 4 inch coaxials and the 6.5 inch components active in the front with the rear pods running off the factory radio.

I did the 4 inch 2 way because of how excluded the kick panels are, I suprisingly get pretty good mid range from those and it pairs very nicely with the tweeter pushing those highs, I originally didn’t have the tweeter mounted and noticed I was lacking a lot of highs even with the 2 way. And it is a 5 channel amp. I have 1 channels powering both rear pods. One channel powering the dash speakers. And the other 2 powering the kick panels. And then the sub channel.

 

[Mborkow31]

Hey guys, check out Sound Good Stereo. I was just chatting with them on their site and they are pondering signing up here to advertise. They are also pondering making these sweet dash kits to sell. Hit them up on their chat to encourage them to do so!

 

[B A C N O W]

Hey guys, check out Sound Good Stereo. I was just chatting with them on their site and they are pondering signing up here to advertise. They are also pondering making these sweet dash kits to sell. Hit them up on their chat to encourage them to do so!

Yeah, i saw their 3 part Youtube Video! That system was insane! I would love to purchase a two way prefabbed dash kit from them! I’m going to have to hit them up!

 

[fitterhappier]

Did you complete this?

Finally got everything installed! I have to echo every single other post on the forum in regards to the Kicker Key 200.4 - it's an absolute game-changer of an amp. Transforms the sound/imaging/soundstage; can't say enough good things about it.

Ended up swapping the front speakers at the 11th hour since I realized that those are going to be the ones I hear the most. Went with Audiofrog GS42s - happy I made the switch, but they need to be broken in a little bit more before they really start sounding good (I had some Focals in my last car that were the same).

Perfectly happy with the sub as well. Doesn't shake the earth but it adds in that last little bit of low frequency that I was missing. My kick panel speakers provide a decent amount of bass, but the sub really balances it out.

Also really glad that I added polyfill to all the speaker cavities - things sounded a bit hollow without it.

So the setup is:

Front Dash - Audiofrog GS42 (600hz bass blockers)
Front Kick - JL C2-650 (woofer, not coaxials)
Rear - Infinity Reference 4032CFX (300hz bass blockers)
Amp - Kicker Key 200.4
Sub - Kenwood KSCSW11

 

[Brock9281]

Finally got everything installed! I have to echo every single other post on the forum in regards to the Kicker Key 200.4 - it's an absolute game-changer of an amp. Transforms the sound/imaging/soundstage; can't say enough good things about it.

Ended up swapping the front speakers at the 11th hour since I realized that those are going to be the ones I hear the most. Went with Audiofrog GS42s - happy I made the switch, but they need to be broken in a little bit more before they really start sounding good (I had some Focals in my last car that were the same).

Perfectly happy with the sub as well. Doesn't shake the earth but it adds in that last little bit of low frequency that I was missing. My kick panel speakers provide a decent amount of bass, but the sub really balances it out.

Also really glad that I added polyfill to all the speaker cavities - things sounded a bit hollow without it.

So the setup is:

Front Dash - Audiofrog GS42 (600hz bass blockers)
Front Kick - JL C2-650 (woofer, not coaxials)
Rear - Infinity Reference 4032CFX (300hz bass blockers)
Amp - Kicker Key 200.4
Sub - Kenwood KSCSW11

Are you running all 6 speakers to amp? Is sun powered so no need for amp?

 

[fitterhappier]

Are you running all 6 speakers to amp? Is sun powered so no need for amp?

Yep - The Kicker Key is powering all six speakers. I thought about possibly bi-amping the fronts only and leaving the rears powered off of the factory head unit, but decided against it. The sub is powered as well.

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