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Yet another stereo question
Hi guys ive looked around and i get all sorts of answers to this but i thought maybe since some of the posts were pretty old i would get a fresh take. I just bought a 2007 SG and after opening the fairing up i see that the prev owner installed the boom 5 1/4 speakers with a Biketronics BT-444 amp.
I think the bike didnt sound all that good so i bought a pair of Polk DB-651S's and got them installed and ill be honest i didnt hear much difference between the Polks and the Booms. Is the problem the amp is just too small? Do you think i should just upgrade the amp to a higher watt one and keep the booms? or do both the amp and keep the Polks?
I think the bike didnt sound all that good so i bought a pair of Polk DB-651S's and got them installed and ill be honest i didnt hear much difference between the Polks and the Booms. Is the problem the amp is just too small? Do you think i should just upgrade the amp to a higher watt one and keep the booms? or do both the amp and keep the Polks?
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Hi guys ive looked around and i get all sorts of answers to this but i thought maybe since some of the posts were pretty old i would get a fresh take. I just bought a 2007 SG and after opening the fairing up i see that the prev owner installed the boom 5 1/4 speakers with a Biketronics BT-444 amp.
I think the bike didnt sound all that good so i bought a pair of Polk DB-651S's and got them installed and ill be honest i didnt hear much difference between the Polks and the Booms. Is the problem the amp is just too small? Do you think i should just upgrade the amp to a higher watt one and keep the booms? or do both the amp and keep the Polks?
I think the bike didnt sound all that good so i bought a pair of Polk DB-651S's and got them installed and ill be honest i didnt hear much difference between the Polks and the Booms. Is the problem the amp is just too small? Do you think i should just upgrade the amp to a higher watt one and keep the booms? or do both the amp and keep the Polks?
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And oh by the way. . . Those DB's only handle 60 watts RMS compared to the kickers @ 100 watts RMS.
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The Polk DB series is only rated at 60 watts. The Polk MM series are rated at 100 IIRC. I had the MM651's and liked how they sounded, but I had stalk failure on 3 different sets, so I tried Infinity 62.11's. Love them, and now have them in the fairing and the lowers. I recommend them.
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The Polk DB series is only rated at 60 watts. The Polk MM series are rated at 100 IIRC. I had the MM651's and liked how they sounded, but I had stalk failure on 3 different sets, so I tried Infinity 62.11's. Love them, and now have them in the fairing and the lowers. I recommend them.
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