Bang for the buck
Bang for the buck
Decisions, decisions...Still trying to decide on what to do to upgrade my stereo (for those of you who helped in my earlier post).
In trying to think this through I had not thought about more than two speakers on my Street glide until now. I have not been able to hear a system with added speakers. So IF I was going to add two more speakers what makes the best upgrade, two in the lowers or in the bag lids? Do speakers in either location make a big difference over just the ones in the batwing?
I am looking at Biketronics for the speakers and amp, but obviously I only want to do this one more time, but I will have to upgrade the HU later on.
Anyone know or heard the difference between the 7.1 and the 7.1 pro? Thanks for taking the time to help answer my newbie audio questions.
In trying to think this through I had not thought about more than two speakers on my Street glide until now. I have not been able to hear a system with added speakers. So IF I was going to add two more speakers what makes the best upgrade, two in the lowers or in the bag lids? Do speakers in either location make a big difference over just the ones in the batwing?
I am looking at Biketronics for the speakers and amp, but obviously I only want to do this one more time, but I will have to upgrade the HU later on.
Anyone know or heard the difference between the 7.1 and the 7.1 pro? Thanks for taking the time to help answer my newbie audio questions.
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Decisions, decisions...Still trying to decide on what to do to upgrade my stereo (for those of you who helped in my earlier post).
In trying to think this through I had not thought about more than two speakers on my Street glide until now. I have not been able to hear a system with added speakers. So IF I was going to add two more speakers what makes the best upgrade, two in the lowers or in the bag lids? Do speakers in either location make a big difference over just the ones in the batwing?
I am looking at Biketronics for the speakers and amp, but obviously I only want to do this one more time, but I will have to upgrade the HU later on.
Anyone know or heard the difference between the 7.1 and the 7.1 pro? Thanks for taking the time to help answer my newbie audio questions.
In trying to think this through I had not thought about more than two speakers on my Street glide until now. I have not been able to hear a system with added speakers. So IF I was going to add two more speakers what makes the best upgrade, two in the lowers or in the bag lids? Do speakers in either location make a big difference over just the ones in the batwing?
I am looking at Biketronics for the speakers and amp, but obviously I only want to do this one more time, but I will have to upgrade the HU later on.
Anyone know or heard the difference between the 7.1 and the 7.1 pro? Thanks for taking the time to help answer my newbie audio questions.
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Ideally you want to add both. But since you only want to add two more speakers the most bang for the buck is going to be in the lowers so all of the sound is in your face rather than behind you. Not a lot of difference between the PRO's and the regular 7.1's but there is a difference. The PRO's are crisper and generate a little more bass than the 7.1's. Is it worth the extra cash? It was to me. I want the best speakers available in my fairing and the PRO's are it hands down. Run the PRO's in the fairing and the titan II's in the lowers with the BT4180 amp. Hard combo to beat.
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No you will not lose FM with either.
The BT2180 will be good for 2 upper and 2 lower fairing speakers if running 4ohm speakers in parallel, but for the money I would just go with the BT4180 and then you can run 4 or 6 or even 8 speakers, this amp is better if you ever expand in the future.
The BT2180 will be good for 2 upper and 2 lower fairing speakers if running 4ohm speakers in parallel, but for the money I would just go with the BT4180 and then you can run 4 or 6 or even 8 speakers, this amp is better if you ever expand in the future.
I know I need speaker adaptors to put speakers into the lowers, do I need anything else? Is there a better brand or place to purchase the adaptors?
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What do you mean 'adapters' for the lowers? You need speaker pods yes, but no other adapter that I'm aware of. Do you already have lowers with glove boxes?
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Yes I have vented lowers with the glove boxes, I was trying to refer to the "pods" not adaptors, wrong terminology.
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