Reckless Fairing fully equiped or equip myself
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Reckless Fairing fully equiped or equip myself
I've done the forum search but frankly there's too many threads for me to sort through to find the answer I'm looking for so I'm starting a new thread.
I'm adding a Reckless fairing to my Heritage.
I've decided to include with the purchase (Reckless installed) four 5.25 Polk audio speakers and the Infinity INFPRV250 Bluetooth Head unit.
What I'm trying to figure is whether or not to go ahead and have Reckless add the Rockford PBR300X4 amp at a cost of an additional $285.
I can get the PBR300X4 with an install kit off Amazon for around $180 but obviously I'll have to install it myself which is well within my abilities but perhaps not within my desires.
So my questions;
1) Should I let Reckless install the PBR300X4 for the additional $95 and make the new fairing pretty much plug and play?
2) Should I install the PBR300X4 myself and save the $95?
3) Should I go with a different amp all together? (note I'm already spending more money than I want on the fairing so spending more than around $300 for another amp will be unlikely.)
4) Not related to the amp; should I go with the Sony head unit (saving $90) due to it's a standard size stereo?
If needed to be replaced in the future I could just pull it out and replace it while the Infinity system is kind of unique and might be hard to find a replacement that fits the fairing if it failed.
Note, I currently have Harley Boom audio and it's OK, but if I'm going to add money to the fairing for a stereo I want to be able to have relatively good sound at 70 mph so I think some type of amp is needed.
Thanks in advance for any opinions.
I'm adding a Reckless fairing to my Heritage.
I've decided to include with the purchase (Reckless installed) four 5.25 Polk audio speakers and the Infinity INFPRV250 Bluetooth Head unit.
What I'm trying to figure is whether or not to go ahead and have Reckless add the Rockford PBR300X4 amp at a cost of an additional $285.
I can get the PBR300X4 with an install kit off Amazon for around $180 but obviously I'll have to install it myself which is well within my abilities but perhaps not within my desires.
So my questions;
1) Should I let Reckless install the PBR300X4 for the additional $95 and make the new fairing pretty much plug and play?
2) Should I install the PBR300X4 myself and save the $95?
3) Should I go with a different amp all together? (note I'm already spending more money than I want on the fairing so spending more than around $300 for another amp will be unlikely.)
4) Not related to the amp; should I go with the Sony head unit (saving $90) due to it's a standard size stereo?
If needed to be replaced in the future I could just pull it out and replace it while the Infinity system is kind of unique and might be hard to find a replacement that fits the fairing if it failed.
Note, I currently have Harley Boom audio and it's OK, but if I'm going to add money to the fairing for a stereo I want to be able to have relatively good sound at 70 mph so I think some type of amp is needed.
Thanks in advance for any opinions.
Last edited by Bluraven; Sep 7, 2015 at 11:49 AM.
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Option 3. You don't want the PBR300X4 amp. Not a very good amp. Plug and play is a myth. You or whomever sets up your system will still have to run power and ground to the battery. No plug and play there. You want to purchase the Cerwin Vega B2 amp and run your 4 ohm polk speakers in parallel. (I assume they are 4 ohm speakers) Much better sound going down the highway.
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Option 3. You don't want the PBR300X4 amp. Not a very good amp. Plug and play is a myth. You or whomever sets up your system will still have to run power and ground to the battery. No plug and play there. You want to purchase the Cerwin Vega B2 amp and run your 4 ohm polk speakers in parallel. (I assume they are 4 ohm speakers) Much better sound going down the highway.
Would it be better to go with the "Cerwin B4" and run all four speakers through their own channel or stay with the B2 in parallel?
The price is not much different between the two.
I'm not a audio guru but if I read the specs right, the B2 in parallel puts out more watts than the B4 with independent channels.
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Thanks for the input.
Would it be better to go with the "Cerwin B4" and run all four speakers through their own channel or stay with the B2 in parallel?
The price is not much different between the two.
I'm not a audio guru but if I read the specs right, the B2 in parallel puts out more watts than the B4 with independent channels.
Would it be better to go with the "Cerwin B4" and run all four speakers through their own channel or stay with the B2 in parallel?
The price is not much different between the two.
I'm not a audio guru but if I read the specs right, the B2 in parallel puts out more watts than the B4 with independent channels.
With the B4 your speakers are going to be getting 80 watts per speaker which might be a good thing if your speakers are not rated very high. It would help to know exactly what your 4 polks are rated. I think with the 5.25 polks that come with that fairing You might be better off with the B4 now that I think about it.
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Well I placed my fairing order today and decided not to go with the Rockford amp.
Once I get the fairing I'll probably get either the Cerwin B2 or B4 depending what's in the fairing for speakers.
Thanks all for the responses.
Once I get the fairing I'll probably get either the Cerwin B2 or B4 depending what's in the fairing for speakers.
Thanks all for the responses.
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If your fairing has what is in most Reckless Fairings they'll be the Polk DB521's. I ordered my fairing from them stripped down but w/ the 4 5 1/4 cutouts and the single DIN radio cut out. If I had it to do over I'd do the 6x9's instead. I'm actually thinking about filling in the 5 1/4 cutouts and recutting them for 6x9's.
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If your fairing has what is in most Reckless Fairings they'll be the Polk DB521's. I ordered my fairing from them stripped down but w/ the 4 5 1/4 cutouts and the single DIN radio cut out. If I had it to do over I'd do the 6x9's instead. I'm actually thinking about filling in the 5 1/4 cutouts and recutting them for 6x9's.
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As long as I hear it at 70 mph I'm good.
You might could call them and find out what a new inner piece will cost you.
Since you can buy a complete blank setup for $350 I imagine an inner piece shouldn't cost more than $150.
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I hear you but I like the look of the four 5.25" speakers over the 2 6X9s.
As long as I hear it at 70 mph I'm good.
You might could call them and find out what a new inner piece will cost you.
Since you can buy a complete blank setup for $350 I imagine an inner piece shouldn't cost more than $150.
As long as I hear it at 70 mph I'm good.
You might could call them and find out what a new inner piece will cost you.
Since you can buy a complete blank setup for $350 I imagine an inner piece shouldn't cost more than $150.
The "" Look"" is the same reason I chose the 5 1/4's as well and no problems hearing it running 70mph down the interstate even with the economical system I started off with consisting of the 4 Polk DB521's and the RF PBR300X4.
Better bass response was/is my original reason for considering going to 6X9's, and you are correct, I had already called Reckless and they will sell just the inner fairing.
I've since decided to change a few things around and am slowly replacing speakers and amp as the budget allows instead.
Martin
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After speaking to a fellow member who has the exact same setup I'm getting I decided to go ahead and add the Rockford amp.
Sure there are those who feel there is a better amp out there for the price and they may be right but not being an audio guru, I just as well pay someone else to set everything up.
There goes my beer money
I did save $75 on shipping because I'm picking up the fairing on the 24th as I pass through the area on the way back from vacation.
Sure there are those who feel there is a better amp out there for the price and they may be right but not being an audio guru, I just as well pay someone else to set everything up.
There goes my beer money
I did save $75 on shipping because I'm picking up the fairing on the 24th as I pass through the area on the way back from vacation.
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After speaking to a fellow member who has the exact same setup I'm getting I decided to go ahead and add the Rockford amp.
Sure there are those who feel there is a better amp out there for the price and they may be right but not being an audio guru, I just as well pay someone else to set everything up.
There goes my beer money
I did save $75 on shipping because I'm picking up the fairing on the 24th as I pass through the area on the way back from vacation.
Sure there are those who feel there is a better amp out there for the price and they may be right but not being an audio guru, I just as well pay someone else to set everything up.
There goes my beer money
I did save $75 on shipping because I'm picking up the fairing on the 24th as I pass through the area on the way back from vacation.