2014 FLHXS "need help"
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2014 FLHXS "need help"
I have a 2014 FLHXS and have POOR audio. I switched out my Infinity Reference speakers for some Kappas (62.11i). The bass is really bad with the new speakers. I have a magic box and a RF PBR300x2 with the gain set at about 6. The bass even sounds bad at 3 or 4 bars not just turned up. I bought a CW B2 and it has the same problem. The sound form the reference speakers was much better. Is it possible using the wrong speaker polarity could cause this? I haven't done a flash to the factory radio for what it is worth. Thanks for any ideas.
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I have a 2014 FLHXS and have POOR audio. I switched out my Infinity Reference speakers for some Kappas (62.11i). The bass is really bad with the new speakers. I have a magic box and a RF PBR300x2 with the gain set at about 6. The bass even sounds bad at 3 or 4 bars not just turned up. I bought a CW B2 and it has the same problem. The sound form the reference speakers was much better. Is it possible using the wrong speaker polarity could cause this? I haven't done a flash to the factory radio for what it is worth. Thanks for any ideas.
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I'm not positive the polarity is correct the reference speakers connect differently than these Kappas do. It's hard to check with the pods installed.. No holes cut in the pods. I guess I can pull the fairing off put the CV B2 back in and reverse the polarity after the amp and give it a listen.
Edit: BTW the Highs seem very crisp. with the lack of good bass almost too crisp! lol
Edit: BTW the Highs seem very crisp. with the lack of good bass almost too crisp! lol
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I'm not positive the polarity is correct the reference speakers connect differently than these Kappas do. It's hard to check with the pods installed.. No holes cut in the pods. I guess I can pull the fairing off put the CV B2 back in and reverse the polarity after the amp and give it a listen.
Edit: BTW the Highs seem very crisp. with the lack of good bass almost too crisp! lol
Edit: BTW the Highs seem very crisp. with the lack of good bass almost too crisp! lol
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I haven't been able to get the fairing off and mess around with it yet. Too busy at work. Hopefully Saturday morning. We went to a rally last weekend and kept the volume really low cause I was not happy with the sound! THAT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE! I'm also going to see if maybe BT will sell just a pair of speaker mounts just not a fan of these pods.
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I haven't been able to get the fairing off and mess around with it yet. Too busy at work. Hopefully Saturday morning. We went to a rally last weekend and kept the volume really low cause I was not happy with the sound! THAT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE! I'm also going to see if maybe BT will sell just a pair of speaker mounts just not a fan of these pods.
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UPDATE!
I just spent over 3 hours in the garage working on this and I can say that there has been progress! I started by checking the polarity of the PBR300 to the Kappas and it was correct so that wasn't the issue. I turned the gain down on the amp to no avail. So I drilled 2 holes on the pods and low and behold the buzzing stopped. Got it to sound pretty good then I decided to put the Cerwin Vega B2 amp in. It sounds better! I am running it on the HP setting with just a bit of the low frequency omitted. IT REALLY CRANKS! If you cover the 2 holes I drilled in the pods the buzzing (distortion) during the bass will come back. There is a ton of air coming out of the holes! Definitely going to get a set of the BT mounts! I would still be tuning it but the wife said her and the neighbors have had enough. I have attached a photo of tonight's work. Thanks for all of the input!
I just spent over 3 hours in the garage working on this and I can say that there has been progress! I started by checking the polarity of the PBR300 to the Kappas and it was correct so that wasn't the issue. I turned the gain down on the amp to no avail. So I drilled 2 holes on the pods and low and behold the buzzing stopped. Got it to sound pretty good then I decided to put the Cerwin Vega B2 amp in. It sounds better! I am running it on the HP setting with just a bit of the low frequency omitted. IT REALLY CRANKS! If you cover the 2 holes I drilled in the pods the buzzing (distortion) during the bass will come back. There is a ton of air coming out of the holes! Definitely going to get a set of the BT mounts! I would still be tuning it but the wife said her and the neighbors have had enough. I have attached a photo of tonight's work. Thanks for all of the input!
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2014 FLHXS "need help"
I ended up cutting 3" holes and adding a little polyfill. I'm happy so far, but i could see going the bracket route in the future if and when i over haul things.