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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 05:21 PM
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The UPS truck showed up today and I am in deep shix with my dragon. She called you guys on this forum names that I have never heard before!!!

Nonetheless, i researched the hell out of fairing speakers the last couple of weeks and it was a toss up between the BT7.1 or the ARC Moto 602 but then Haze's "group think" thread incited me to step outside of the box and pull the trigger on the Focal K2 KRC165. Glad I did!!! And I got a sick deal on them too!!!!

Will get out on the road again on Saturday and will get a good outside video at that point. Think I posted the Millie vid the other day so the attached vid is apples to apples regarding all settings to include vid venue.


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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 05:26 PM
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Sounds real good!

The Focal K2 KRC165 have always been a fan favorite. Expensive but excellent speaker choice.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 05:35 PM
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They were always out of my league price wise but when I saw them for $499, that is in the ball park parking lot of the other 2 end state fairing speakers options that were presented (BT & ARC) and cheaper than the BT7.1 Pro!!

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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 05:37 PM
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wow that sounds good!
 
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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Tailwind
They were always out of my league price wise but when I saw them for $499, that is in the ball park parking lot of the other 2 end state fairing speakers options that were presented (BT & ARC) and cheaper than the BT7.1 Pro!!

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Yea you got a real good deal on them.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 05:58 PM
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That's how you show off a system. I just went back and searched your first vid with this song, yeah this sounds so much clearer and louder and it's just a phone recording. I know people here will crack jokes on song choices but it's easy to make a dude with a guitar sound good and loud on a set of 6.5 speakers. Wanna have an impressive sound system on a bike make a vid with song that has a ton of bass AND can play loud AND capture that over a phone recording. Now that's a proper system!

Glad you cracked the code brother. When you get bored you'll have some 6X9's "inside" your bags.

see this thread:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/audio...or-lowers.html
 
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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 06:44 PM
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omg the bass is awesome! me wants this BAD!!!
 
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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 07:10 PM
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Great choice these guys are are loud and clear! I couldn't pop for retail price of KRC's either in good conscious. Bought a pair slightly used from a regular member on Chopped Baggers at great price. Could've kicked myself for not buying 2 sets he sold but happy I did snag 1 set.
 
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That sounds GREAT
I can't put my crate of oranges against those apples not right now.
If I sprung that kinda coin on speakers I would have to be sleeping on the scoot in the cold just sayin
 
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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 07:37 PM
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Is that bass coming from the fairing speakers or the lid speakers? If that is the fairing speakers producing that bass, I will be buying a set real soon! It sounds incredible man! Congrats!
 
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