Newbie help with system
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Road Captain
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Newbie help with system
I had a boom audio amp and stage 2 speakers put into my 2015 road glide. It sounds awful. The mids distort bad on a lot of songs. The dealership says just turn it down but that's not why I got a amp and speakers! I want full volume so it's clear as day at 80mph. Is it my amp or speakers that suck more? I don't have money to switch out both but really can't live with this system. Recommendations on changing to different speakers?
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Dump it all and start over. Those speakers cant handle a good amp, and that amp can't push good speakers.
Lots of good information on here from people a lot smarter than me. And here they come.
Lots of good information on here from people a lot smarter than me. And here they come.
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Road Captain
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Yeah I keep thinking something is wrong but the dealership says they can't find anything wrong but on a lot of songs the mids buzz so bad. I don't know anything about audio systems and I can tell you this sounds like crap
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I started to ask what bike but I now see its 2015 RG. You can change the speakers and amp on that system for about $400 bucks and it will sound 10X better. A Cerwin Vega B54 and 4 Polk MM651's or infinity kappas would solve your whole problem. If you don't have the cash at this present time you can help yourself by calling Biketronics and getting yourself a set of line levelers for your bike.
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Thanks Bro! Knowing those things always help!!
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Road Captain
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Standard road glide. No touch screen. Just doing fairing speakers right now. Saving for saddlebag speakers too. I want saddle bag vs tour pak speakers so that I don't lose my speakers when I take tour pak off. I could probably spend $6-700 and sale some of this boom audio stuff to get cash back
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Big Trucker,, sorry you found this forum too late, you can have a beautiful sounding system if you listen to these guys, click on the link in my signature... 15 RGS, (Same radio exactly, I just have the touch screen) That is 4 speakers, Bag lids and Faring, the tour pack ones are not hooked up yet.
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It looks very intimidating at first but myself and several others here have walked guys through it that have never had the fairing off before. There's a lot of support right here on this forum to get you through it if you're willing to take on the challenge.
