One Amp or two?
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I fit one above and one below a std marine Kenwood head unit KMR M318BT. The amp below does not touch the head unit at all, the amp above does come in contact since it sits on the back third so I placed a thin piece of rubber between them. It’s a Reckless faring.
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I just saw on Rockford's website where they say the TM400x4ad uses "class AD technology" whatever that means. Maybe that is why it sounds so good for the rated power. If I had the space I would have just put a PN4.1000d in there, but that is a big difference in size.
I have tinkered with the idea of putting the RF in the fairing to drive the front four speakers that don't need as much power and maybe putting an ARC 600.4 in the saddlebag, but those things are crazy expensive and I don't have any experience with them.
Does the ARC get as hot as the Rockford?
I have tinkered with the idea of putting the RF in the fairing to drive the front four speakers that don't need as much power and maybe putting an ARC 600.4 in the saddlebag, but those things are crazy expensive and I don't have any experience with them.
Does the ARC get as hot as the Rockford?
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Yeah, they are solidly mounted for sure. Nothing will be moving around in there that is for sure. My biggest concern was heat and why the overkill with mostly 4 gauge. Can’t hurt and I got it all to fit through the channel under the tank so that was good...and I know quite a bit more about my bike now. And since I run my tunes from now phone through the Bluetooth to the head unit, I found a hand button made by Satechi for pause, play, advance, volume to avoid having to mess with the phone or hu while riding
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so I have both running now, they are pretty close in size and power slightly more power in the Focal. They both use the same heatsync so footprint is just about the same. $640 for the Arc $800 for the Focal but they sold me the Focal for $640 as well since they only had one Arc and not two. Heat is the same, both run warm but not hot. Very comparable, can’t go wrong with either one.
