Lower speaker question again...
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From: Lake, Ms
Originally Posted by DLennartz
Thanks Mike, but do you seriously think the $215.99 Hertz SV 165.1 designed for automobile SPL contests basically just to play loud will equal the SQ of my $600.00 component set? I would feel really bad if they did. So no I never tried replacing my $600 set of Hertz with a $200 set and expecting the sound quality to improve, lol
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Your $600 components wasn't designed for bike audio either. Just as the majority of the speakers most use aren't either. The plain and simple fact is that a component setup no matter who makes it or how much it costs, is not an effective speaker in the lowers. Especially when you consider cost versus return. Unless you do most of your riding in a parking lot or around the neighborhood doing less than 30 mph, the simple fact is, a properly tuned PA (public address) speaker will outplay your $600 components in the lowers at highway speeds any day of the week.
Last edited by DLennartz; Dec 28, 2018 at 04:15 PM.
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Originally Posted by DLennartz
i respectfully disagree. 1/4 volume at 80 mph and my 1000 watt 8 speaker system sounds phenomenal. PA speakers are crude and loud and cheap for competition not for a high quality sound system. My ice cream man in the 50s had a PA system on his 53 Ford panel truck, lol
You're running 2 Hertz component sets, a Hertz coaxial in your tourpack and I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're running a Hertz 6x9 coaxial in your lids and you're pushing it all with 2 RF400/4's. Brother, you have no idea what "Phenomenal" sounds like. I bet the guy that did your install said that's what it would be didn't he.
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And I wasn't born yesterday. I've been at this a while as well as several others here and I know what it takes to build a good sounding system.
You're running 2 Hertz component sets, a Hertz coaxial in your tourpack and I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're running a Hertz 6x9 coaxial in your lids and you're pushing it all with 2 RF400/4's. Brother, you have no idea what "Phenomenal" sounds like. I bet the guy that did your install said that's what it would be didn't he.
You're running 2 Hertz component sets, a Hertz coaxial in your tourpack and I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're running a Hertz 6x9 coaxial in your lids and you're pushing it all with 2 RF400/4's. Brother, you have no idea what "Phenomenal" sounds like. I bet the guy that did your install said that's what it would be didn't he.
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Only when your sitting still without your motor running in your garage. When wind is rushing past your ears at 80 mph and your pipes are screaming at 3000 rpm an addition set of tweeters aimed in the right direction ads tremendously to the volume and SQ of your front sound stage. Ive tried it both ways. There is no comparison.
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From: Lake, Ms
Originally Posted by DLennartz
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Originally Posted by DLennartz
Thanks Mike, but do you seriously think the $215.99 Hertz SV 165.1 designed for automobile SPL contests basically just to play loud will equal the SQ of my $600.00 component set? I would feel really bad if they did. So no I never tried replacing my $600 set of Hertz with a $200 set and expecting the sound quality to improve, lol
It's far more than the price tag that takes a sled audio system to the next level. And I'm a fan of Hertz.
T
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Component speaker systems have their place and I will have to agree with bates they dont belong in the lowers as component speakers using a passive network take alot more power to be efficient/ effective.
A properly tuned high efficiency speaker will be leaps ahead of a component in the lower fairing with sound quality and volume.
If you have time in your June schedule head to the Midwest Meet and Greet or if you cant make that if you are in the northern part of Illinois hit me up and I will meet you for a beverage or 2 and let you have a listen to my system and I can probably get a few other HDF members in the area to join us.
Just a few suggestions and my 2 pennies
A properly tuned high efficiency speaker will be leaps ahead of a component in the lower fairing with sound quality and volume.
If you have time in your June schedule head to the Midwest Meet and Greet or if you cant make that if you are in the northern part of Illinois hit me up and I will meet you for a beverage or 2 and let you have a listen to my system and I can probably get a few other HDF members in the area to join us.
Just a few suggestions and my 2 pennies
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I'm confident Moto Mike is being very serious. And I would second his assessment. I would even double down and suggest that there are $50 PA 6.5s that will blow the doors off ur $600 speakers in that location both parked and riding at 80 mph.
It's far more than the price tag that takes a sled audio system to the next level. And I'm a fan of Hertz.
T
It's far more than the price tag that takes a sled audio system to the next level. And I'm a fan of Hertz.
T
Last edited by DLennartz; Dec 28, 2018 at 05:38 PM.