audio upgrade help
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From: mentor ohio
audio upgrade help
Looking for an audio upgrade for around $1000 or less. For a 2013 Electra glide ultra limited. I want all new speakers and lower fairing speakers. Was considering boom stage 1 but Ive heard a lot of negative comments about them. Im not looking to be heard 5 miles away but something that sounds good and can be heard well at freeway speeds would be great
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Originally Posted by Fireball Jack
I wouldn’t be concerned about lowers because at freeway speed they don’t bring much to the dance. Are you ok with losing fm radio?
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Dude lowers bring more than everything else on my bike. If I could only have 4 speakers Id take fairing on lowers over fairing and ANYTHING else.
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Alton are you going to keep your stock head unit? If so you might want to get a couple of PAC low level converters to be able to connect to an amp. If you don't mind spending a little over 100 bucks you could send the head unit to Iron Cross and have them install preamp outputs for you. If you are looking to replace the head unit let these guys know and list the options you would like in it and they can recommend a make and model for you.
Also with you looking to run six speakers there is another decision you will need to make. Do you want to hear the rear pod speakers clearly yourself or are they just for your passenger? If they are just for your passenger you could get a good four channel amp and run the lower fairing and rear pod speakers on the same channel in parallel (probably the rear amp channel) to save some cash and complexity. If you want to hear them yourself and be able to tune them individually then you will need either a six channel amp or maybe a micro two channel amp dedicated to the pods in addition to the four channel amp for your front four speakers.
Also let folks know if FM reception is important to you or not. If it is a more expensive amp may be required.
Flesh out the details for the smart folks here and they can get you going in the right direction. I have a bike similar to yours but I had very specific wants and did things differently than most folks would.
Also with you looking to run six speakers there is another decision you will need to make. Do you want to hear the rear pod speakers clearly yourself or are they just for your passenger? If they are just for your passenger you could get a good four channel amp and run the lower fairing and rear pod speakers on the same channel in parallel (probably the rear amp channel) to save some cash and complexity. If you want to hear them yourself and be able to tune them individually then you will need either a six channel amp or maybe a micro two channel amp dedicated to the pods in addition to the four channel amp for your front four speakers.
Also let folks know if FM reception is important to you or not. If it is a more expensive amp may be required.
Flesh out the details for the smart folks here and they can get you going in the right direction. I have a bike similar to yours but I had very specific wants and did things differently than most folks would.
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From: mentor ohio
Alton are you going to keep your stock head unit? If so you might want to get a couple of PAC low level converters to be able to connect to an amp. If you don't mind spending a little over 100 bucks you could send the head unit to Iron Cross and have them install preamp outputs for you. If you are looking to replace the head unit let these guys know and list the options you would like in it and they can recommend a make and model for you.
Also with you looking to run six speakers there is another decision you will need to make. Do you want to hear the rear pod speakers clearly yourself or are they just for your passenger? If they are just for your passenger you could get a good four channel amp and run the lower fairing and rear pod speakers on the same channel in parallel (probably the rear amp channel) to save some cash and complexity. If you want to hear them yourself and be able to tune them individually then you will need either a six channel amp or maybe a micro two channel amp dedicated to the pods in addition to the four channel amp for your front four speakers.
Also let folks know if FM reception is important to you or not. If it is a more expensive amp may be required.
Flesh out the details for the smart folks here and they can get you going in the right direction. I have a bike similar to yours but I had very specific wants and did things differently than most folks would.
Also with you looking to run six speakers there is another decision you will need to make. Do you want to hear the rear pod speakers clearly yourself or are they just for your passenger? If they are just for your passenger you could get a good four channel amp and run the lower fairing and rear pod speakers on the same channel in parallel (probably the rear amp channel) to save some cash and complexity. If you want to hear them yourself and be able to tune them individually then you will need either a six channel amp or maybe a micro two channel amp dedicated to the pods in addition to the four channel amp for your front four speakers.
Also let folks know if FM reception is important to you or not. If it is a more expensive amp may be required.
Flesh out the details for the smart folks here and they can get you going in the right direction. I have a bike similar to yours but I had very specific wants and did things differently than most folks would.
i would like to be able to hear my rear speakers myself
As for FM reception. If I could keep the signal that would be great because I actually do use the fm radio but if its a huge difference in price I guess I could live without it.
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I actually bought a new head unit, a Jensen power sports , plug n play replacement . (HD1BT).
i would like to be able to hear my rear speakers myself
As for FM reception. If I could keep the signal that would be great because I actually do use the fm radio but if its a huge difference in price I guess I could live without it.
i would like to be able to hear my rear speakers myself
As for FM reception. If I could keep the signal that would be great because I actually do use the fm radio but if its a huge difference in price I guess I could live without it.
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would like to be able to hear my rear speakers myself