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Old Jul 5, 2019 | 01:45 AM
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like the title says, i want to up grade my system, right now everything is stock. but my budget is low, like 400.00

can ya all give me some ideas, been reading on this for a few days now, and my head hurts.

oh and i have two old amps, from my old bike, 75 watts each, was thinking i could use those as well?
 

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What are the amps? Do you want FM?
 
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Old Jul 5, 2019 | 09:14 AM
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i believe the amps are hog wild, and yes
 
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Old Jul 5, 2019 | 09:27 AM
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How many speakers and where? What amps do you currently have?
 
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Old Jul 5, 2019 | 01:34 PM
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Wound up going with a another Sony, MEX GS620BT from Biketronics.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2019 | 03:15 PM
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Are you thinking about a new head unit and how many speakers?
 
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currently all stock, no amps, 2 speakers is all , and factory HU.

i'm thinking just an amp and speakers?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2019 | 12:56 AM
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You could pick up a set of Infinity Kappa's 6.5" speakers, some 6.5" Metra Speaker adapters, a line level converter and a Cerwin Vega B52 and probably still be within your budget. I've just upgraded from that, but it rocked pretty good for the last couple years on my bike.
 
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What bike are you on? SG? RG? what year?
 
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