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Old Oct 27, 2019 | 04:03 PM
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Other than the cost, why does no one talk about the Sinister setup. I heard this 2 speaker set up in Daytona and was amazed, it had the sound and clarity of one of those 8 speaker set ups, plus it had outstanding Mid Range bass. I have a Road Glide Ultra, I run a Sony head unit 4 Mille Pros 2 in front 2 in tour pak ,and a Diamond HXM800.4D and mine doesnt sound half as good as this system. Admittingly I definitely dont claim to be an audiophile, but I certainly know what sounds good when I hear it.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2019 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Glidethru
Other than the cost, why does no one talk about the Sinister setup. I heard this 2 speaker set up in Daytona and was amazed, it had the sound and clarity of one of those 8 speaker set ups, plus it had outstanding Mid Range bass. I have a Road Glide Ultra, I run a Sony head unit 4 Mille Pros 2 in front 2 in tour pak ,and a Diamond HXM800.4D and mine doesnt sound half as good as this system. Admittingly I definitely dont claim to be an audiophile, but I certainly know what sounds good when I hear it.
What was the cost of this system u heard?

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Old Oct 27, 2019 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Glidethru
Other than the cost, why does no one talk about the Sinister setup. I heard this 2 speaker set up in Daytona and was amazed, it had the sound and clarity of one of those 8 speaker set ups, plus it had outstanding Mid Range bass. I have a Road Glide Ultra, I run a Sony head unit 4 Mille Pros 2 in front 2 in tour pak ,and a Diamond HXM800.4D and mine doesnt sound half as good as this system. Admittingly I definitely dont claim to be an audiophile, but I certainly know what sounds good when I hear it.
Something tells me you're affiliated with Sinister? There's no way it competes with a decent 8 speaker set-up...
 

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Hardly, and I was exaggerating yes, but if you could have heard the sound coming out of 2 speakers it was pretty awsome..I had just left the sound competition at Bikertoberfest and happened to walk by the Sinister tent at the dealership and without seeing the bike playing the music I was hearing I did seriously for a moment thought it was a multi speaker system.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2019 | 07:18 PM
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Thats just it , we were on our way out, and there were several people in heir tent and I didnt get a chance to ask what the set up was. So I looked their website up, and their front speaker pod set up that included an Arc Audio 600 amp also, it was almost $1300. I know that sounds like a lot but I have spent way more than that chasing that sound I could have had at first.
 
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I'm sorry but I was there also and it wasn't even close. It was on a black streetglide I spoke with the guy about his lids actually this is how I know what bike you're talking about. And there was the chick with the white bike with the 8" ground zero setup next to him. Its sounded good for what it was. But almost the same money can get you so much more going a different route
 
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Originally Posted by GLIDER 89
I'm sorry but I was there also and it wasn't even close. It was on a black streetglide I spoke with the guy about his lids actually this is how I know what bike you're talking about. And there was the chick with the white bike with the 8" ground zero setup next to him. Its sounded good for what it was. But almost the same money can get you so much more going a different route
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Her bike sounds great.
 
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Yes sir that's the lady sweet bike
 
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Were you out there
 
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Were you out there
I judged the Friday show at the Hardrock and Saturday I was not there but my bikes were 1st and 2nd in LW at the Destination Daytona event. Neither has sinister sound
 
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