Optimize my sound system
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From: Minnesota
Ive been looking at Garage Bagger Stereo for the last two days. I messaged them earlier and they are working up some options for me. They are only about 90 minutes from my house. That would be about as easy as it gets.
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Tourer
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From: Charlotte NC
Having learned just enough to be dangerous now, my ego may be taking over, as it sometimes does, and Im thinking about how competition level systems must be better and surely theyd be louder and clearer on the highway too. But I dont want to compete in bagger audio competitions, and other than showing whatever I have to the guys I ride with, I wont be showing off in parking lots either. So maybe I already have the answer to how to optimize my current setup, its probably as simple as replacing the Micro84u with an SD800.4, adding two SD250.2s and separating everything out to run on the 8 individual channels and tuning to this setup. Thats probably the smart play, then Ill ride over to Dorians shop one day in the spring,and maybe Ill go to some bagger audio competitions this year, and Ill hear the difference between my optimized components and a competition grade high end system. If I get a bug to have a competition grade system after that, then Ill work with Dorian to build something.
I appreciate all of you educating me and pointing me toward some local resources that will continue to make me less dumb on motorcycle audio.
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Yes Joey competes...alot....one reason I didn't get him to do anything for me. lol After calling and texting for weeks, and not much response, I got tired of trying. Not bashing anyone....but as a potential customer, I just think responding to customers in a timely manner is more important that the next audio competition award.
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Yes Joey competes...alot....one reason I didn't get him to do anything for me. lol After calling and texting for weeks, and not much response, I got tired of trying. Not bashing anyone....but as a potential customer, I just think responding to customers in a timely manner is more important that the next audio competition award.
consider this and I posted about it on FB recently....the shops that do get back to customers quickly and focus on retail 9 times out of 10 have NEVER produced a competition winning bike. This post is a great example, call AHB and theyll help you immediately!!!
I get more messages for tuning from guys with unhappy systems that most times I cant help them.
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From: Indiana
Originally Posted by haze324
Im good friends with Joey and he has 30 bikes at a time there and most are big builds. Even me who he and I talk regularly will sometimes take a day or two to get a text back, dude stays slammed (for good reason).
consider this and I posted about it on FB recently....the shops that do get back to customers quickly and focus on retail 9 times out of 10 have NEVER produced a competition winning bike. This post is a great example, call AHB and theyll help you immediately!!! I get more messages for tuning from guys with unhappy systems that most times I cant help them.
consider this and I posted about it on FB recently....the shops that do get back to customers quickly and focus on retail 9 times out of 10 have NEVER produced a competition winning bike. This post is a great example, call AHB and theyll help you immediately!!!
I get more messages for tuning from guys with unhappy systems that most times I cant help them.
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From: Charlotte NC
Im good friends with Joey and he has 30 bikes at a time there and most are big builds. Even me who he and I talk regularly will sometimes take a day or two to get a text back, dude stays slammed (for good reason).
consider this and I posted about it on FB recently....the shops that do get back to customers quickly and focus on retail 9 times out of 10 have NEVER produced a competition winning bike. This post is a great example, call AHB and theyll help you immediately!!! I get more messages for tuning from guys with unhappy systems that most times I cant help them.
consider this and I posted about it on FB recently....the shops that do get back to customers quickly and focus on retail 9 times out of 10 have NEVER produced a competition winning bike. This post is a great example, call AHB and theyll help you immediately!!!
I get more messages for tuning from guys with unhappy systems that most times I cant help them.I dont know if that precludes retailers from knowing what they are doing though. Im coming to see the bagger audio world in four tiers:
1) Stock - Junk but some riders only care about hearing the bike and wind.
2) Package systems - J&M and BikeTronics provide packages that sound WAY better than stock and you dont have to know or think about anything.
3) AHB and perhaps Garage Bagger Stereo - Retailers that (hopefully) know enough to be able to help sell component pieces or do installs for the guys that want a level better than Package Systems, but not looking for competition level. This is clearly the riskiest arena. Buyer doesnt know better and at the mercy of a retailer that might not be the most knowledgeable.
4) Competition Builders - Know their ****, but may not have time for you if you arent looking to do something amazing.
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I’m good friends with Joey and he has 30 bikes at a time there and most are big builds. Even me who he and I talk regularly will sometimes take a day or two to get a text back, dude stays slammed (for good reason).
consider this and I posted about it on FB recently....the shops that do get back to customers quickly and focus on retail 9 times out of 10 have NEVER produced a competition winning bike. This post is a great example, call AHB and they’ll help you immediately!!! I get more messages for tuning from guys with unhappy systems that most times I can’t help them.
consider this and I posted about it on FB recently....the shops that do get back to customers quickly and focus on retail 9 times out of 10 have NEVER produced a competition winning bike. This post is a great example, call AHB and they’ll help you immediately!!!
I get more messages for tuning from guys with unhappy systems that most times I can’t help them.So I wound up going somewhere else.
Edit: Didn't mean to get off topic. If you can get him or Dorian either one, they're the best around here for bike audio.
Last edited by teedoff65; Feb 10, 2020 at 08:45 AM.
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Both Dorian and Joey would be great, but if they are tied up check out Daniel Hearn at Bad Attitude Audio(Winston Salem) or Dan at DK Electronics(Clayton), both also compete regularly and do well.
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From: Charlotte NC
I had emailed Da Funk Shop Friday. Henry responded within an hour and told me to call him. Unfortunately, I got pulled into a couple of meetings and got tied up all afternoon and couldnt call. He pinged me Sunday afternoon while I was at the painters so I missed him. Called him back today... what a genuinely cool dude!
He took the time to review what I have and gave me a few options he thought would be a good road map for optimizing what I already have, and what I might want to consider as next steps. I told him right up-front that I wanted to be respectful of his time, since I want to do the installation myself. He didnt care about not doing the big install, he truly just wanted to help point me in the right direction. To the point that his first suggestion is to just add another Micro8 amp in the fairing to separate the speakers to individual channels, which definitely wont make him a ton of $.
You can tell that he loves designing motorcycle audio systems and gave me a TON of great information and advice over the phone. I may need to ride it down to Miami this Spring now just to buy him a beer and tell him how much I appreciated him taking the time with me.
Gotta love the biker community!
He took the time to review what I have and gave me a few options he thought would be a good road map for optimizing what I already have, and what I might want to consider as next steps. I told him right up-front that I wanted to be respectful of his time, since I want to do the installation myself. He didnt care about not doing the big install, he truly just wanted to help point me in the right direction. To the point that his first suggestion is to just add another Micro8 amp in the fairing to separate the speakers to individual channels, which definitely wont make him a ton of $.
You can tell that he loves designing motorcycle audio systems and gave me a TON of great information and advice over the phone. I may need to ride it down to Miami this Spring now just to buy him a beer and tell him how much I appreciated him taking the time with me.
Gotta love the biker community!
