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Old Mar 29, 2021 | 09:20 AM
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Thatdude will be back as his ban is not permanent. I just hope we all can get along and not loose the integrity of this forum down.
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The core group here ensures the integrity remains intact. It’s not that hard to pick out the few that wander in with their own agenda.
I for one appreciate the no nonsense advice offered by all of you and will always enjoy following this forum ....even the few episodes of comic relief can be entertaining ....sometimes.
I have spoken with him since his ban and if they allow him to come back, hopefully things will be civil and keep the integrity this forum is known for. It took a long time to get to where we are today and no *** clown should be allowed to mess that up.....myself included. During the past few days if I have offended anyone here you have my sincerest apologies. I've never proclaimed to be a Guru nor a ring leader but when you attack me and the good folks on this forum, I take it personal more than most would. Hopefully we can move past this and grow as a group.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2021 | 11:01 AM
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The gz or mmats are a solid choice, with the 1200 evox you can't go wrong. Be sure to coat them in scotch gaurd so it give them some water resistants and install them.
Hmm, I thought I read earlier that the GZ's did have some kind of water treatment? Sure glad I'm catching this now, before I start the install. If that's the case, I guess I'll get the Parts Express cloth too, and give that a spray too.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2021 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by travelingypsye
A sd1200.4 evox (4 ohm) at 12.6 volt will deliver 198w x 4. At 14.4 (unning volts for a harley) it will deliver 198w x 4. Those are RMS ratings but plenty enough for a gz yellow basket. Hel a stinger 700x4 will give 1200-125w per channel and those YB's will sound good just not as loud as they can get. Bsides, at 100-125 the lows will be even more prominent. SO yea a 1200.4 evox will deliver 200w per channel.
I have not run them off a moto 600.4 so I cant ell yo how they would sound.

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Ohh I see, I wasn't looking at the "X" model. That definitely pushes the budget. Thanks for the feedback.

How realistic would it be to run the stock speakers off this temporarily. Would turning down the gain make this feasible?
 
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Old Mar 29, 2021 | 11:15 AM
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Hmm, I thought I read earlier that the GZ's did have some kind of water treatment? Sure glad I'm catching this now, before I start the install. If that's the case, I guess I'll get the Parts Express cloth too, and give that a spray too.
They are weather resistant and are made for motorcycles.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2021 | 11:18 AM
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Ohh I see, I wasn't looking at the "X" model. That definitely pushes the budget. Thanks for the feedback.

How realistic would it be to run the stock speakers off this temporarily. Would turning down the gain make this feasible?
Definitely would not try to push the stock speakers with an amp. They aren't going to take much more than the stock HU is already giving them.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2021 | 06:45 PM
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Any reason not to go with 2 of the SD 400.4? They seem to be the same power but significantly cheaper.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2021 | 09:28 PM
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Any reason not to go with 2 of the SD 400.4? They seem to be the same power but significantly cheaper.
If you run both in bridge mode then yea they will make about the same power but keep in mind that you need to run 2 of everything (wire harness, rca spliters). but I like the idea and that is thinking out of the box. I just wonder if 2 of those will fit on a standard amp tray. $650-700 for a 1200.4 vs $450-500 for 2 400.4's hell yea.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2021 | 10:39 AM
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Yes, but what I meant was that they would be under 200W. At 4 ohms the Moto 600.4 is 150W and the SD 1200.4 is 165W (Parallel Bridged). So to clarify that part of my question, are the YBs worth using at 150-165W? Or should I just go with 4 MMATAS? Thanks
Well GR88 I am running the GZ Yellow Basket coax speakers in the fairing of my 2010 Ultra with the 150 watts from the Arc Moto 600.4 and they get louder than I need them to even after being tuned by a DSP. If you are not going to apply a tune to them they should flat out scream. The nice thing about the Arc amps are they are kind to FM reception. From what folks have said on these forums the SD amps tend to interfere with reception.

I am also running cheap PA speakers in my lowers and they do fine with the 150 watts from the Arc. I used to have ADs in the lowers but switched to the Mmats PA-601 non coax speakers because I really didn't need the additional highs from down there.

Figured I'd throw that out there in case it helps.
 
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Old Mar 31, 2021 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by travelingypsye
If you run both in bridge mode then yea they will make about the same power but keep in mind that you need to run 2 of everything (wire harness, rca spliters). but I like the idea and that is thinking out of the box. I just wonder if 2 of those will fit on a standard amp tray. $650-700 for a 1200.4 vs $450-500 for 2 400.4's hell yea.
They're just under 5in wide each so I think they should fit side by side above the radio. I'm thinking I can run one set of 4 gauge power and ground wires from the battery and put a distribution block in the fairing. I wouldn't need RCA cables, I can just make a small harness to split the old speaker output from the head unit into both high input connectors. Does this sound reasonable?

 
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Old Mar 31, 2021 | 09:18 PM
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Well GR88 I am running the GZ Yellow Basket coax speakers in the fairing of my 2010 Ultra with the 150 watts from the Arc Moto 600.4 and they get louder than I need them to even after being tuned by a DSP. If you are not going to apply a tune to them they should flat out scream. The nice thing about the Arc amps are they are kind to FM reception. From what folks have said on these forums the SD amps tend to interfere with reception.

I am also running cheap PA speakers in my lowers and they do fine with the 150 watts from the Arc. I used to have ADs in the lowers but switched to the Mmats PA-601 non coax speakers because I really didn't need the additional highs from down there.

Figured I'd throw that out there in case it helps.
Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't aware of the FM interference with these amps. I was planning on running the powered antenna in the fairing so this may be an issue. Anyone else experiences this or find a workaround?
 
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