'18 CVO Street Glide
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Originally Posted by FrenchieM
Oh how easily someone mistakes your words for something other than they really are. I know this all too well. I had to reread your original comment twice to see you weren’t being demeaning but I can see how the OP took it as something else.
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Why is that absurd? That's how bi-amping works. You use an active cross-over to separate the signal and then amplify with separate amps (2 per channel). Having said that I can also see how a coax speaker would still be able to get a reasonable frequency range using the single low pass amp as travelingypse has seen. Remember they are band passing for a dome and not a sub (and this is HD afterall). So RF aren't really wrong but the solution obviously works.
If I was the OP I'd listen to travelingypsye as he's done this before with good results.
If I was the OP I'd listen to travelingypsye as he's done this before with good results.
I think I might order a set of the RF and try it out. Maybe get them off Amazon or something where if I don't like the result I can send them back. I'm not apposed to replacing the Boom stuff by any means, just not real high on my mods to this bike just yet. I was hoping to just do a speaker swap right now so that if I did get new Boom speakers I didn't just blow them again. If I can get a reasonable complete different amp and speaker setup and am comfortable with the effort I'll do that.
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Some people just take stuff too personally without stepping back and really aren’t reading and understanding what is being said. Nothing wrong with brutal honesty some just don’t want to hear it.
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Originally Posted by hamah
Why is that absurd? That's how bi-amping works. You use an active cross-over to separate the signal and then amplify with separate amps (2 per channel). Having said that I can also see how a coax speaker would still be able to get a reasonable frequency range using the single low pass amp as travelingypse has seen. Remember they are band passing for a dome and not a sub (and this is HD afterall). So RF aren't really wrong but the solution obviously works.
If I was the OP I'd listen to travelingypsye as he's done this before with good results.
If I was the OP I'd listen to travelingypsye as he's done this before with good results.
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ok, first of all I never said you didn't know anything (and I once again apologize for coming across as a dick). I did say you shouldn't give advice when you don't understand the topic and I stand by that. All this BS started when I was called out about my education and following books etc. etc. Well, I tend to get defensive when others tell ME I don't know what I'm talking about when in fact I really really do. Not bragging but I do.
Secondly, I did say that anyone looking for advice should listen to the manufacturer over any of us. RF tells motorcycle customers to ground to the battery. I strongly disagree but that's what they say. (BTW I've taken this issue up with RF and it's being looked into by engineering...clearly the tech notes are incorrect if only for the comment on getting ground through the steering head bearing). So in my mind I'm not surprised when they say you can't run that speaker on a Boom! II setup. You know better and I believe you.
Anyway, where to ground your amp is a long-standing religious debate both here and on car audio forums that's not likely to be settled anytime soon. Still, if you really feel you're right and I'm wrong ...have you yet tried that simple test I suggested? I know for a fact grounding to the frame is as good as grounding to the battery (possibly better as a common ground for all components helps reduce the opportunity of a ground loop) and far safer. I will absolutely disconnect the frame ground strap and hit the starter on my bike. I really wouldn't advise you to do that while leaving your amp ground connected.
Secondly, I did say that anyone looking for advice should listen to the manufacturer over any of us. RF tells motorcycle customers to ground to the battery. I strongly disagree but that's what they say. (BTW I've taken this issue up with RF and it's being looked into by engineering...clearly the tech notes are incorrect if only for the comment on getting ground through the steering head bearing). So in my mind I'm not surprised when they say you can't run that speaker on a Boom! II setup. You know better and I believe you.
Anyway, where to ground your amp is a long-standing religious debate both here and on car audio forums that's not likely to be settled anytime soon. Still, if you really feel you're right and I'm wrong ...have you yet tried that simple test I suggested? I know for a fact grounding to the frame is as good as grounding to the battery (possibly better as a common ground for all components helps reduce the opportunity of a ground loop) and far safer. I will absolutely disconnect the frame ground strap and hit the starter on my bike. I really wouldn't advise you to do that while leaving your amp ground connected.
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of course you should ground to the battery. U retard. But you are also in canada. The cold numbs the smarts right outta you french canadians. A?
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lol...it's spelt "eh" Eh?