Diamond Audio doesn’t shine
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Diamond Audio doesn’t shine
2020 Street Glide. Love the ride. Night and day from my Dyna.
Love having a stereo on a bike, it’s a real treat for me. Love love love music.
I’ve got a Diamond audio micro4v2 powering two MP654s in the fairing. Nothing else. No lowers. Nothing in the bags. Not adding them.
This system was set up by a local diamond dealer who does a LOT of bike audio. All I get are screaming highs.
I know the speakers are two channels each because you power the driver and the horn. But I swear I feel like I’m just listening to tweeters in my ears. Thoughts?
Love having a stereo on a bike, it’s a real treat for me. Love love love music.
I’ve got a Diamond audio micro4v2 powering two MP654s in the fairing. Nothing else. No lowers. Nothing in the bags. Not adding them.
This system was set up by a local diamond dealer who does a LOT of bike audio. All I get are screaming highs.
I know the speakers are two channels each because you power the driver and the horn. But I swear I feel like I’m just listening to tweeters in my ears. Thoughts?
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That's what that speaker is designed to play. Its a compression horn tweet that plays high well. Not really ideal for front fairings. They play loud that's about it. You can tame the harshness down some w a Dsp but it will change the sound. I once thought I wanted those in my fairing until I seen n heard the light in action.
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I couldn’t answer these unless I knew lol. The amp puts out 150x4. No DSP. Otherwise I don’t know. He set everything for me. I haven’t taken the fairing off.
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yeah I definitely feel swindled now.
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Well you came to the right place now! Get that fairing off and let’s see what’s going on and maybe we can help you get a little better sound.
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You're not swindled. We can help tame them down. I've thrown a few sets in, with a dsp or a passive crossover they do really sound good.
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The main problem is that amp is only putting out 80 watts to those speakers unless he has them bridged and running the horn in parallel. Those speakers also come with a 4 ohm load resistor to help tame the highs, did the shop wire it in? I have them in my fairing sending 300 watts to each woofer! A dsp will help with those speakers.
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The main problem is that amp is only putting out 80 watts to those speakers unless he has them bridged and running the horn in parallel. Those speakers also come with a 4 ohm load resistor to help tame the highs, did the shop wire it in? I have them in my fairing sending 300 watts to each woofer! A dsp will help with those speakers.
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