6.5" Speaker Help, Please!
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6.5" Speaker Help, Please!
I see a lot of post on here for 4 or more speakers but I'm sticking with 2. I have a 2008 Street glide and I'm replacing my Hawg Wired system that I've had over 18 years. I now have a Sony DSX-M80 head unit and a Diamond Audio MICRO82U (two channel, 150W X 2 @ 4ohm, 250W X 2ohm) amp. I'm only putting in two speakers in the fairing only. Any suggestions on what speakers to get for my setup? I'm looking for the best possible sound and loudness I can get for riding conditions. I really don't care much how it sounds in the parking lot. My budget is less than $400.00. I've been looking at the Ground Zero GZCF 6.5XSPL, Mmats PA601cx, and the Hertz SX 165 NEO which are all 4ohm speakers. Should I be looking for 2ohm speakers? Which is better for my setup, or should I be looking at something else? Thanks for your help!
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GZ's are pretty good also. But the mmats take less power to get as loud and the tweeter on the mmats is a little nicer.
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I will second the MMats recommendation. I have an '09 police EG that had no radio so I installed a Sony MEX-M71BT head unit, MMats MD4110 amp and the PA601cx speakers. It was pretty loud and had decent sound quality too. I don't have a feel for the HogTunes tweeter so someone else can chime in. If you do decide to keep them you could always go with the PA601 MMats that don't have a built in tweeter and use in conjunction with the HogTunes.
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Leave the tweeter pods unhooked for starters they will not take the power from the Micro82u.
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@cshocker knows a **** ton more about this stuff than I do. All I can say is I had the 6.5 GZ YB in a fairing, SD 800.4 Evox Amp, a fellow member here set this system up for me. All I can say it was peel your skin off volume, with award winning clarity. For me, I was extremely impressed, as many around me were as well.
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@cshocker knows a **** ton more about this stuff than I do. All I can say is I had the 6.5 GZ YB in a fairing, SD 800.4 Evox Amp, a fellow member here set this system up for me. All I can say it was peel your skin off volume, with award winning clarity. For me, I was extremely impressed, as many around me were as well.