Cicada Setup What To Do?
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Cicada Setup What To Do?
I'm needing some sage pro-audio guidance. I have a 2020 Road Glide Limited that I enjoy riding two-up touring with, I do get stuck in occasional on-road weather (rain) riding. I tend to listen to hard-rock and electronic music.
Here's my current setup:
-Cicada CH65.2 (front fairing).
-Cicada BDA 1400.4 (front fairing).
-Cicada CX 150.4 (front fairing).
-Cicada DSP stand alone(front fairing).
-Cicada CX65.2 (tourpak pods).
- Cicada CM69.2 (saddlebag lids).
-Cicada RR075 tweeter (saddlebag 6x9 bridge adapter).
-XSPower Lithium battery.
Since the original install, I've never been blown away by the mid-bass on my particular bike. This would be an area of improvement that I would hope to get at some point. On a positive note, the highs and overall audio is clear at highway speeds.
Recently, I noticed that two of my tweeters appear to be dead (x1 ch65 in the front fairing x1 rr075 in the saddlebags)..tested by playing high frequencies tones. This is the second time I've had issues with a dead rr075. That being said, I decided to bring by bike to a new local audio shop to get opinions (I moved away from my old shop 6 hours away.)
Upon stopping in the new local shop, I told them I do long distance touring, not parking lot audio blasting. I told them that I'm having issues with two tweeters (listed above). I asked for their suggestion on what to do, given that I've already invested a lot of money into my current setup. Their suggestion was to consider replacing the front fairing 6.5" and the saddlebag 6x9 with the Cicada CXX series speakers and get everything retuned. I'm a little bummed that the suggestion is speaker replacement.
What would you all do in my situation? Do you think swapping to the CXX series and abandoning my current speakers the best choice? All opinions welcomed.
Here's my current setup:
-Cicada CH65.2 (front fairing).
-Cicada BDA 1400.4 (front fairing).
-Cicada CX 150.4 (front fairing).
-Cicada DSP stand alone(front fairing).
-Cicada CX65.2 (tourpak pods).
- Cicada CM69.2 (saddlebag lids).
-Cicada RR075 tweeter (saddlebag 6x9 bridge adapter).
-XSPower Lithium battery.
Since the original install, I've never been blown away by the mid-bass on my particular bike. This would be an area of improvement that I would hope to get at some point. On a positive note, the highs and overall audio is clear at highway speeds.
Recently, I noticed that two of my tweeters appear to be dead (x1 ch65 in the front fairing x1 rr075 in the saddlebags)..tested by playing high frequencies tones. This is the second time I've had issues with a dead rr075. That being said, I decided to bring by bike to a new local audio shop to get opinions (I moved away from my old shop 6 hours away.)
Upon stopping in the new local shop, I told them I do long distance touring, not parking lot audio blasting. I told them that I'm having issues with two tweeters (listed above). I asked for their suggestion on what to do, given that I've already invested a lot of money into my current setup. Their suggestion was to consider replacing the front fairing 6.5" and the saddlebag 6x9 with the Cicada CXX series speakers and get everything retuned. I'm a little bummed that the suggestion is speaker replacement.
What would you all do in my situation? Do you think swapping to the CXX series and abandoning my current speakers the best choice? All opinions welcomed.
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From: Lockport Illinois
I'm needing some sage pro-audio guidance. I have a 2020 Road Glide Limited that I enjoy riding two-up touring with, I do get stuck in occasional on-road weather (rain) riding. I tend to listen to hard-rock and electronic music.
Here's my current setup:
-Cicada CH65.2 (front fairing).
-Cicada BDA 1400.4 (front fairing).
-Cicada CX 150.4 (front fairing).
-Cicada DSP stand alone(front fairing).
-Cicada CX65.2 (tourpak pods).
- Cicada CM69.2 (saddlebag lids).
-Cicada RR075 tweeter (saddlebag 6x9 bridge adapter).
-XSPower Lithium battery.
Since the original install, I've never been blown away by the mid-bass on my particular bike. This would be an area of improvement that I would hope to get at some point. On a positive note, the highs and overall audio is clear at highway speeds.
Recently, I noticed that two of my tweeters appear to be dead (x1 ch65 in the front fairing x1 rr075 in the saddlebags)..tested by playing high frequencies tones. This is the second time I've had issues with a dead rr075. That being said, I decided to bring by bike to a new local audio shop to get opinions (I moved away from my old shop 6 hours away.)
Upon stopping in the new local shop, I told them I do long distance touring, not parking lot audio blasting. I told them that I'm having issues with two tweeters (listed above). I asked for their suggestion on what to do, given that I've already invested a lot of money into my current setup. Their suggestion was to consider replacing the front fairing 6.5" and the saddlebag 6x9 with the Cicada CXX series speakers and get everything retuned. I'm a little bummed that the suggestion is speaker replacement.
What would you all do in my situation? Do you think swapping to the CXX series and abandoning my current speakers the best choice? All opinions welcomed.
Here's my current setup:
-Cicada CH65.2 (front fairing).
-Cicada BDA 1400.4 (front fairing).
-Cicada CX 150.4 (front fairing).
-Cicada DSP stand alone(front fairing).
-Cicada CX65.2 (tourpak pods).
- Cicada CM69.2 (saddlebag lids).
-Cicada RR075 tweeter (saddlebag 6x9 bridge adapter).
-XSPower Lithium battery.
Since the original install, I've never been blown away by the mid-bass on my particular bike. This would be an area of improvement that I would hope to get at some point. On a positive note, the highs and overall audio is clear at highway speeds.
Recently, I noticed that two of my tweeters appear to be dead (x1 ch65 in the front fairing x1 rr075 in the saddlebags)..tested by playing high frequencies tones. This is the second time I've had issues with a dead rr075. That being said, I decided to bring by bike to a new local audio shop to get opinions (I moved away from my old shop 6 hours away.)
Upon stopping in the new local shop, I told them I do long distance touring, not parking lot audio blasting. I told them that I'm having issues with two tweeters (listed above). I asked for their suggestion on what to do, given that I've already invested a lot of money into my current setup. Their suggestion was to consider replacing the front fairing 6.5" and the saddlebag 6x9 with the Cicada CXX series speakers and get everything retuned. I'm a little bummed that the suggestion is speaker replacement.
What would you all do in my situation? Do you think swapping to the CXX series and abandoning my current speakers the best choice? All opinions welcomed.
As for blowing the tweeters is more of a clipping issues.
I have installed many systems similar to yours and have a similar system in my personal bike.
with 2600 watts available Cx150.4 bridged going to a set of CM65.4 with RRO75T(fairing), BDA 2000.4 going to CHX65.2(tourpack)and CHX8.2(lowers).(CMB10.4 NEO 10s in the bags powered by a FLX2500.1)
This set up has been in my bike for approximately 3 plus years and have NEVER lost a cone speaker or tweeter. I ride my bike ALOT and have competed in various platforms of sound comps.
Since you are in MN. reach out to Shocker and he may be able to get you straightened out as he is in the state of 10,000 lakes also.
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