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Old Dec 14, 2013 | 06:15 AM
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Installed my mm651s and got my sound stream in the mail today.... Woohoo!!! Anyway, I got poly fill but it is thin. About the thickness of a peace of cardboard. I used it about five layers thick? Maybe a 1/2 inch thick I'm guessing? How thick should it be for best results? I think I read a inch thick somewhere? When I say 1/2 inch that is uncompressed.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2013 | 10:19 AM
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1.5-2" thick
 
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3 layers of the thin stuff 15x15" square. Wrap around speaker and tuck into adapter ring

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Not sure what you mean by tuck into adapter ring?
 
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Separate question, what do you think of using either foam (e.g. XTC) or plastic baffle kits found on ebay/amazon vs. the wrapped poly-fill?
 
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I only use baffles, regardless of material type, to isolate speakers from each other when mounted in the same enclosure. Polyfil is your best bet for sound reproduction.
 
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Thanks for the advice.
 
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i used polyfill from an old pillow and stuffed it around the speakers, made a pretty good sound improvement.
 
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Originally Posted by Gnarl78
Thanks for the advice.
Just did this bike over the weekend. Pioneer TSd6902R facing inward in the bags and Biketronics/HAT 6x9s in the lids.

Kicks azz but you can see what I was talking about with isolating the speakers. If I didn't do this, the air movement within the bag would kill all resemblance of bass from either speaker.



 
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