Mobile audio experts - your attention please
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Was at the West Marine store in Fife this afternoon and ended up buying a Dual marine audio setup with a Jensen weather guard to keep the rain off it ... will post up the specs in a few ... and some pics as soon as I get it together (or in progress ... as I get around to it) ....
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not so sure about the dual head units, never been a fan in the auto world but their marine stuff may be just fine for the bike, i am pretty sure all over polk audio's stuff is okay for marine use, at least the momo stuff was we put 3 sets of components in a car we did and they sound great, heres some pictures of the install if you care... not trying to hi jack the thread at all
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oh and i dont see why you couldnt get a smaller 2 channel amp for your coax for a decent price, as long as you can keep it dry and it doesnt overheat you should be fine, ive never really looked into anything for a bike, but i know the amps made for them can break the bank pretty easily
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Wow ... in my haste I picked up something of an anemic unit ... no great shakes, but I am pretty confident it'll serve the purpose for a while ....
The speakers are Dual DMP66 4 ohm max 60 watt peak power 6.5" units ...
The head unit is a Dual MXD662B AM/FM/CD/MP3/USB with 3.5mm jack to accept iPod (type) external Aux inputs ... 17 Watts Root Mean Square (RMS) x 4 channels at 4 ohms (60-watt peak) ....
Hopefully it'll overcome my pipes and wind noise whilst tooling down the freeway ... else I'll need to get a power amp and new speakers perhaps ....
I can just see me in another year or two with 10x the setup ... woofers in my saddlebags ...
Oh well ... it's a start ... will have a road test within a couple of days or so hopefully ... stay tuned ....
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The speakers are Dual DMP66 4 ohm max 60 watt peak power 6.5" units ...
The head unit is a Dual MXD662B AM/FM/CD/MP3/USB with 3.5mm jack to accept iPod (type) external Aux inputs ... 17 Watts Root Mean Square (RMS) x 4 channels at 4 ohms (60-watt peak) ....
Hopefully it'll overcome my pipes and wind noise whilst tooling down the freeway ... else I'll need to get a power amp and new speakers perhaps ....
I can just see me in another year or two with 10x the setup ... woofers in my saddlebags ...
Oh well ... it's a start ... will have a road test within a couple of days or so hopefully ... stay tuned ....
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'Chop
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Well ... finally got it together this evening ....
What a major P I T A ...! I went over to Cartoys and asked them how much they'd charge to install it and they quoted me $190!!! I said "Screw it ... I'll do it myself ...."
Took a little doing ... almost made me wish I'd just paid them to do it ... J/K ....
A couple of photos attached ....
As I suspected, not the most sound I've heard from a set of speakers ... will give it a test run on the freeway tomorrow and see what she'll do ....
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What a major P I T A ...! I went over to Cartoys and asked them how much they'd charge to install it and they quoted me $190!!! I said "Screw it ... I'll do it myself ...."
Took a little doing ... almost made me wish I'd just paid them to do it ... J/K ....
A couple of photos attached ....
As I suspected, not the most sound I've heard from a set of speakers ... will give it a test run on the freeway tomorrow and see what she'll do ....
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'Chop
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Thanks for the kudos for those who sounded off with some positive feedback ...
Joe ... Your brackets should be there pretty soon ... I sent to you at PowderPro address ....
Super ... the additional weight is negligible ... maybe 5 or 10 pounds tops ... it's streamlined, so probably less 'drag' than a conventional windshield .... The biggest difference in handling I have found has been the increased stability from having a greater contact area from the beefier front wheel ....
Got a photo from the front below ....
The only other thing I had to do was to change the bracket attachment settings to tilt the fairing slightly forward ... the inner fairing interfered with my apes ... so rolled it forward a bit ... it actually slightly raises the windshield height and the coverage of my hands from the 'batwing' ....
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Joe ... Your brackets should be there pretty soon ... I sent to you at PowderPro address ....
Super ... the additional weight is negligible ... maybe 5 or 10 pounds tops ... it's streamlined, so probably less 'drag' than a conventional windshield .... The biggest difference in handling I have found has been the increased stability from having a greater contact area from the beefier front wheel ....
Got a photo from the front below ....
The only other thing I had to do was to change the bracket attachment settings to tilt the fairing slightly forward ... the inner fairing interfered with my apes ... so rolled it forward a bit ... it actually slightly raises the windshield height and the coverage of my hands from the 'batwing' ....
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Had it out on the freeway today at speeds up to about 85 (er ... I mean the legal speed limit) and could hear it okay when cranked up to about '40' to '42' ... when it goes above 45 seems to decrease the sound quality a little and not add much as far as volume ... I should probably start thinking about what power amp I should buy to give it a boost in a few months ... ....
Everything checks out 'SAT' as far as the install job ....
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....Everything checks out 'SAT' as far as the install job ....
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'Chop