speaker system upgrade.
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No I didn't know there was an audio section. I'm on the mobile site and its a little hard navigating the forum.
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Found a set of kappa 52.9i for dirt cheap but its saying car audio. Not sure what kappa series will be ok in the bike if it rains. Can the kappa 52.9i withstand being in Florida humidity and rainy conditions.
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Most aftermarket amps are 2 or 4 ohm stable, meaning almost any speaker will work with them. Do not be concerned with your head unit's impedance, it's the amp that drives the speakers. No worries with your stock speaker wires either, you'll need to run your own. With a stock head unit, you'll need to use the existing speaker wires for the input into the amp. Most aftermarket head units have RCA connectors, as do the amps mentioned above. Your new amp will come with a small harness for the input. Get some velcro, attach the amp to the head unit, existing speaker wires to the amp, new speaker wires to your upgraded speakers. Easy peasy.
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I no longer have a rg sold it and bought a 03 ultra classic. Just cant find on the user cp to chsnger the user name.
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That's correct, match you speaker impedance to your amp. As already stated, many amps now days are 2 or 4 ohm stable and will work with either impedance, but 2 ohm speakers will get more wattage and therefore will be louder. That said, since you're keeping the stock head unit your only three options for music are FM, CD, and AUX. It's fair to assume that any class D amp will affect your FM reception to some degree and might even kill it. Given your budget, your only real viable option to retain FM is the RF PBR 300x2, which should be paired with 2 ohm speakers like the Infinity Kappa 62.11's. It's a proven combo that works well and is used by many. Is it in the same league as the Biketronics 2180/4180? No it's not, but it's not a $500 amp either. And by the way, the audio section can be found in the tech and mechanical forum. https://www.hdforums.com/forum/audio-systems-153/
And second part how do I install the amp without having to "hack up the original harness" my roadglide someone did that and the kenwood they put in was a POS!!! Stereo control adapter never worked right at all.
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The PBR300X4 is only 4ohm stable, so you can't use 2ohm speakers AND it only pumps out 75w at 4ohms. Is it better than stock - yes, but 75w is not hardly enough to hear clear at highway speeds, but if you must have FM reception then your options are limited but you may consider adding TWO PBR300x2 instead and do one upgrade at at time.
You don't have to splice anything in your radio, but you will need to splice the RCA adaptor the amps comes with. Once you cut the RCA adaptor you are left with two sets of speaker "inputs" for your amp. Right Pos/neg and Left pos/neg. Simply connect the existing speaker wires going to your speakers to those connections. So the "output" speaker wires from your radio that connect to your speakers will serve as the "input" to your amp.
You don't have to splice anything in your radio, but you will need to splice the RCA adaptor the amps comes with. Once you cut the RCA adaptor you are left with two sets of speaker "inputs" for your amp. Right Pos/neg and Left pos/neg. Simply connect the existing speaker wires going to your speakers to those connections. So the "output" speaker wires from your radio that connect to your speakers will serve as the "input" to your amp.
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Altho big is almost correct. A better bang for you buck if you don't mind losing fm reception is the RZ42000D and the kappas.. To my untrained ears I'd say I got 25% more volume and it's clear as can be.. The audio section is a good place to be however you will get th4 same answer S u have already been given.. If u want the best most will say biketronics, for the penny pitchers like myself.. Go with what I listed.. I'd also say u have to have an after market HU to maximize your upgrade.. I have links for everything you would need if you might want them