Amplifier, what fits inside the fairing
Tourer
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From: Auburn, Georgia
I too have the Arc mini 125 and it's a great amp. As said above sometimes I had to reset (turn the bike off/on) the amp but that is because the amp remote start connected to the cigarette lighter and comes on when the ignition is turned on and if I start the bike too quickly the amp shuts off (quick reset) to protect itself against a power surge. so the answer is to wait until the radio actually comes on and then start the bike.
Mine wasn't plug and play but it's not that hard to buy the stuff that you need to wire in the amp.
Good luck!
Mine wasn't plug and play but it's not that hard to buy the stuff that you need to wire in the amp.
Good luck!
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Missouri
From what I am reading the Hawg Wired 2 channel expandable is the way to go. I have a 2 Channel on my bike and wish I would have went with the expandable from the beginning. I want to add speakers in my lids but to do so I will have to shell out more money to upgrade my amp.
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From: Los Angeles, CA
J&M will be coming out with a 4 channel amp in March. y personal opinion is that this amp will stomp all over the Hawg Wired and HogTunes amps. Their 2 channel amp and 7.25 speakers are the best setup I have heard by far on a bagger.
Drew
Drew
Road Warrior
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From: Southeast GA
**Output: 300w Peak Power (150 Watt x 2CH), Power Draw: 2 Amps
This amp probably puts out maybe 50 watts per channel that you could actually use.
Also, there is only so much bass that any 5 1/4" speaker can make. I would seriously consider a kit with 6 1/2" speakers and the adapters to get as much bass as you can.
Notice I didn't mention the J&M 7 1/4" setup. That's because I checked them out in the J&M booth in Daytona and they sounded like crap.
I have heard the Arc Audio setup with the 6 1/2" coaxial speakers and they sound really good.
http://store.arcaudio.com/products/p....0.0.0.0?pp=8&
Road Warrior
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From: Southeast GA
3) I have a 2000 Ultra Classic with four speakers but it seems that I would most likely have to power just two of the speakers since this is the way the other kits seem to do it for some reason. Although I suppose that one could bypass the fader and just power all four with this 4 channel amp (again, not sure how that works).
If you got a good 2 channel amp and tied the front and rear 4 ohm speakers together (1 front and 1 rear per channel) that would have 2 ohms going to each channel of the amp. The amp would handle it well and actually put out more than the rated power.
I wouldn't spend the extra money and take up the extra space of a 4 channel amp just for the sake of a front and rear fader.
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From: near Paris, France
I'm looking on the Alpine KTP-445 wich give 100Wx4. It's a small amp wich seem to fit on the top of the radio. It will not be probably the best amp but it will double the power and i think it will work well with my Focal's
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From: Roswell, GA
3) I have a 2000 Ultra Classic with four speakers but it seems that I would most likely have to power just two of the speakers since this is the way the other kits seem to do it for some reason. Although I suppose that one could bypass the fader and just power all four with this 4 channel amp (again, not sure how that works).
Typical amplifier installations involve disconnecting the wires connected to the speakers and reconnecting them to the hi-level inputs of the amplifier; then, additional wires are used to take the amp outputs to the speakers.
On your Ultra, you can use a two-channel amp for the front fairing speakers and leave your rear speaker wiring alone retaining the fader control.
If you used a four channel amp, you'd simply use the front and rear speaker wiring on the bike connected to the hi-level inputs on the four channel amp and run new speaker wires from the amp outputs to the speakers; again, retaining the fader control of the radio.
As for the RCA converters (these convert the hi-level signal from the radio to an RCA-type connector for plugging into the amp rather than using the hi-level inputs on the amp), they aren't needed on most quality amps e.g. Arc, J&M, Hogtunes, etc.
If you do install an amp, the speakers driven by the amp should be impedance matched to the amp; i.e. if the amp is 4 ohm (as most are), the speakers should be 4 ohm. The OEM speakers on your bike are 8 ohm so installing an amp will usually require a speaker change as well.
Finally, you can buy heavily discounted new, but discontinued, HD four-channel amps for your bike on Ebay that mount under the tour pak.
Carl
Last edited by Harleypingman; Jan 25, 2011 at 04:13 PM.
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I have the 200W version and It rocks like a champ. Mounted with velcro on top of the head unit. Couldn't cough up the price for some of the otheres. If it makes the summer it will stay in. If not I will shop around again.
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