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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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OK, folks, I miss tunes. I had an EGC, dug the stereo. I now have an RKP. I'm thinking about installing a set of marine speakers in my saddlebag lids (Horrors! He's gonna cut holes in the lids!).

So with these speakers and amp http://www.crutchfield.com/p_693MP3K...arine+speakers will I be able to hear the chick singers on Great Gig In The Sky on Pink Floyd's P*U*L*S*E Live album? Without a windshield? At 80? I'm just running an Ipod for a source which I'll velcro to the dash.

I'm pretty cash depleted, but I reeeeally miss tunes! Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 06:44 PM
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Maybe at 55mph....but not at 80mph.
The wife hears our rear pods just fine, but I have a hard time even hearing the rear pods with the front one shut down at hwy speeds.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 06:47 PM
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You have to think that the bags are behind you and the wind is moving all the sound away from you. I don't that will give you the results you want.

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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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Maybe if I add a bigger amp and some crash bar mounted speakers? There goes the budget.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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I run the J&M MHAS-2008 handlebar mounted speakers on my softail. They sound great and get REALLY LOUD! They have internal amps in each speaker. I can't say enough about these as most people tell me they hear me coming from a half block away now. they actually hear the music before the pipes now. Imagine that.

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