Need advice with stereo system
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Your coax speakers have a built in crossover.
Another thing to check is to make sure you have the polarity right between the radio and speakers. (positive to positive, negative to negative)
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Bike owners routinely make the mistake of purchasing and installing car audio amps and speakers into their rides. Bike audio is specifically designed with low energy loads, heat, sound ranges, weight, moisture and vibrations in mind. The speakers deliver sound in a specific range that works with wind and road sound, a cars speaker is for a quiet environment such as the cabin. Some can't tell the difference, but some people can. Amps operate differently within a frequency band which can also clip when connected to a bikes charging system. It truly is a complicated setup which requires research and proper setup.
I have to agree on poor speaker choice and RF PBR 300-2 amp. Polk MM or infinity/JBL 2 ohm speakers are much better choices. The SS amp is very good but can mess up FM, if ya listen to it.
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OP might get more "options" and advice re-posting this in the audio section ... Ultranutz and Glacierpearl ( to name a couple ) are very astute at stereo. questions, options and suggestions in tweaking different settings on certain models.
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I was told to get the 2 channel amp, the 4 channel will get much hotter.
Cruiser
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I have a Sony bluetooth head unit and it sounds great. check the bluetooth volume on your device, and also the bluetooth volume adjustment on the head if it has one.
One other thing, make sure, double sure, that you didn't wire the speakers up backwards.
One other thing, make sure, double sure, that you didn't wire the speakers up backwards.
http://www.hogtunes.com/resources/Te...r_speakers.pdf
Go to the Hog Tunes web site and the explain a number of things. If you chose to be educated you can also check out a number of bike speciality audio sites and get the same advice . Do not use car speakers!
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Im speechless, well here is a site explaining what I have helpfully pointed out. http://www.hogtunes.com/resources/Te...r_speakers.pdf Go to the Hog Tunes web site and the explain a number of things. If you chose to be educated you can also check out a number of bike speciality audio sites and get the same advice . Do not use car speakers!
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People have used car audio components with great results. It is true. No really.
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Im speechless, well here is a site explaining what I have helpfully pointed out. http://www.hogtunes.com/resources/Te...r_speakers.pdf Go to the Hog Tunes web site and the explain a number of things. If you chose to be educated you can also check out a number of bike speciality audio sites and get the same advice . Do not use car speakers!