I got the Clarion amp installed along with some 5.25" JBL rear speakers in the HogTunes rear pods. The front JBL 6.5" speakers and the 5.25" rears sound amazing. When I had the factory setup, I had to have the radio volume up about 1/2 or a little more so my wife could hear it at highway speeds. Now I've got it at 4 notches from the lowest and it is louder now than it ever has been. I had to use 2x RCA "Y" splitters to get the amp to supply power to the rear speakers since I didn't have them or the wiring for them.

The install was easy, just time consuming. I got the amp and rear pods installed in about 2.5 hours from start to finish. I'm happy with the setup now. I can hear the rear speakers pretty good at speeds. The wife likes the pods. She said they make her feel more secure on the bike.

 

Sweet man. Glad you got it installed and it sounds good. That amp for being as small as it is, with those speakers puts out very clean sound.

Did you retain FM reception with that amp?

 

I did. Why would I have lost it with the amp?

 

Well lots of Class D amps cause you to lose FM reception....actually most of them do. When we put this amp on my buds bike he retained FM reception, wondering if that amp is now 2 for 2 and it is. May be an option for guys that MUST keep FM reception. There’s not lots of options out there.

I think because the power draw for this amp is minimal it does’t impact FM reception. Good stuff!

 

That is interesting. I had perfect FM reception today when I was riding.

I wonder if it has to do with where they get the power to supply the amp from. I took my power directly from the battery and the ground went to the main frame ground in front of the battery.

 

Hey Gann, How do you compare these to the Pioneer 6900PRO?