Anyone serious about audio? Not happy AT ALL with j&m, what do I do?
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Just curious how much power you think a set of speakers that are essentially 6x9's need? Especially when the kenwood is pushing almost double the power of a stock HK radio? I have a 250 watt jm amp that pushes what? 60 watts rms per channel?
By serious I didn't mean who can put a bunch of watts in to a set of speakers, I meant serious like running speakers correctly, I have a feeling I'm going to get better sound from my stereo after I pull the amp, but if I don't, I'll hook the amp up? I guess that's hilarious?
Cool!
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The Biketronics "Titan II" are the Hybrid Audio "Imagine" line - not the "Mirus". The "Imagine" is a step up from the "Mirus" and thus the price of ~$250 per pair (with 6.5" adapters) from Biketronics.
I think HAT speakers sound fantastic ... easily comparable market line-by-line to Focal, Morel, Dynaudio. Generally a better price point at any given stage than the other brands.
I have a set of HAT Legatia SE woofers and Pro-2-SE tweets in the fairing and damn do they sound good. Have a set of HAT Clarus in the lowers (fed with full-range audio, no x-overs, no tweets).
HAT is definitely a player among the best of the brands and you would do well to audition them.
I think HAT speakers sound fantastic ... easily comparable market line-by-line to Focal, Morel, Dynaudio. Generally a better price point at any given stage than the other brands.
I have a set of HAT Legatia SE woofers and Pro-2-SE tweets in the fairing and damn do they sound good. Have a set of HAT Clarus in the lowers (fed with full-range audio, no x-overs, no tweets).
HAT is definitely a player among the best of the brands and you would do well to audition them.
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Just curious how much power you think a set of speakers that are essentially 6x9's need? Especially when the kenwood is pushing almost double the power of a stock HK radio? I have a 250 watt jm amp that pushes what? 60 watts rms per channel?
By serious I didn't mean who can put a bunch of watts in to a set of speakers, I meant serious like running speakers correctly, I have a feeling I'm going to get better sound from my stereo after I pull the amp, but if I don't, I'll hook the amp up? I guess that's hilarious?
Cool!
By serious I didn't mean who can put a bunch of watts in to a set of speakers, I meant serious like running speakers correctly, I have a feeling I'm going to get better sound from my stereo after I pull the amp, but if I don't, I'll hook the amp up? I guess that's hilarious?
Cool!
The same ideals apply in custom stereo systems, having more power in a stereo is like having an 8 cylinder car versus a 4 cylinder .
The 4 cylinder car may perform very well, and have a high level of output.
but it's running on the ragged edge, and wearing out the components more quickly.( distortion destroys speakers, not clean power)
Vs the 8 cylinder which is able to give you the same or greater level of performance, while still having more power in reserve without putting undue stress on the components.
In other words the 4 banger is on the extreme edge of it's performance capability, and the V8 humming along in cruse control.
What I am trying to say is that having ample power is good, it gives you dynamic headroom.
More power = less distortion for a given volume level.
It dosen't mean that you have to turn it up to ridiculous sound levels.
I will be running 70 watts rms into speakers with sensitivity >90db @ 1meter, which should be enough to allow me to here my music @ freeway speeds. without large amounts of distortion.
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I spent a good chuck of money on J&M rokkers & amp recently, finally got it installed and it is probably the worst sounding stereo I have ever heard.
Don't get me wrong, it is loud, but it sounds like I'm listening to it underwater or something, very flat and muffled sounding. Everything is set up correctly, settings are correct. Just sounds like butt.
So any serious audio guys found a good two speaker solution for good sounds on their bike?
If you're running something like jenson, or Rockford fostgate, no offense but this thread isn't for you.
Anyone found any speaker / amp solutions with serious sound manufacturers? I'm pretty sure I'm going with a kenwood slide our DVD player at this point, I'm looking for information on bikes that have alpine, kenwood, jl or other legit manufacterers that are serious about sound.
Also: could it possibly be the head unit making my J&M system sound so much like garbage? The quality of the J&M product seems nice, no idea why it sounds wal Marty.
Do I honestly have
Don't get me wrong, it is loud, but it sounds like I'm listening to it underwater or something, very flat and muffled sounding. Everything is set up correctly, settings are correct. Just sounds like butt.
So any serious audio guys found a good two speaker solution for good sounds on their bike?
If you're running something like jenson, or Rockford fostgate, no offense but this thread isn't for you.
Anyone found any speaker / amp solutions with serious sound manufacturers? I'm pretty sure I'm going with a kenwood slide our DVD player at this point, I'm looking for information on bikes that have alpine, kenwood, jl or other legit manufacterers that are serious about sound.
Also: could it possibly be the head unit making my J&M system sound so much like garbage? The quality of the J&M product seems nice, no idea why it sounds wal Marty.
Do I honestly have
I ditched the HK head unit and used an Alpine CDA105, along with the J&M amp and some Polk Audio speakers (not that they're great, but they're 2.7 ohm). I also tried some MB Quart 6.5's, some Hertz speakers and some Alpine speakers.
Best sound was probably with the MB Quart, but they don't have much bass. We experimented and put by 4 6"x9" Pioneer 5-ways in the bags with an Alpine PDX F6 four channel 150 watt amp in my buddy's bike. Loud and clear, good mid-bass.
I'm looking for a good deal on some used bags so I can experiment with installing some Loud Lids with a pair of 10" subs in the bags (need to glass the bag to make a solid enclosure).
Find a way to get a good signal to your J&M stuff and it will sound good.
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I have an Alpine CDA 9886M head unit (Marine), Alpine PDX-4.100M amplifier, a pair of Polk 6.5" speakers in the lower fairings, Polk 6" in the upper fairing and a hog tunes tweeter add on box on the upper fairing as well. Also a pair of Polk 6X9" speakers in the saddlebags. Probably about $1000 in hardware. Can't beat the sound though, and the USB port and IPod hookups are a must, lol.
Crisp sound, good bass response even for not having subs, and I can hear it at my 80 MPH cruising speed without having to crank up the volume more than 40%. When I do crank it up, it turns heads, lol.
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