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I have a '03 Jeep Liberty Limited and just installed (details below) aftermarket tuner, XM tuner, 4-channel power amplifier and 4 door speakers. I still have the front factory tweeters installed. It is hard for me to tell how it would sound without the tweeters installed, but they definitely ruin the...
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I've come to expect a lot from my electronics. They have to be smarter, thinner, more powerful. They should provide a fun gaming experience AND help me find a good recipe for dinner. And maybe they should shine my shoes while they're at it. Most of the time, I am not disappointed. There are a lot of...
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Right now I am looking for a good SQ subwoofer to complete my system. I am debating between a 10" Boston G5 with GTR, 10" JL W6, and a 10" Diamond D6 (not from Crutchfield). I have also been looking at Focals and Rainbows. I plan on putting them in a sealed enclosure and powering them with a Alpine PDX...
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I just installed a dnx-8120 and love it! I also added a rockford fosgate 12' sub/encloser with a rock amp. I'm thinking of upgrading the door speakers. I'm really ready to add an amp just yet for the door speakers so my question is, what do you guys recommend for a good replacement speaker for the doors...
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Hello, First of all great forum. I have a 2000 Chrysler Concorde LXi which have 6.5" speakers in front and 6 x 9 in the back So far, I have replace the head unit with Alpine CDA-9886 and I have a no name brand aftermarket speakers installed replacing the factory Infinity system. Now I'm looking for a...
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Honda Accord 2000 4 door sedan factory upgrade... I've just ordered all my new gear upon recommendations from Crutchfield. I was looking for good quality HU and speakers that wouldn't break my budget, so here's what I ended up with... HU-Kenwood KDC-MP208 built-in MOSFET amplifier (22 watts RMS/50 peak...
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I was wondering which I should do, buy a new pair of 6x9 speakers to put in the back of my 2005 honda accord, or buy an adaptor to go from the 6x9 to 6 1/2, since I currently have a pair of new 6 1/2 collecting dust in my closet. Will I notice a difference in sound? Any advice is greatly appreciated...
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A car interior presents some serious problems when it comes to sound quality. Glass and plastic surfaces reflect sound like crazy, while carpet, seat covers, and other absorbent materials soak it up. Add poorly-placed speakers to the mix, and you'll find significant peaks in frequency response in most...
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You may be saying, "My factory stereo puts out 200 watts, and that's plenty of power." But there's a huge difference between 50 watts peak power per channel produced by your car stereo and 50 watts RMS from an outboard amplifier. A separate amplifier will provide more clean power than any car stereo...
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How much time do you spend in your car? If your daily commute consumes 100 hours a year, as is the case for many people , then you can easily justify a modest investment to improve the sound of your car stereo. Navigation , video screens and Bluetooth are terrific. But we think it's time to refocus on...
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Jim R
on Fri, Nov 21 2008
Filed under: car stereo, car audio, car speakers, sound quality, Crutchfield, high fidelity, Hi-Fi 2.0
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Amplifiers all sound alike, right? No they don't. Many amps just make your music loud enough to overcome road noise. Other amplifiers handle music more carefully to promote higher fidelity. Small technological differences between brands often make for large differences in sound. A recent test in our...
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What has better sound quality when it comes to mids/highs? Amps wont be an issue. Diamond Audio, Infinity Kappa, or JLs?
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Gain, Level, Volume...aren't they the same thing? Everybody knows a volume control makes your music louder (or quieter), so why do there seem to be so many different ways to describe it? If you're used to dubbing, or if making mixtape cassettes was your thing, you may remember "level" has something to...
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Gabrielle
on Thu, Jul 24 2008
Filed under: home audio, balance, amplifier gain, amplifier, sound quality, gain, tech terms, GabrielleT, input sensitivity, volume, level
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My brother-in-law knew that his car stereo sounded bad. He didn’t know why. He spends a lot of time, every day for his job, driving around town listening to classic rock radio. He came to me for help. “I’m willing to spend five hundred dollars to make it right," he said. "What do I need, a better radio...