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Silver Member Username: Jd93kidBrandon, MS U.S. Post Number: 237 Registered: Jul-09 | alright.. so i just got my RD Sonance 15" and it sounds great.. but i have to push my speakers a little harder to hear em well.. And they dont sound totally terrible but i figure i prolly want and even need and upgrade.. I have bose just so ya know... but i have a pioneer head unit.. so i have the adapter.. I was wondering how i would rewire if i did get new speakers.. what speakers i should get.. if i should even get back deck speakers because you cant hear them at all when the bass hits, they just move with the sub.. I would prolly have a budget of around 200 - 350.. suggestions, advice, anything? |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfColumbia, SC USA Post Number: 13141 Registered: Dec-03 | forget rear speakers. get a good set of components for the front, like Alpine Type R, DLS, Focal, something along those lines. Get a 2 channel amplifier to drive those speakers (this is vital to let them sound the way they should, and keep up with a fifteen.) run new speaker wires from amp to component crossover, and XO to speakers. get a distribution block and split power by the amps to feed them both from the same run off the battery. if you do want rear fill, get a 4 channel amp instead of a 2 channel, and get rear speakers, too. Here's some info on rear fill. make of it what you will. http://www.glasswolf.net/papers/rearfill.html |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfColumbia, SC USA Post Number: 13142 Registered: Dec-03 | PS, you will need a head unit with 3 pair of pre-outs to do this. Not just pre-outs for a sub amp. |
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Silver Member Username: Jd93kidBrandon, MS U.S. Post Number: 238 Registered: Jul-09 | Alright.. well the headunit i have has 3 preouts i believe.. I would Really like not to have to take it out.. but there's no way around that is there? oh and like the headunit i have at high volumes will have just a tad bit of static sometimes.. |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfColumbia, SC USA Post Number: 13148 Registered: Dec-03 | get an amplifier for the front and rear speakers, not just for the sub(s) that'll fix the problem with the static, which is the internal head unit amplifier circuitry clipping and causing distortion and damaging the speakers. |
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Silver Member Username: Jd93kidBrandon, MS U.S. Post Number: 239 Registered: Jul-09 | Ahh.. thank you.. again you are a lot of help.. and i might just run front stage speakers.. and no rear.. but definitely getting an amp to run them.. and do you know if there is any way i could do that without having to remove the headunit.. because that's gonna be a chore.. |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfColumbia, SC USA Post Number: 13152 Registered: Dec-03 | eh, you'll need to be able to connect your RCA cables, and remote trigger to turn the amp on and off to the (blue?) wire and the pre-outs behind the radio. If you can do that without removing the radio, sure Otherwise, you need to disassemble the face of the center console and pull out the radio. Usually about a 5 minute job, really. |
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Silver Member Username: Jd93kidBrandon, MS U.S. Post Number: 240 Registered: Jul-09 | yeah.. i know.. its just my dad put my headunit back in after we hooked up rca's for sub.. but when he put it back in he said he'd prolly never take it back out because he put polyfill foam around it.. to make it look good and fit tight.. I might be able to persuade him.. if i can what amp and speakers would you recommend? |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfColumbia, SC USA Post Number: 13156 Registered: Dec-03 | christ. not a good move. the foam acts as an insulator. the head unit will just accumulate heat like that. best you just buy a fit-kit for that car, and use that to mount the head unit. |
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Silver Member Username: Jd93kidBrandon, MS U.S. Post Number: 241 Registered: Jul-09 | like its got air.. and i have a fit kit.. he just used it around the very edges to make it looks smooth into the dash.. it doesnt get hot |