Hi guys, I just upgraded my 2001 Ford Ranger from stock Everything to a formidable system.
I started by adding an Alpine CDE-9881, because my main concern was compatibility with my iPod and the ability to read MP3 cds.
Then the itch kicked in for me to do the speakers, so I did some research and ask a few people who knew a lot about car audio and I ended up putting in 2 pairs of Infinity Kappa 682.7CF 6x8 speakers.
After that, It came down to a decision of how i wanted to go about putting a subwoofer in. Build a box or find something custom-fit? Well MTX did not disappoint me. I found a pre-fabricated, custom fit enclosure that fits 2 10" subs.
I bought an Infinity Reference 1300a 300-Watt amp to get the subs goin, and I was ready to install. I already had the HU put in at bestbuy (free installation since i bought it there), I did the speakers myself, and I took the sub/amp to bestbuy and let them do it. I can handle simple wiring, but the task of getting the sub running was out of my league.
The quality of sound in my truck has increased exponentially as a result of my upgrade and I'm starting to wonder why I waited so long to do it lol.
Now, after all that, I have a question. My truck can be heard (clearly) halfway across the parking lot of Six Flags Great Adventure. But IN the truck, the voice is distorted due to the subs. What do I need to do to make the vocals come in clearly at higher volumes?
how do the voices get distorted from the sub? More than liekly the install is poor and things like imaging are messed up. Also being heard clearly, is that sub only? With trunks you have a hard time with getting the correct wave length for the subs. Also if you are getting distortion with the speakers at high volumes either use a crossover to adjust the HPF so only certain freqeuncies and up go to the speaker. Your speakers may have a hard time running full range at high volumes, and one last thing, try better speakers.