Rob1013692
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So I did a thing.. I upgraded most the speakers in the truck. I just couldn’t handle the front “sound stage” on the HK. Sometimes the highs were just so overwhelming it would hurt to listen to at times.
I looked at the roof speakers, and could not figure a way to exchange those without breaking the grills. So that is the only thing I didn’t do.
After pulling each speaker, I found out the entire system is 4ohms. 4 ohm dash, 4 ohm door, 4 ohm sail tweeters, and 4 ohm sub. I was expecting the impedance to be that of the alpine system and be 2ohm door, 8ohm dash, 2 ohm sub.
I had purchased 2- Kenwood KFC-XP6903C for the dash speakers, and 2 ohm door 6x9s. I ended up using the entire kit from Kenwood. I’ll be returning the 2ohm door speakers after check impedance of each speaker.
The Kenwoods sound fantastic with the HK system (amp). I actually need to turn the bass down. And the highs are clear without overbearing like that of the alpine upgrade. For the sub, I put an alpine s 8” w/ some poly fill.
It was kind of disheartening seeing the small coils and paper cones w/ foam surrounds. But then, it is oem audio. I am very pleased with how it all turned out. My wife could hear the truck thumping in the house when I fired it up. XM still sucks, but what can you do?
Harness adapters and sub came from Crutchfield. Speakers Amazon. Front speakers need 1/4” spacer.
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I looked at the roof speakers, and could not figure a way to exchange those without breaking the grills. So that is the only thing I didn’t do.
After pulling each speaker, I found out the entire system is 4ohms. 4 ohm dash, 4 ohm door, 4 ohm sail tweeters, and 4 ohm sub. I was expecting the impedance to be that of the alpine system and be 2ohm door, 8ohm dash, 2 ohm sub.
I had purchased 2- Kenwood KFC-XP6903C for the dash speakers, and 2 ohm door 6x9s. I ended up using the entire kit from Kenwood. I’ll be returning the 2ohm door speakers after check impedance of each speaker.
The Kenwoods sound fantastic with the HK system (amp). I actually need to turn the bass down. And the highs are clear without overbearing like that of the alpine upgrade. For the sub, I put an alpine s 8” w/ some poly fill.
It was kind of disheartening seeing the small coils and paper cones w/ foam surrounds. But then, it is oem audio. I am very pleased with how it all turned out. My wife could hear the truck thumping in the house when I fired it up. XM still sucks, but what can you do?
Harness adapters and sub came from Crutchfield. Speakers Amazon. Front speakers need 1/4” spacer.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk