Tempe
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- Aug 7, 2007
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- Age
- 47
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Manual
My almost 12 year-old Kenwood head unit's time has come and gone. In recent times the preouts have been fading out during startup and sometimes fading in while driving. Usually the right side is louder than the left. I had to resort to rear stock speakers powered off the head unit.
I uninstalled the amps from under my seats, removed the seats, took the 44-pound subwoofer out of its enclosure, and dragged the enclosure out from the truck. Wow it was filthy back there! I will need to scrub / detail the hell out of the rear cab.
Currently running is the RE Audio component set in the doors off of the head unit power. Yes, it sucks to have no sub-bass and to have to stop turning up the volume when the head unit power gives out. I notice myself having to turn down the volume due to the distortion.
On the way is a Clarion DXZ785USB head unit. This will do processing for 2-way active plus subwoofer. Also it will do time alignment, and it has a equalizer. No more one set of RCAs being split by external processors. No more reaching to the back to adjust crossover settings or having to put the crossover up front in an undesirable location to aleviate that problem.
Last night I Paypaled a friend from Maryland, and his MA Audio 100x4 amp is on its way. It will power the two Dayton RS225-4s that have been sitting in the closet for almost two years. For the high end I will use the Seas tweeters also sitting around, or I will get some Tang Band ceramic domes to save on space.
I'll keep you guys in touch!
T
I uninstalled the amps from under my seats, removed the seats, took the 44-pound subwoofer out of its enclosure, and dragged the enclosure out from the truck. Wow it was filthy back there! I will need to scrub / detail the hell out of the rear cab.
Currently running is the RE Audio component set in the doors off of the head unit power. Yes, it sucks to have no sub-bass and to have to stop turning up the volume when the head unit power gives out. I notice myself having to turn down the volume due to the distortion.
On the way is a Clarion DXZ785USB head unit. This will do processing for 2-way active plus subwoofer. Also it will do time alignment, and it has a equalizer. No more one set of RCAs being split by external processors. No more reaching to the back to adjust crossover settings or having to put the crossover up front in an undesirable location to aleviate that problem.
Last night I Paypaled a friend from Maryland, and his MA Audio 100x4 amp is on its way. It will power the two Dayton RS225-4s that have been sitting in the closet for almost two years. For the high end I will use the Seas tweeters also sitting around, or I will get some Tang Band ceramic domes to save on space.
I'll keep you guys in touch!
T