New system sounds HORRIBLE!

utahskierdave · Nov 6, 2020

Apologies for the delayed response. I’m an employee health nurse at a hospital here in Utah and we’ve been slammed with COVID.

I ended up having the shop install an amp for me. The system now has some tight punchy bass. I couldn’t be happier. Thanks guys for your help here.

ABA180 · Nov 7, 2020

utahskierdave[OP] said: ↑

Apologies for the delayed response. I’m an employee health nurse at a hospital here in Utah and we’ve been slammed with COVID.

I ended up having the shop install an amp for me. The system now has some tight punchy bass. I couldn’t be happier. Thanks guys for your help here.
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Yikes..be safe and hope you all are well.

Ain't nothing like an aftermarket amp. I would guess they just ran new wire to the speakers, IMO the best way to go for a couple of reasons.

What amp did you roll with?

utahskierdave · Nov 9, 2020

ABA180 said: ↑

Yikes..be safe and hope you all are well.

Ain't nothing like an aftermarket amp. I would guess they just ran new wire to the speakers, IMO the best way to go for a couple of reasons.

What amp did you roll with?
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Pioneer DX 975....Love it!

ABA180 · Nov 9, 2020

Nice choice, I went with 2 separate amps but I have the front doors only and then a pair of 12s behind my seat. I do love the Pioneer radios I have and used to have too

Yodastacotruck · Nov 11, 2020

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I have a '08 double cab TRD Off Road with JBL. I had been thinking about replacing my truck but have decided I am driving it forever as it still looks brand new and has never let me down.

In an effort to bring into this century I recently had a local shop replace the stock HU with a Kenwood DDX8906s (also added a back-up cam and Serius-XM as well as a steering wheel control kit). I gave it a week or two with the stock speakers and it seemed like those speakers were getting overwhelmed, especially at high volumes. So I ordered from Crutchfield and installed Infinity Primus PR9610cs 6x9 component speakers in the front doors, Infinity Reference 6532ex 6 1/2 in the rear doors and a Rockford Fosgate P3SD2 8 inch sub on their recommendation.

While it sounds a little better, especially at lower volumes, the new set-up starts to sound very muddy at higher volumes...I am not looking to rattle my windows but I do enjoy a bit of volume when I'm driving around with windows down. I have spent a fair amount of time tweaking the settings on the head unit (EQ, x-over, slopes, etc) but the bass still sounds muddy at high volumes, there is sometimes a loud pop in the door speakers associated with a bass hit but not EVERY hit at higher volumes. It just doesn't sound tight and punchy like the stock system...

I would love any advice you can give me as to what I can do to improve my set-up. Did I get the wrong speakers? Do I need a better amp? Thanks in advance!
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Try different brand of speaker also I had infinity reference series when I built a system for my celica like 10 years ago I
Was very disappointed in the sound quality a friend of mine ran cheap pioneer 6x9 and they blew my speakers away when it came to sound clarity

Ericd94 · Dec 15, 2020

utahskierdave[OP] initial post: ↑

I have a '08 double cab TRD Off Road with JBL. I had been thinking about replacing my truck but have decided I am driving it forever as it still looks brand new and has never let me down.

In an effort to bring into this century I recently had a local shop replace the stock HU with a Kenwood DDX8906s (also added a back-up cam and Serius-XM as well as a steering wheel control kit). I gave it a week or two with the stock speakers and it seemed like those speakers were getting overwhelmed, especially at high volumes. So I ordered from Crutchfield and installed Infinity Primus PR9610cs 6x9 component speakers in the front doors, Infinity Reference 6532ex 6 1/2 in the rear doors and a Rockford Fosgate P3SD2 8 inch sub on their recommendation.

While it sounds a little better, especially at lower volumes, the new set-up starts to sound very muddy at higher volumes...I am not looking to rattle my windows but I do enjoy a bit of volume when I'm driving around with windows down. I have spent a fair amount of time tweaking the settings on the head unit (EQ, x-over, slopes, etc) but the bass still sounds muddy at high volumes, there is sometimes a loud pop in the door speakers associated with a bass hit but not EVERY hit at higher volumes. It just doesn't sound tight and punchy like the stock system...

I would love any advice you can give me as to what I can do to improve my set-up. Did I get the wrong speakers? Do I need a better amp? Thanks in advance!
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Try crossing the front speakers at 80-100hz using a 24db slope. Sub should be crossed at 80hz on a 12-24db slope. Also yes, amp the fronts. Assuming your on a budget, I would get a 4 channel amp and sell the monoblock for the sub. Amp the fronts, and bridge the rear for the sub. Run the rears off the headunit. 4 channel that runs 50x4 will be plenty.

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