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<blockquote data-quote="HardcoreBob" data-source="post: 8595835" data-attributes="member: 673712">Hello...I&#039;m 40, been out of the car audio game for about 15 years, but I&#039;m back and studying to put together a beast mode system for my 2011 Ford F-150 Supercrew with Sony Nav...I guess I&#039;m just a newb again (never was a wizard by any means)...&nbsp; The little bit of research I&#039;ve done in the past week has helped me narrow &quot;some&quot; things down...Head Unit replacement is not an option ( for me anyway)...So from what I gather, I will first need something along the lines of an &quot;Audio Control Lc?&quot; to sum my head units output and give me RCA out puts...I have a couple of preliminary questions...My sound system has a center channel, which raises a ton of questions for my simple newbie brain,Unless that is, if most veterans can give solid recommendation on eliminating the channel or not(If I do eliminate, eliminate altogether, or just not amplify/use crossovers...Another preliminary question I have, is:My doors fit 6x8s or 5 1/4s... What are the pros and cons of each? (A rep from crutchfield told me the 6x8s have more low end, I listen to literally -everything- all types of music in a given day, HOWEVER, my passion is dark low end HEAVY metal guitar riffs)Would 6x8s have a substantial difference in that low- midrange area?Another question, which may sound dumb because it&#039;s so subjective, is, is there a particular brand of component speakers more suitable to the low end/mid range... I have always felt drawn to Rockford, but Memphis had the best sounding speaker &quot;I&quot; have ever heard, but I haven&#039;t heard many high end speakers.Also, I&#039;m learning from my research, that rear speakers are much less important... should I leave my rear door speakers factory ( they are the Sony premium package which, of course, isn&#039;t much) without amplification, or replace them without amplification ( mid range only instead of component?)Just need that much clarification on the rear door speaker issue...Thank you guys for your time and input, I will be coming back with more questions as I get this project off the ground.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HardcoreBob, post: 8595835, member: 673712"] Hello... I'm 40, been out of the car audio game for about 15 years, but I'm back and studying to put together a beast mode system for my 2011 Ford F-150 Supercrew with Sony Nav... I guess I'm just a newb again (never was a wizard by any means)... The little bit of research I've done in the past week has helped me narrow "some" things down... Head Unit replacement is not an option ( for me anyway)... So from what I gather, I will first need something along the lines of an "Audio Control Lc?" to sum my head units output and give me RCA out puts... I have a couple of preliminary questions... My sound system has a center channel, which raises a ton of questions for my simple newbie brain, Unless that is, if most veterans can give solid recommendation on eliminating the channel or not (If I do eliminate, eliminate altogether, or just not amplify/use crossovers... Another preliminary question I have, is: My doors fit 6x8s or 5 1/4s... What are the pros and cons of each? (A rep from crutchfield told me the 6x8s have more low end, I listen to literally -everything- all types of music in a given day, HOWEVER, my passion is dark low end HEAVY metal guitar riffs) Would 6x8s have a substantial difference in that low- midrange area? Another question, which may sound dumb because it's so subjective, is, is there a particular brand of component speakers more suitable to the low end/mid range... I have always felt drawn to Rockford, but Memphis had the best sounding speaker "I" have ever heard, but I haven't heard many high end speakers. Also, I'm learning from my research, that rear speakers are much less important... should I leave my rear door speakers factory ( they are the Sony premium package which, of course, isn't much) without amplification, or replace them without amplification ( mid range only instead of component?) Just need that much clarification on the rear door speaker issue... Thank you guys for your time and input, I will be coming back with more questions as I get this project off the ground. [/QUOTE]

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