DTennessee
CarAudio.com Newbie
Hello I've been out of the audio world for quite some time (like 30 years) and decided to take the plunge back in. I have a 2022 chevy silverado and man did the stock system ever sound terrible in it. That was the all the prompt I needed to get back into it. I visited several local shops in my area before settling on the one that communicated the best, was the most open to listen to what I wanted and overall best gut feeling and appearance.
I stayed with the factory head unit as there isn't a replacement for it and it basically is the brain for everything. This is what they recommended and what I went with.
Applied sound dampening to all door panels
Replaced the front factory speakers with Kenwood 6902c component speakers
Replaced the rear factory speakers with Kenwood KFC 174 in rear doors
Kenwood XR901-5 amp
Kenwood Excelon P-XRW122DB 12" sub
Audio Control Lc6i 6 channel line output converter
Overall a definite improvement over the factory radio but still not exactly where I want the sound quality to be. I find that the front speakers have a ton of mid and highs that I am not able to really take out with the head unit eq or adjusting the HPF. Also to me I thought it would have more volume than what it does.
It does sound good with certain types of music, i.e hip hop or or techno but sounds not so good with 80s metal or something that drives the mid range like a certain drum beat between the bass and snare or certain vocals. The speakers want to vibrate/distort. I have went through several adjustments to find the sweet spot and have it dialed to where for my ear everything sounds the best it can with the max volume and no distortion or clipping, but something is still missing or lacking. Maybe my ear is too critical.
The installer is recommending the addition now of a DSP to help control the unwanted frequencies.
You guys are the experts and I am just a guy getting back into the game and drinking from the firehose at the moment. Looking forward to your feedback positive or negative, here to learn and make improvements!
Thoughts?
Thank you!
I stayed with the factory head unit as there isn't a replacement for it and it basically is the brain for everything. This is what they recommended and what I went with.
Applied sound dampening to all door panels
Replaced the front factory speakers with Kenwood 6902c component speakers
Replaced the rear factory speakers with Kenwood KFC 174 in rear doors
Kenwood XR901-5 amp
Kenwood Excelon P-XRW122DB 12" sub
Audio Control Lc6i 6 channel line output converter
Overall a definite improvement over the factory radio but still not exactly where I want the sound quality to be. I find that the front speakers have a ton of mid and highs that I am not able to really take out with the head unit eq or adjusting the HPF. Also to me I thought it would have more volume than what it does.
It does sound good with certain types of music, i.e hip hop or or techno but sounds not so good with 80s metal or something that drives the mid range like a certain drum beat between the bass and snare or certain vocals. The speakers want to vibrate/distort. I have went through several adjustments to find the sweet spot and have it dialed to where for my ear everything sounds the best it can with the max volume and no distortion or clipping, but something is still missing or lacking. Maybe my ear is too critical.
The installer is recommending the addition now of a DSP to help control the unwanted frequencies.
You guys are the experts and I am just a guy getting back into the game and drinking from the firehose at the moment. Looking forward to your feedback positive or negative, here to learn and make improvements!
Thoughts?
Thank you!
