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<blockquote data-quote="BnGRacing" data-source="post: 7629400" data-attributes="member: 557400"><p>The only time you're going to get a lot of headroom is when you're sitting in your car with the engine off and listening to music.</p><p></p><p>As soon as you start moving the background wind, engine, &amp; tire noise will eat up most of the headroom &amp; nuances you get from a high quality high power amplifier. If you've set your gains @ 0dB overlap you'll probably drive around with the volume nearly at max on your HU. This is the part of the episode where the 'enlightened' forum rats scurry into your thread and try to convince you to tear your car apart and apply a couple hundred dollars worth of sound deadening. Sure, it'll make a difference in lowering road noise...but not enough to justify the PITA &amp; the expense. Worse yet, if you only do your doors you'll just hear noise coming from some other part of the car and you'll be chasing ghosts instead of just enjoying your system.</p><p></p><p>As it sits, you have a pretty good amp. But since you're wondering how you can get better sound, that leads me to believe there's something you don't like about it. If I had to guess, I'd say that the Boston Pros are a little underwhelming to you. They sound good when EQ'd, they're tough as nails, but they don't have a lot of midbass or snap to them. Boston speakers never have...</p><p></p><p>The only other thing I can think of is that you're not liking the Class D stuff. Most people have a little clipping going on with their amps and the Class D stuff, notoriously, is a little more dry sounding...sometimes they get plain old gritty. If you're looking to swap to a new amp, look into a Class A/B with a good processing section. Audison is a name that comes to mind</p><p></p><p>I'd go shopping for new front speakers b/c I don't think you'll notice a difference if you throw more power at them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BnGRacing, post: 7629400, member: 557400"] The only time you're going to get a lot of headroom is when you're sitting in your car with the engine off and listening to music. As soon as you start moving the background wind, engine, & tire noise will eat up most of the headroom & nuances you get from a high quality high power amplifier. If you've set your gains @ 0dB overlap you'll probably drive around with the volume nearly at max on your HU. This is the part of the episode where the 'enlightened' forum rats scurry into your thread and try to convince you to tear your car apart and apply a couple hundred dollars worth of sound deadening. Sure, it'll make a difference in lowering road noise...but not enough to justify the PITA & the expense. Worse yet, if you only do your doors you'll just hear noise coming from some other part of the car and you'll be chasing ghosts instead of just enjoying your system. As it sits, you have a pretty good amp. But since you're wondering how you can get better sound, that leads me to believe there's something you don't like about it. If I had to guess, I'd say that the Boston Pros are a little underwhelming to you. They sound good when EQ'd, they're tough as nails, but they don't have a lot of midbass or snap to them. Boston speakers never have... The only other thing I can think of is that you're not liking the Class D stuff. Most people have a little clipping going on with their amps and the Class D stuff, notoriously, is a little more dry sounding...sometimes they get plain old gritty. If you're looking to swap to a new amp, look into a Class A/B with a good processing section. Audison is a name that comes to mind I'd go shopping for new front speakers b/c I don't think you'll notice a difference if you throw more power at them. [/QUOTE]
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