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<blockquote data-quote="JP-TX" data-source="post: 8671165" data-attributes="member: 676739"><p>So my wife has a new suburban with the bose system and to me it sounds VERY nice. I've been relegated to keep my older 2008 GMC Sierra 4x4 Z71. It's paid off and I've been "pimping it" a little to convince myself not to buy another ride (another car payment). The OEM speakers (not Bose) were four 6.5" speakers in the front and rear doors and the little pillar tweeters. When I bought the truck, these sounded fine to me. About a year ago, the front door speakers went out and I went to replace them. The local car audio shop convinced me that I didn't need to pillar tweeters and to get a pair of Hertz Audio DCX 165.3 6.5" speakers. I did and with the stock head unit sounded OK. Recently, the rear door speakers went out as well and to match the front, I bought two more Hertz Audio DCX 165.3 6.5" and went ahead and replaced the OEM head unit with a Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X502 at the recommendation of the local car audio shop. Long story short, this setup sounds worse than the OEM setup and I don't know what I'm missing. Someone suggested that my 6.5" speakers are under powered with the head unit and I just needed an amp to make the speakers sound good. Someone else suggested a 10" sub. Still someone else suggested that the car audio guys steered me wrong and I should have maintained the pillar tweeters. I'm lost. All of my music sounds like its in mono or in a tube. It doesn't sound as good as the OEM that came with the truck and NO WHERE near my wifes Bose system in her Suburban and the local audio shop seems like they just want to push products without solving the issue. I'm not looking for heart stopping base or to irritate everyone at stop lights. I just want clear, good sounding music with decent base. Any suggestions would be appreciated as I don't trust the local car audio guys anymore and I'm into this system now (with installation) over $600. I don't mind spending more, I just want to to go in the right direction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JP-TX, post: 8671165, member: 676739"] So my wife has a new suburban with the bose system and to me it sounds VERY nice. I've been relegated to keep my older 2008 GMC Sierra 4x4 Z71. It's paid off and I've been "pimping it" a little to convince myself not to buy another ride (another car payment). The OEM speakers (not Bose) were four 6.5" speakers in the front and rear doors and the little pillar tweeters. When I bought the truck, these sounded fine to me. About a year ago, the front door speakers went out and I went to replace them. The local car audio shop convinced me that I didn't need to pillar tweeters and to get a pair of Hertz Audio DCX 165.3 6.5" speakers. I did and with the stock head unit sounded OK. Recently, the rear door speakers went out as well and to match the front, I bought two more Hertz Audio DCX 165.3 6.5" and went ahead and replaced the OEM head unit with a Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X502 at the recommendation of the local car audio shop. Long story short, this setup sounds worse than the OEM setup and I don't know what I'm missing. Someone suggested that my 6.5" speakers are under powered with the head unit and I just needed an amp to make the speakers sound good. Someone else suggested a 10" sub. Still someone else suggested that the car audio guys steered me wrong and I should have maintained the pillar tweeters. I'm lost. All of my music sounds like its in mono or in a tube. It doesn't sound as good as the OEM that came with the truck and NO WHERE near my wifes Bose system in her Suburban and the local audio shop seems like they just want to push products without solving the issue. I'm not looking for heart stopping base or to irritate everyone at stop lights. I just want clear, good sounding music with decent base. Any suggestions would be appreciated as I don't trust the local car audio guys anymore and I'm into this system now (with installation) over $600. I don't mind spending more, I just want to to go in the right direction. [/QUOTE]
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