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<blockquote data-quote="Kai Winters" data-source="post: 8463985" data-attributes="member: 574994"><p>Well, depending on what you listen to regarding music the sub may or may not be that big a bang...at 60 my favorite music is "classic" rock LOL...The Beatles, Led Zep, Aerosmith, Kinks, AC/DC...as well as Frank Sinatra, The Bing, etc...I also listen to a lot of podcasts and Audible audio books so in many cases the bass of a sub is not very pronounced. I don't have a sub in my CRV and find I don't really miss it much as the JL Audio coaxials have an awesome mid bass that covers the bass levels just fine and listening to podcasts and audio books the sub is just an anchor hehehe.</p><p></p><p>I just finished a search and look see for your speakers...they should work well and provide a nice sound, though I'm not at all familiar with them...I'm much more familiar with JL Audio, MB Quart...how are you going to connect 3 pair of speakers to a 4 channel amp?</p><p></p><p>Your truck is large with a large air volume inside...not much different that the cubic feet of space in my CRV allowing you to do a lot with a sound system.</p><p></p><p>How are you going to connect the amp to the factory system...line out or does it have pre amp connections? I'm using the line out on my little JL Audio amp until the Alpine iLX-007 head unit gets installed in a few days then I use the pre amp connections for a better signal and sound.</p><p></p><p>Were it me and I had to/wanted to use the speakers I just bought I would try this as an experiment: Amp is connected and working properly...hsk's in the front doors with the tweeters installed in the door panels down and to the right/mid point? from the arm rests to keep them close to the mids for a good sound stage. I'd mount the dsk's in the rear doors placing the tweeters in a close location to the mids as well. I'd adjust the fronts for a balanced sound stage favoring the higher or lower range depending on my hearing/listening preferences though closer to "flat" than either to high or low. For the rears I'd play around with de-emphasizing the higher range while boosting the mid to lower ranges to emphasize the lower range...you can't get sub levels but you should be able to get a decent low level bass...if not you merely have to adjust the settings on the head unit...you can play around with the settings on the crossovers for the speakers as well to cut out or reduce the highs so the fronts have primary stage...you can do the same with the amp but make sure one...amp or crossovers...doesn't override the other.</p><p></p><p>This will/should give you a very nice sound stage and a lot of room for adjusting the sound to the truck's interior volume and acoustics and your listening preferences.</p><p></p><p>Use the remaining pair of speakers in another vehicle...the Toyota? or just sit on them/sell them.</p><p></p><p>If you decide you want a sub you can easily use the rear channels that are going to the rear speakers to power the sub and the rear speakers will/can be unused.</p><p></p><p>I suggest you start with all your settings at a "flat" setting and your crossovers at the recommended settings...let the system and your ears break in to the new kit and sounds then after a week or two you can start "tweaking" to achieve a good balance and sound that you prefer...if you've not installed an amp before do some research on setting the levels...you really really don't want to just max them out as you just get a lot of awful noise at full or close to full volume and can risk damage to the speakers..."noise" is very harmful...</p><p></p><p>Good luck and have fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kai Winters, post: 8463985, member: 574994"] Well, depending on what you listen to regarding music the sub may or may not be that big a bang...at 60 my favorite music is "classic" rock LOL...The Beatles, Led Zep, Aerosmith, Kinks, AC/DC...as well as Frank Sinatra, The Bing, etc...I also listen to a lot of podcasts and Audible audio books so in many cases the bass of a sub is not very pronounced. I don't have a sub in my CRV and find I don't really miss it much as the JL Audio coaxials have an awesome mid bass that covers the bass levels just fine and listening to podcasts and audio books the sub is just an anchor hehehe. I just finished a search and look see for your speakers...they should work well and provide a nice sound, though I'm not at all familiar with them...I'm much more familiar with JL Audio, MB Quart...how are you going to connect 3 pair of speakers to a 4 channel amp? Your truck is large with a large air volume inside...not much different that the cubic feet of space in my CRV allowing you to do a lot with a sound system. How are you going to connect the amp to the factory system...line out or does it have pre amp connections? I'm using the line out on my little JL Audio amp until the Alpine iLX-007 head unit gets installed in a few days then I use the pre amp connections for a better signal and sound. Were it me and I had to/wanted to use the speakers I just bought I would try this as an experiment: Amp is connected and working properly...hsk's in the front doors with the tweeters installed in the door panels down and to the right/mid point? from the arm rests to keep them close to the mids for a good sound stage. I'd mount the dsk's in the rear doors placing the tweeters in a close location to the mids as well. I'd adjust the fronts for a balanced sound stage favoring the higher or lower range depending on my hearing/listening preferences though closer to "flat" than either to high or low. For the rears I'd play around with de-emphasizing the higher range while boosting the mid to lower ranges to emphasize the lower range...you can't get sub levels but you should be able to get a decent low level bass...if not you merely have to adjust the settings on the head unit...you can play around with the settings on the crossovers for the speakers as well to cut out or reduce the highs so the fronts have primary stage...you can do the same with the amp but make sure one...amp or crossovers...doesn't override the other. This will/should give you a very nice sound stage and a lot of room for adjusting the sound to the truck's interior volume and acoustics and your listening preferences. Use the remaining pair of speakers in another vehicle...the Toyota? or just sit on them/sell them. If you decide you want a sub you can easily use the rear channels that are going to the rear speakers to power the sub and the rear speakers will/can be unused. I suggest you start with all your settings at a "flat" setting and your crossovers at the recommended settings...let the system and your ears break in to the new kit and sounds then after a week or two you can start "tweaking" to achieve a good balance and sound that you prefer...if you've not installed an amp before do some research on setting the levels...you really really don't want to just max them out as you just get a lot of awful noise at full or close to full volume and can risk damage to the speakers..."noise" is very harmful... Good luck and have fun. [/QUOTE]
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