Not as loud as I thought

[npbow]

Hi all first time post with question. I have a 2004 Toyota Tacoma xtra cab and I installed a sony mex 100 bt that is supposed to have 40 watts rms x 4, JL C2-650 6 inch components 4 ohms in front and Jbl gto 6x9 in rear it is ok loud and clear when turned up to near max but I expected it to be much louder, do the speakers need more watts ?. I don't know if this matters I used the original speaker wires. Any info would be appreciated.

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[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

Did you properly install 8/10 gauge power and ground? What are you using aux/bt/usb?

 

[npbow]

yes connected to battery and ground 14 gauge .on all tuner ,usb,bt

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

yes connected to battery and ground 14 gauge .on all tuner ,usb,bt

14 gauge is not enough. Need at least 10 gauge for it to make any power.

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

Need an amp.

 

[Massive spl]

It's a head unit. Hardly gunna do any power. Get a little 4ch amp

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

It's a head unit. Hardly gunna do any power. Get a little 4ch amp

it actually does decent power and gets decently loud, something's just wrong with his install/settings

 

[Massive spl]

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[AFS585]

It's a head unit. Hardly gunna do any power. Get a little 4ch amp

those decks do really well, we sell them here at my shop. just put one in a lexus is250 and it sounded really good for what it is. delivers a true 40wrms per channel.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

That mega bass button front and center doe //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

yeah its a lil cheesy and it sony... but that 24 bit dac, Time alignment, 10 band EQ and 5 volt pre-out and inherent 40 watts rms per channel aint no joke. Pretty good sh*t for the average joe. Not something i'd run myself but i'd have no problems recommending this to non bassheads, put this in two setups for some buddies and they all sounded way better after the switch and tune even with stock speakers.

 

[Massive spl]

I'll have to see if the shop here has one of these hooked up so I can check it out

 

[npbow]

As far as the wires they are 14 gauge coming out of the head unit and 14 gauge is what the instructions say to use I will try 10 to see if its better. As far as loud do get me wrong it gets loud I just expect more from going stock to 40 watts rms .The stock unit was loud but sounded like **** this sound is very clear but I expected much louder .Also do the speaker crossovers use a lot of watts ? Does anyway know how many rms watts the stock stereo in a 2004 Tacoma puts so maybe I will have so kind of comparison

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

As far as the wires they are 14 gauge coming out of the head unit and 14 gauge is what the instructions say to use I will try 10 to see if its better. As far as loud do get me wrong it gets loud I just expect more from going stock to 40 watts rms .The stock unit was loud but sounded like **** this sound is very clear but I expected much louder .Also do the speaker crossovers use a lot of watts ? Does anyway know how many rms watts the stock stereo in a 2004 Tacoma puts so maybe I will have so kind of comparison

yeah speaker crossovers limit the power a good amount. I havent used a passive crossover in ages and will never go back to one since i'm going active all the times. Power doesnt necessarily mean louder, it just means more clarity and detail brought out in the music, you get just as loud as your stock stereo but its not gonna sound like garbage at higher volume anymore. If you wanted loud, you needed to get more sensitive speakers that get louder on the same power. Its not gonna automatically make your ear blow out, you are gaining at most 3 dbs from the whole swap and thats not much.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

Does the HU have an internal amp on/off feature like my alpine and pioneer? If so, make sure it's on.

 

[npbow]

Ok then that explains it I can turn it to max and it is very clear as when stock was just as loud but turned a little past half volume and it started to sound bad. What are your thought about a 2 channel amp for front how many watts if I want louder and just run the rear jbl off the head unit for fill and base