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Charles
Dodge Dakota
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1/16/2003
14:09:07
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 Subject: 03 DAK Infinity System, HELP!
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Is there an economical way to make this Infinity system sound good, not teriffic, just good?? I don't think the head unit could be producing that much distortion and I don't really want to replace it. Are the speakers OK? Is the Amp crap? Where's the problem???
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silverD
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1/16/2003
14:23:34
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The problems are in this order:
1: Speakers-new ones are needed if you want clean sound at higher volumes.
2: OEM amp-not enough power to produce clean sound for new speaks, distortion will occur.
3: Radio-this is least important. If you stick with OEM radio I would suggest a new seperate amp (with high level inputs), but a new radio would have enough power for low volume listeners. A seperate amp would still be good (50w rms).
I hope this helps,
Nate
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2THEXTRM
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1/16/2003
15:10:47
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I agree with Nate that the stock amp is underpowered but the speakers are not all that bad for the short term(barring any sound-off competitions:) if you install a good Head Unit with EQ control, it makes a huge difference on how clear the stock speakers can sound but unless you add at least one 8-10" sub for the lows, you'll fry the stockers quickly since they don't reproduce bass frequencies very efficiently and distort.
The stock infinity speakers are sufficient if you basically shut the bass off to them and let the sub take care of low frequencies, they will be loud enough for most peeps who don't want to go deaf.
The stock deck suks ass since you have no control over the sound processing other than bass/treble/balance/fade, I would at least start there and replace that with a quality piece. Just keep the bass turned down until you add a sub so you don't kill the factory speakers. My stock speakers(120hz on up frequencies only though, no sub frequencies ran through them) lasted over a year using a high-end Pioneer Head Unit with high/mid/low pass filters built-in and Pioneer 10" sub pushed by a small MTX amp and everyone thought I had aftermarket infinity's who heard it lol. I did add Infinity Kappa seperates though after my tweeters finally gave out and the sound is an improvement over factory infinity's for sure. It all boils down to budget/ability and how much sound your looking for, good-luck.
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Charles
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1/16/2003
19:38:07
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Well, You both confirmed what I thought, but was not sure of. With these two responses I think I bypass that Amp and run it into a new one to start with and go from there. Thanks much guys!
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not n rt
Dodge Dakota
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1/25/2003
02:14:48
| RE: 03 DAK Infinity System, HELP!
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For the casual listener the stock speakers / amp setup are very under rated. Your money would be best put into an aftermarket head unit first. This would give you the flexibility to dial out the low frequencies that are killing those poor rear coaxials. The front components are suprisingly tough. The aftermarket head unit would also allow you to more easily add a sub to fill the lows. Only then should you go back and consider replacing the factory speakers / amp. You may get to that point and decide its not necessary. If you replace the amp and speakers the stock head unit will still be sending them an unclean signal. Please take this into consideration.
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