Just got a sound system installed and sounds like shit when I bump it because it gets real scratchy but it sounds alright when its regular. I have a Kenwood ez500 mp3 deck with Koiler amp pushing 420 watts/2 channel with 1 Pioneer sub 12" with 800 watts. I have the stock bose speakers and willing to replace it. There is only a little bit of bass but I want more but the guy said he didn't know how to adjust the radio so the power will go to the sub. Should I buy aftermarket SPEAKERS so it will sound better when I bump it? Also what size SPEAKERS should I get? I have a 2000 Acura TL

 

without being an audio guy im going to say yes.... i have my stock bose head unit and speakers powering a 12 inch pioneer sub and power acoustik amp and when i put the system up to 80% volume or higher it gets pretty distorted... im replacing my speakers and head unit next week hopefully ... but it almost definitely is the speakers so id say replace em.

 

wrong forum

 

if you have the bose system, thats your problem. Bose runs on a different ohm rating than aftermarket speaker systems. If you change one thing, you should change everything. Get a new headunit, and speakers installed with new wiring. That will be the easiest/best route.

 

try here
https://acurazine.com/forums/audio-video-electronics-navigation-22/

plus i would find an installer that knows what theyre doin.

 

Replacing everything probably isn't the easiest. They make modules to bypass amps to use power from CD player. I still have stock speakers and they sound great when I "bump" them.

It (getting new everything) would be the best sounding, but not the least expensive and definitely not the easiest.

 

Thats not true, and if you put in a different HU it bypasses any EQ settings, and by removing the OEM HU you remove the amp. THe stock speakers will sound better with a good aftermarket HU. And the whole thing would sound better with aftermarket speakers. But replacing all of that is not the easiest thing nor the cheapest thing to do.

 

alright theres really no need to change your factory speakers just adjust the levels............turn the bass down on the door speakers............if you have a good HU.........something around 200 watts peak.......the factory speakers sound nasty if you turn up volume to a high level, with the bass up........i have to have the bass on -1 or less depending on how much bass the song has.............when i put my system in............i just set the interior speakers to -5 on bass and turned up the treble.........and controlled the bass from the sub level output on the head and the amp and it sounded perfect..........if your HU doesn't have this option try and find one that does.........

 

I have my bass at about +5. but i have the internal EQ adjusted as well so that the front and rear speakers are cut off at a certain frequency

 

i know its not hard to adjust for the bass, there are a few ways of doing it, you can set up an EQ or get bass blockers for the speakers........i just set up my EQ to remove the the majority of bass from the inside because i have a kicker L7 15" pushing 1600 watts rms........and its was easier to drop the inside by a little so i can turn up the music louder without getting any distortion..........but the fact is that there is no need to change out the factory speckers you just have to set it up right

 

 

please elaborate

 

i have a kenwood ddx7017 head unit, with 2 alpine type R 12's, powered by a phoenix gold 800x1 class D amp, with the stock bose speakers, and i wouldnt change a thing, b4 I got the kenwood i was running the same setup with the stock head unit, and I did not have one bit of distortion, something is wrong, like Ksuchdeve said, a bypass is needed when doing this. :twocents:

 

This post is 4mths old, but it sounds like the installer may not have done a good job, and something could be wired incorrectly. I'd take the car somewhere else.

 

forget about it i thought you had put weird..........

 

True. I replaced my OEM HU with an Alpine HU and kept my stock speakers and they sound good, I even get some mirror rattle with songs with a lot of bass. I can, however, only go up so high before the Bose speakers start distorting.

 

dont ever go back to that guy..

on the amplifier you should be able to turn up the gain/bass for the subwoofer. the sub will take care of the low frequencies so you can turn the bass down on the headunit (you can also set the treble higher) so your speakers dont suffer too much and you get a crisper sound.

if the headunit has a subwoofer output you should be able to control the sub level directly from there.