Shaker 500 Sound Processing?

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Jun 4, 2010 | 12:37 AM

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oldsch00lf00l

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Originally Posted by brn2fsh1

I agree with the factory amps and door subs not being the greatest. I am building my system one piece at a time as I can. I first added a 12" sub in the trunk which works great except for the bass roll-off at higher volumes. I decided my next step would be to correct the bass roll-off by adding the MTX RE-Q5 as described above. Following that, I hope to replace the Shaker 500 amps followed by replacing the 8" subs in the doors. Hopefully in the end the system will sound pretty good.

Scott

I hear you about those factory subs not being so great. I tried running them off of an aftermarket amp, with the coils wired in series, reproducing 80 Hz to 315 Hz. Sadly, even with that narrow of a frequency reproduction band, I came to realize that the Shaker 500 subwoofers sounded like garbage. Doesn't Ford charge something crazy high, like over $250 per 8?

Jun 4, 2010 | 08:00 AM

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brn2fsh1

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I got the tap for the amp to my 12" sub using a speaker wire output from one of the shaker 500 amps located in the drivers side kick pannel. I ran this into an amp that accepts line level input.

Scott