Shaker Audio
03-22-2016, 10:09 AM
#11
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 917
Tom, Welcome to the forum, and thanks for your input!
Tom,
That sounds a lot like what I did to my 2012. I used the Kicker replacement 8" door subs with a Sony amp, hate to see them go on the 2016. I often need my whole trunk, when it's full, subs in the trunk don't perform very well. Plus, since the door subs are right next to me, I get the full power, not like trunk subs that have to push sound though the back seat.
Btw, JZ has insulted everyone here multiple times, we kinda expect it from him. I've met people from Harmon, I know that many of them (and you) are much nicer than me too, lol!
I have a 2011 with the shaker system and added a small subwoofer box in the trunk with two 8" subs and a 150 watt amp with a sub volume control up front. Works great and adds just enough bass to fill in what the shaker system fails to produce. I also added new mid/high speakers in the front, that improved clarity somewhat but the new speakers are limited by the clarity of the head unit.
Make sure that you do order the shaker system, if you don't you'll never get enough midbass up front with any kind of aftermarket speakers and it'll always sound thin up front. I used to install car stereo for years and this would be a tough car to get good sound out of unless you made a lot of extensive modifications to it
Make sure that you do order the shaker system, if you don't you'll never get enough midbass up front with any kind of aftermarket speakers and it'll always sound thin up front. I used to install car stereo for years and this would be a tough car to get good sound out of unless you made a lot of extensive modifications to it
That sounds a lot like what I did to my 2012. I used the Kicker replacement 8" door subs with a Sony amp, hate to see them go on the 2016. I often need my whole trunk, when it's full, subs in the trunk don't perform very well. Plus, since the door subs are right next to me, I get the full power, not like trunk subs that have to push sound though the back seat.
this is nonsense.
03-23-2016, 08:27 PM
#12
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 16
Hey buddy, I didn't start the insults, I believe you did with your nonsense remark.
In regards to the rest of your comments, I think I've got better things to do than go back and forth with a DIY guy that doesn't what he's talking about.
In regards to the rest of your comments, I think I've got better things to do than go back and forth with a DIY guy that doesn't what he's talking about.
03-23-2016, 08:46 PM
#13
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 16
Hi chrome shadow, thanks for your kind comments. I looked into doing what you did, the door speakers are a bitch to modify. Bravo you got them in, having woofers up front is the perfect place to have them. You'd laugh if you saw my sub box, it's literally five inches deep and is directly behind the back seats. When I built it I had intended to fabricate small metal "L" brackets and bolt it in. My measurements were off slightly and the box literally wedges in there. I'm sure I never would have gotten it to wedge so nicely if I had intended it, but my "mistake" turned out to work really well. Now the box is removable if you give it a good push. Volume output isn't bad either, I used two very efficient 8 ohm home woofers wired in parallel (for 4 ohm resistance as required by car amps) and a JL audio amp I bought on EBay. All in all I think I had about three hundred bucks into it and it gives it just that last octave of bass the factory system doesn't have. And I can remove the sub box whenever I'm dragging around parts for my kid's Camaro project...
03-24-2016, 09:17 AM
#15
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Illinois
Posts: 65
i would love for this to get back on topic because i have a '14 currently with the shaker pro system and it seems that the sound from mid volume to full doesn't really get louder; is that fixed on the '16?
03-24-2016, 10:12 AM
#16
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 16
good point, lets get back on topic. where do you keep your bass control on the radio? Middle or anywhere above? If above how much? My guess is you're running out of power from the little amps in the car and they can't go up in volume
03-24-2016, 10:14 AM
#17
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Illinois
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i think it is currently about 3 or 4 past middle; i will throttle that down and test while i own this car for the final few weeks
03-24-2016, 03:59 PM
#18
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 16
One last note - what kind of music do you like to listen to? That needs to be considered in the design of the sub box, woofers and amp.