Would This Help It Sound Better

 

Kyle D
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Currenty I have four TS-D161R pushed by a Kenwood 8402 and when I turn it up the music is kinda of irratin...would gettin a better amp such as a 300/1 help sound better when its loud? Thanks
 

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Username: B101

Queen City, NC USA

Post Number: 1394
Registered: Sep-05
getting a new sub will make it sound better when its loud. the amp power needs to be clean, that amp is also not that great. but changing the sub will give u the biggest difference!
 

Kyle D
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They are not subs they are just speakers....i also meant the 300/4....Thanks
 

Kyle D
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Username: N2audio

Lawrence, Ks USA

Post Number: 684
Registered: Mar-04
The JL isn't the answer IMO.
The first thing I would check is your High Pass Filter. Make sure it's on and set to around 60hz. 6.5's just aren't going to do much below that.
If you've already done that, or it doesn't improve anything I would guess your speakers are starving for power, and the JL will give you the same, if not a little less power than your Kenwood. I would be shopping for something that's 120-150w x 2 at 2 ohms to get each speaker 60-75w.
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=14320
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=14470 (gains low)
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=16555
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13703
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=16661
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=14516
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13729
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13474
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=16577
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13286
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13889
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=15324

Any of those should make a noticable improvement.
 

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Username: Carguy

Post Number: 5354
Registered: Nov-04
Optidriven, JL 300/4 is 75w rms x 4 amp. It is higher powered than his current Kenwood.
The links you provided are 2 channel amps, meaning he'll have to purchase 2 of them.
IMO, JL 300/4 is a much better amp than Kenwood.

Kyle, just what kind of sound are you getting at higher volume? Is it clipping? Distorting?
Most likely, it's caused by a poor HU. Are you using RCA cables for inputs?
Check your gain/level setting on the amp. If set incorrectly, it'll sound horrible at higher volume setting.
 

Kyle D
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I have an Alpine CDA-9853.........The sound is annoying like I cant listen to it for more than a few seconds....its not as clean.......Should get better RCA's or sumthing?
 

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Username: Carguy

Post Number: 5356
Registered: Nov-04
If that's the case, I'd seriously look at your gain/level setting on the amp. If it's set too high or too low, you'll get distorted sound.
At low to mid volume, does it sound reasonable?
If everything is set correctly, and you still get high distortion from the HU, you could have a bad headunit.
 

Kyle D
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At low to mid---it sounds great...........ok i'm going to go mess with the gain/level settings.....Thanks
 

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Username: N2audio

Lawrence, Ks USA

Post Number: 687
Registered: Mar-04
"Optidriven, JL 300/4 is 75w rms x 4 amp. It is higher powered than his current Kenwood."

The original link I used to look up that kenwood listed it as a 2 ch amp - I made the incorrect assumtion he was running his 4 spkrs at 2 ohms stereo.
All the amps I listed would still be an improvement over the current amp, and would allow optimal power from the amp, but if the ability to fade is a priority - then yeah, I guess i wasted my time.

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