Hey everyone,
Hope everyone had a good labour day long weekend. Although I think the Shaker 500 isn't a bad system at all, I've been thinking about how to improve upon it. I've already replaced the head unit with an AVIC-D3 which I found not only helped overall sound quality but also gave me more control over sub settings.
I'm fairly happy with the highs (for right now) but I'm finding that the low to mid range is lacking which got me thinking about different options. I know that a few companies have come out with 8 inch "thin" woofers like Kicker's CompVT woofer, JL's low profile (JL Audio 8W1v2-4) and even Pioneer's "Premier 8" Shallow-Mount Subwoofer", would any of these work in our cars without any modifications of the door? I realize that they probably wouldn't run off of just the AVIC-D3 I have and would need an amp, but in terms of fit and sound quality what are your thoughts?
Oh and btw I noticed when looking at different subs that they come in different ohm ratings, like the JL 8W1v2 has two options a 4 ohm version and an 8 ohm version, its probably a really dumb question but why would one choose one over the other?
Any other suggestions would be awesome too, I'd like to have the system looking stock still but improve SQ and if I could do it in stages that would be even better.
Matt
Hope everyone had a good labour day long weekend. Although I think the Shaker 500 isn't a bad system at all, I've been thinking about how to improve upon it. I've already replaced the head unit with an AVIC-D3 which I found not only helped overall sound quality but also gave me more control over sub settings.
I'm fairly happy with the highs (for right now) but I'm finding that the low to mid range is lacking which got me thinking about different options. I know that a few companies have come out with 8 inch "thin" woofers like Kicker's CompVT woofer, JL's low profile (JL Audio 8W1v2-4) and even Pioneer's "Premier 8" Shallow-Mount Subwoofer", would any of these work in our cars without any modifications of the door? I realize that they probably wouldn't run off of just the AVIC-D3 I have and would need an amp, but in terms of fit and sound quality what are your thoughts?
Oh and btw I noticed when looking at different subs that they come in different ohm ratings, like the JL 8W1v2 has two options a 4 ohm version and an 8 ohm version, its probably a really dumb question but why would one choose one over the other?
Any other suggestions would be awesome too, I'd like to have the system looking stock still but improve SQ and if I could do it in stages that would be even better.
Matt