Almost ready for new radio - Done!
The harness is done and the bezel adapter is ready. Tonight I'll run the sub control and AI cables. Hopefully, I'll be jammin to MP3's by Thursday.
I tried out the harness last night, and the system sounds amazing. I've always though the Ford Mach unit was good, but nowhere near the sound quality of this $200 Alpine unit. My speakers have never sounded so good. The Ford box goes in the trash when the project is done. :Flush: http://silvertank.batcave.net/Alpine.htm |
looks pretty good... alpine makes some nice stuff
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one more reason why alpine is the best u can get
enjoy man! |
I know the feeling. I had pretty much the same reaction when I installed my new Kenwood. Night and day! The following weekend I removed the stock front speakers and installed a set of Boston Acoustics. Imagine my disapointment when the sound quality seemed inferior! I've since decided that they don't sound worse, they just sound different. And w/ some EQ tweaking I think I actually have them sounding better..
Anyhow, back on subject, glad to hear of your success. Dig the 'anal' harness wrap. I tie wrapped mine every 3-4" and felt it was good enough. But I too left the harness long. The antenna and Sirius receiver leads are unfortunately too short to make the long harness usefull though. |
Thanks for the good word guys!
Colin, The BA's may just need time to 'break in". The Polk speakers in my Eclipse took a few months, and then sounded better every month afterward. I guess the good ones are "tighter" than the factory junk, and need to work loose. All my speakers are loose after 2 years with the Mach unit, so they sounded great right away. The unknown fact is that good speakers take time to sound good, and there is a "breaking in" period. people that crank them right away are doing a disservice. |
looks pretty good... :masked:
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Originally Posted by SilverTank
Colin, The BA's may just need time to 'break in".
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where did ya get that temp thingy that goes into the slot?
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Originally Posted by ranger02_4x4
where did ya get that temp thingy that goes into the slot?
http://www.littlehavanacigars.com/pr...?prod=HY1062LT |
Got the Alpine in last night. Good cold night for running cables. Almost froze my butt, since I was wearing shorts. Turned out great though, very few issues.
Here's a pic of the PDA playing "Ice Age" while the audio goes through the Alpine. That should get me at least a 7 on the geek scale. I'm sure John can easily top it. http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...69_99_full.jpg The whole pictoral is here: http://silvertank.batcave.net/Alpine.htm Yeah, I know my windshield is cracked. It's growing every day. No hurry to fix it yet. The glass is only a few months old. I do have a pop from the sub when the system comes on. It may be because I didn't hook the "remote on" wire from the stereo to the sub. I'll have to ask Alpine and Bazooka. |
Originally Posted by SilverTank
Good cold night for running cables. Almost froze my butt, since I was wearing shorts. Turned out great though, very few issues.
Oh, but the stereo looks good. Hope it sounds good too.. |
Originally Posted by NHBubba
:kabong: I've sooo been waiting to use that smiley! .. Last night's lows up this way were around 22F! So go cry me a river in your shorts! :wink:
Oh, but the stereo looks good. Hope it sounds good too.. |
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