ChuckW
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- Mar 6, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 2007 RoadKing Tri-Axle Trailer towed by a 2013 Yukon XL K2500
- Engines
- 496 MAG Bravo III
To all you audio experts I see out there...
So I have the SR premium stereo system in my 260. First, let me say that I am so underimpressed, no dissappointed, with the lousy installation that SR did with this system. From the cutouts being hacked to speakers coming lose, to wiring being a mess behind the "curtain". Enough said.
My cockpit speakers are Polk Momo's woofers with 1" tweeters and a subwoofer. They died after 1 year, had them replaced under warranty. They died again. Rather than go after warranty on it just to get the same POS speakers, I went out and bought JL M770-CCS to replace them with. I'll leave the functioning stuff in place until such time as it needs replacing. So I'll have 2 new woofers, 2 new tweeters and the same old Polk subwoofer and crossovers off the Clarion amp.
My goal, drop in the new speakers and "adjust/tune" the system to get the best sound I can. I'm not looking to dump money into upgrading stuff that is still working.
So here is my question(s). Will I have to do anything special in terms of wiring to hook up the M770s? As I understand it the M770s have cross-over built in, you feed the tweeters right off the woofer and the woofer from the amp. My current wiring has a separate Polk crossover component with separate feeds out to the woofers and tweeters.
Thanks,
So I have the SR premium stereo system in my 260. First, let me say that I am so underimpressed, no dissappointed, with the lousy installation that SR did with this system. From the cutouts being hacked to speakers coming lose, to wiring being a mess behind the "curtain". Enough said.
My cockpit speakers are Polk Momo's woofers with 1" tweeters and a subwoofer. They died after 1 year, had them replaced under warranty. They died again. Rather than go after warranty on it just to get the same POS speakers, I went out and bought JL M770-CCS to replace them with. I'll leave the functioning stuff in place until such time as it needs replacing. So I'll have 2 new woofers, 2 new tweeters and the same old Polk subwoofer and crossovers off the Clarion amp.
My goal, drop in the new speakers and "adjust/tune" the system to get the best sound I can. I'm not looking to dump money into upgrading stuff that is still working.
So here is my question(s). Will I have to do anything special in terms of wiring to hook up the M770s? As I understand it the M770s have cross-over built in, you feed the tweeters right off the woofer and the woofer from the amp. My current wiring has a separate Polk crossover component with separate feeds out to the woofers and tweeters.
- Should I just plug in the M770s as is?
- Do I have to do anything special to the M770s in this config?
- Am I better off dropping the Polk crossover component and running the amp feed out to the M770s?
- What else should I be looking at in way of tuning the amp and other components to get the best sound out of it?
Thanks,