LowHangingFruit

dhmcfadin

If it seems overwhelming, start with the speakers and build your confidence and experience from there. The black and white answer is, yes, you will notice an improvement by just changing the speakers and sound deadening the doors. Both extremely easy to do. Will it be a drastic difference? No. Will it be a noticeable improvement? Yes. Will it be what you are looking for? That is subjective to what you want. But you will never know until you experiment for yourself. You cant rely on any of us because all of expectations and preferences are totally different. Start with the speakers and go from there. Let me know if you need help with speaker selection.

nineball

and if he doesn't, which we were not told it has, my post stands. there are far many more trucks driving around without the 8" touchscreen than there are. it's quite an expensive option at the time of purchase.

mtndew1

dhmcfadin

You are asking a simple yet very complex question so let me try to explain. When someone asks, "How do I improve my sound" there can be a million and one different response that can all be correct. The reason they can all be correct is because "improve my sound" is a relative statement. Like I said above, improve could mean louder, deeper, brighter, crisper, any word can fit here.

If you just want to make your sound louder and stronger with a minimal sense of fidelity, forscan and an amp will do the job. Think about a car. You can strap a supercharger or nitrous or turbo to any engine out there. Now the car is faster. But what about the other components needed to handle the extra power? Brakes, suspension, transmission upgrades, gear replacements. It awesome to be able to fly off the line but what about when you want to take that first turn? Think about that in terms of audio. Any kind of audio. Its the same idea. The matter of fact is, a car or truck cabin is probably the worst audio environment period. There are reflections, off axis speaker mounting points, various densities of materials, carpets, plastics, foams, leather, upholstery, the list goes on.

The idea of a DSP is not to simply channel sum. The purpose of a dsp is to combat all of the irregularities of the environment you are listening in so that you give your speakers the best chance at performing at their optimum level. Further, a DSP isn't necessarily complex. Different manufacturers have invested heavily in their tuning software and honestly, its never been easier to utilize a dsp. Audiocontrol makes one of the most easy to use visual dsp's out there. If you really want to get hands off, the Kicker Key amps do the tuning for you similar to a home audio receiver. Lastly, in my opinion, the most noticeable change and one of the first things you should set when tuning with a DSP is time alignment. Setting time alignment literally requires you and tape measure. You measure each speaker distance from your seating position and input the distances intro the dsp. I have been astonished by the difference just setting time alignment provides. And, its damn simple. If I was installing a bear bones system, a dsp would always be part of my budget, no questions asks. It's not complex to use and the results will out weigh the cost all day long. I hope that answers your question.

LowHangingFruit

artsr2002

That would work too.

Wyo11Scab

iTrader: (1)

Adding a sub is #1. It will make a huge difference and you will be able to lower the bass on the HU so the door speakers don't try to create bass that they can't

LowHangingFruit

nineball

should be fine with that amp and sub combo.