Everything i read on the internet suggested no other amp has come as close to nailing the car tuning problem as Kicker's Keys do.Īfter the installation, i was surprised by how bad it sounded, and by how much worse it sounded after Kicker's auto-equalization. The front and back speakers would need independent equalization. I knew i couldn't accurately hand-tune the speakers to my wagon's interior using only the head unit's 15-band equalizer. However, my installer recommended the Kicker Key 200.4, and after reading countless rave reviews, i decided to take a gamble. Also, adding an extra source of distortion didn't make sense to me. I was hesitant to get a separate amp because the head unit was already 50W/channel and i'm only interested in sound quality, not in permanently destroying my ability to discern sound quality by wrecking my eardrums with high SPLs. Kenwood wireless carplay head unit and JL Audio C3 speakers. I just spent a fortune replacing the factory audio in my wagon with expensive components. I bought my Elac DBR62s and Yamaha R-N803D based on ASR reviews, and i could not be happier with my home audio. It's more of an immersive experience when done well. It's different there is no way to lay out a soundstage like one can at home. But yes, high end car audio is definitely a thing, and as I said in a recent psot, some of the best audio I have heard in the past 20 years has been in a car. So there's some hobby enthusiasm, even if it's rolling op amps. Things do seem to have been shifting somewhat back toward IEM's and headphones or desktops with modest sets of separate electronic stacks (vs a conventional hifi system many of us had in college and beyond. Huge money is at stake with these contracts-certainly enough to send some serious life blood back into a company. And when it comes to new cars and factory installed, these aint your daddy's caddy. Used to be that they sold freely to the home DIY market, not so much anymore unless you want to buy an ensemble intended for car use. It really is an embarrassment of riches when kitting out a car install. Now we have gamers with their zero latency everything and super cooled and overclocked processors. Well I'd submit that it exploded in the form of car audio and marked one of the more interesting technical revolutions during my lifetime. I mean after cars became computerized, and hot rodding faded away, where was the energy and the enthusiasm gong. And then my eyes were opened, and I thought this is really cool. But I was just like most audiophiles-more or less contemptuous of the rolling woofers and the abominable taste in music. Not sure these days as I mentioned it was a blip of my life where I had occasion to put in three rigs over the course of seven years. IIRC there were at least two monthly glossy cover magazines in circulation that advertized gear, reported on competition and deserving installers, and reviewed gear of course. The 1990's and aughts were likely the peak when it came to the insane amount of money being spent. That was during a time I commuted a bit there are many young folks who were/are spending as much time in their cars as an apt or home, and would rather put their sound system there. I had but a passing fancy for a decade or so during which I put together three rigs that sounded far better than the average audiophile home system, given the constraints of a cabin, and all for under 1500 in goods. And more often than not the installs are stealth-no reason to advertise the goods when people will gut an apt for the wire. The guys with the good sound do not as a rule make a habit of broadacasting-windows closed to keep out road/traffic noise, and have great, clean and smooth response to the teens (easy given cabin gain), with maybe some goosing in the 30 to 50 range, after all we are all human. Click to expand.No those are the guys wanting you (or more likely the ladies of a certain age) to think that they have a good system.
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