hurricaneg6et New Member 8 Member For: 4y 5m 13d Posted 10/12/19 10:50 AM Share Posted 10/12/19 10:50 AM I just installed a Pioneer Ts-Wx130da underseat sub, goes pretty good. I unfortunately ruined every stereo I had with a big install about 10 years ago on a past car. The whole stereo is ok, the tweeters seem to lack high end clarity, the speakers themselves sound a little hollow, and the sub does a good job filling in the low end, but doesn’t overlap frequencies well with the speakers. I’m resigned to the fact that the factory stereo just outputs a dogsh*t signal, and because I’m using speaker inputs on the amp and sub, I’m essentially just amping an already sh*t signal. Without going completely nuts and putting in another head unit, amps and sub, I’ve pretty much hit a limit I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,300 Member For: 16y 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/12/19 10:55 AM Author Share Posted 10/12/19 10:55 AM yeah, I understand completely what you mean by ruining your own perception of a ridiculously well setup sound system... anything less is considerably a step down and it's surprising how much you can enjoy being in a well setup car. I've transferred this sound system between a few cars now as I go from one to another and I can only see myself dropping down in quality of sound output when I lose my hearing haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricaneg6et New Member 8 Member For: 4y 5m 13d Posted 10/12/19 11:08 AM Share Posted 10/12/19 11:08 AM It’s such a shame that Ford didn’t put something decent into the FGX, what a squandered opportunity, the rest of the car is amazing, why not put in a decent sound processor. Even my old 2013 Ranger had a better stereo. I miss the days of a simple single or double DIN setup 🥺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,300 Member For: 16y 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/12/19 11:10 AM Author Share Posted 10/12/19 11:10 AM I'm sure they thought it was sufficient for the stock output methodology... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricaneg6et New Member 8 Member For: 4y 5m 13d Posted 11/12/19 03:39 AM Share Posted 11/12/19 03:39 AM I had a decent drive to work today so I played with the EQ the whole way and think I got it sounding much better! The ICC has a volume adjust in the menu from Off-7, at 7 it seems to put more through the tweeters and clean up the sound a little, for me it sounded pretty decent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricaneg6et New Member 8 Member For: 4y 5m 13d Posted 19/12/19 06:50 AM Share Posted 19/12/19 06:50 AM On a side note, changing the polarity on the 8” sub makes a big difference too, the underseat sub gets the kick and lower frequencies and the factory sub gets the kick a bit more. All of a sudden the heavy rock/metal I listen to comes alive. On an fgx the plug at the sub has 4 wires, they’re wired as pairs to each side of the plug, so easy rewire, took 5mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,300 Member For: 16y 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/12/19 06:56 AM Author Share Posted 19/12/19 06:56 AM yeah, that's been a sound system hack since the first FG's with a sub... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricaneg6et New Member 8 Member For: 4y 5m 13d Posted 19/12/19 06:59 AM Share Posted 19/12/19 06:59 AM From what I’ve seen the FG was a single voice coil 2 wire sub? Is that right? FGX is dual voice coil 4 wire, the pics I saw of FG’s all had different wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,300 Member For: 16y 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/12/19 07:04 AM Author Share Posted 19/12/19 07:04 AM I don't remember what was on the FG-X one that I did and the car has since been sold on... but have a look at this thread: https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/74886-fg-sub-fix/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podrcr Member 42 Member For: 18y 10m 17d Posted 28/12/19 02:58 AM Share Posted 28/12/19 02:58 AM (edited) Reading through and about to upgrade over the holidays but one thing I just can’t see. Did you use the crossover boxes that came with the splits or just replaced the speakers? Utilising existing, factory crossovers? Edited 28/12/19 02:59 AM by podrcr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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