I suggest you do it. I amped my rear speakers in my 8 speaker B&O system and it's like a whole new beast.
So the word "improvement" is the sticky point...
Sounds good. I just ordered the amp with the $199 link above.
Mr JJSnell,First off, welcome aboard. Glad to have you here... lots of good, friendly guys here.
So for clarification, I didnt do any of the install. I have an audio guy\friend that does all our work.
1. He had to run a remote to a fuse on the passenger side to have "auto-on" work.
2. I dont know which gauge he used for power, I can look at the truck here in a bit and see if there is any details\verbiage on the wiring.
3. So the limit I am seeing now is due to gain and 4v limits. My gain is set to about 30% as my inputs are at 4v. I admit I get confused on voltage to gain to power ampliflication stuff. Its my understanding that if I had an LS2i it would allow for a higher voltage input, which would allow me to increase my gain without distortion, which I think, would allow for more volume.... (feel free to clarify if I am wrong guys).
.... my other thought is that if I went with a more powerful amp, it would increase my RMS from 75w to 100w.
I have been talking offline with @clipperqb and he is looking at a 5 channel Kenwood to power his rear doors and an aftermarket sub. He has the B&O-8 so there has been a lot of discussion between us as I am only familiar with the B&O-18.
I am REALLY thinking about a 5 Channel also, throwing 6.5" cones where the 6.5" coax are now and placing a 1"-2" tweeter higher in the rear door. (closer to ear level).
The overall design of this system is really poor. I am by NO stretch an audiophile but to have 4- non-amped speakers in the back at foot level, with highbacked seats and center console walling them off, just makes no sense. I would prefer another 6.5' sub\deep mid down by the feet and a tweeter in this area somewhere...
If I did not answer before, yes he did use 8 gauge wire for the positive and negative to the battery. Sorry I actually looked at that the other day and I guess I forgot to respond about it. I will ask him what he connected the remote to in the fuse box. He's pretty responsive so I should have an answer sometime this weekend.
Looking forward to the end result. I appreciate the under seat storage but if this works out well I may have to forgo that.
I will update once installed. There is plenty of room for the grills as long as you don’t position it in the center of where both of them meet. I was blown away how well it sounded in my 2019. More than enough.
Let us know how you route your power and ground wiring! Everyone seems to do it differently.
Will do. Watching vids last night from Sounds Good I’m going to run it up under the vehicle as they do.
