Anyone upgrade the stock sound system?

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mblgjr

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Wait can you go in to more detail about where your amp is. I want to add a single 10" sub where my factory one is in my scab but i don't want to lose all my space under the rear seat.

If you look up the amp I used, it's really small.

I'm not running a subwoofer though. Only the 4 door speakers.

If I was going to run a sub, I'd probably use a small Mono amp and put it behind the rear seatback on the cab wall and/or on the back side of the enclosure. Or just run a 5-channel and put it back there in that area.

I used a small amp and it's located under the main center stack basically (forward of the shifter/under the aux switchpad on the floorpan). I pulled the console out and there's room under there for smaller amps. You can't fit a 5-channel under there though; it'll have to go in the back or inside the actual console area and/or maybe under the passenger seat.

I don't know if the JL box will fit in our trucks or not. The MTX looks like a viable option, but the JL's perform and sound great. There's also a couple of newer shallow-mount subs on the market that *might* fit into the stock OEM sub box; I think that's been hashed out over on another 150 oriented forum, but I didn't look into it too far. QLogic also has a couple enclosures that may work, I think their application stops at the 08 my, but I don't think the rear floorpan/set changed from then to now.

My setup is more budget oriented and was intended to sound good for general listening at moderate volume levels. It's not complete audiophile grade; but it sound a whole notch better than the OEM Sony setup that I listened to.

For anyone that doesn't have the Sony audio and just got the stock/base system (no nav) like I did. About the best thing you can do is install a set of moderately priced door speakers (all 4) and get the stock A-pillar Sony tweeters to raise the sound stage. That's the single easiest/fastest massive improvement you can do. JL/Alpine/Pioneer and a few others all have good sounding 2-ways that are direct fits for the doors. Sound dampening inside the door panels will help give you a cleaner sound, some people react to things like that, some just want it "loud" with heavy bass. I like sound quality more than just noise though.
 
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1 JL 10" w7
1 JL HD750 amp

Box is removable for the room of the middle seat if needed. The amp is wired in to the first aux switch, so when the sub and box is out, the amp can be shut off, and no power cords have power

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Nice setup camron...i like that sub enclosure Maxx- if anyone ends up gettting it please post pics.
 
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