Subwoofer options and enclosures

The Butcher · Jan 30, 2015

tommy1005 said:
I'd recommend going with the xd 1000/5 and bi-amping those Focals. High end speakers on factory power is wasted money. The 1000/5 will give you 600 to the subs and 200 to each door. It will rock. I have the 1000/5 powering my front doors with the rear channels open and the sub channel driving a 10TW3 and it rocks pretty well. If I had to do it again I'd go with just a single 12TW3. I did Audison Voce's for the front stage and was debating between those and Focal K2's. The sound is smooth and loud and the sub plays plenty low, I'd just like a little more output when I crank the volume.

After further thought it did seem a waste to upgrade the front stage and power off the factory unit. I went ahead and did the HD600/4 to power those and the factory rear, and went with the 750/1 for the subs. Should be able to listen to it a couple of hours from now and will be able to report back on how it turned out.

The Butcher · Jan 30, 2015

Just got mine back. Sounds good. I will admit that the factory stereo actually didn't sound that bad, but I wanted more sound, and better clarity on the mids/highs when the volume was up. I'm going to have to continue to listen to it to appreciate it more I think. Sounds really nice, but not as impressed as I was thinking I might be. Here is what I ended up going with:

2 x 12TW3 subs
1 x HD750/1 amp for subs
1 x Pair of Focal 165KRX2 front stage in doors/pillars
1 x HD600/4 for front stage and power the rear factory speakers
1 x Audio Control DQ-61 for integration with the factory head unit

I was very happy with the install overall. Very clean, and I kept the driver's side under the rear bench open to store crap which is really nice!

bigrpowr · Jan 30, 2015

The Butcher said:
Just got mine back. Sounds good. I will admit that the factory stereo actually didn't sound that bad, but I wanted more sound, and better clarity on the mids/highs when the volume was up. I'm going to have to continue to listen to it to appreciate it more I think. Sounds really nice, but not as impressed as I was thinking I might be. Here is what I ended up going with:

2 x 12TW3 subs
1 x HD750/1 amp for subs
1 x Pair of Focal 165KRX2 front stage in doors/pillars
1 x HD600/4 for front stage and power the rear factory speakers
1 x Audio Control DQ-61 for integration with the factory head unit

I was very happy with the install overall. Very clean, and I kept the driver's side under the rear bench open to store crap which is really nice!

looks great ! one thing I noticed was with the rear components , I did the 165's in the rear, it really filled the sound, I was really happy with the extra $700 I spent there.

pog · Jan 31, 2015

bigrpowr said:
I was really happy with the extra $700 I spent there.

How loud can you bump "comin straight outta socal, crazy ass speakers called fo-cals". Lol.

The Butcher · Jan 31, 2015

bigrpowr said:
looks great ! one thing I noticed was with the rear components , I did the 165's in the rear, it really filled the sound, I was really happy with the extra $700 I spent there.

I wasn't sure if that was going to make much of a difference or not. So far, in the brief time I've listened to it, there doesn't seem to be as much of an enveloping sound as I have in my Excursion which has front and rear upgraded speakers. Maybe that will end up being the case here to. Did the 165's fit on the back pillar where there is a factory speaker, or did you put the mid range driver in the rear door somehow?

lincolnlocker · Jan 31, 2015

i have said before that i have never been much for sound systems but the way you guys piece this stuff together is way cool... i have the factory sub and wouldnt mind having a lil more thump but i prolly wont ever do that.. lol

live life full throttle

Str8Ugly · Feb 9, 2015

what are yall using to convert your factory navigation over to a rca output?

Spatel23 · Feb 10, 2015

I used the audison bit ten

Str8Ugly · Feb 10, 2015

i got some stuff left over from my last super duty that i never got around to installing but i will be putting in my new f350
Focal Access 570CA1 SG for the rear
Rockford Fosgate PBR300X4 Punch BRT 300-Watt Ultra Compact 4-Channel Amplifier for the front and rear speaker
plus i have a RF wiring kit kit for that amp

now on my other f250 i put 6.5" focal component set up front, is their any gain over doing a 6.5 over say a 5x7?

bigrpowr · Feb 10, 2015

Str8Ugly said:
what are yall using to convert your factory navigation over to a rca output?

I think the one I used was lcq-1

tommy1005 · Feb 11, 2015

Audio control lc7i here. Much easier to setup than the bit ten. I had a bit ten in my last trick and it was great once dialed in, just took a lot of tinkering to get it there.