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- Intel NUC w/ Roon ROCK
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- RTJ 410
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- Zero Surge 8R15W-1 | Salamander Synergy Equipment Stand
You would think I would eventually grow out of this crazy hobby of car audio, but I love it so much that I just can't shake it.
Here's what we have... and it was really hard finding the right spot to take a pic of my truck...
The first thing I did was have it treated with Ceramic Pro... and XPEL PRIME XR PLUS window tint installed, including the front windshield... along with a spray-in bedliner. So I was without the truck for a full week right after I purchased it.
As of the creation of this thread... I am now over a week with the truck broken down for installing the audio system.
The RAM comes with the 9-speaker Alpine system and the 8.4" display. I will admit that it sounds pretty good... although the sound stage and imaging are lacking, it does a good job of producing an above the dash image. The small 7-8" subwoofer does a remarkable job and has about the lowest extension I've heard in a factory system, yet it still lacks that lowest octave. I could actually live with the factory system, but then it wouldn't be any fun tearing the truck apart.
My goal is to keep it as factory looking as possible. The only noticeable addition will the be subwoofer enclosure underneath the rear seat, although it will blend in rather well, as you will see later on when I post the final install pics.
The 8.4" display will obviously stay... door speakers and dash speakers will be replaced... and a sub enclosure added with dual 10" subs. I'll use a miniDSP processor and two aftermarket amps.
The front center will be disconnected... the rear doors will remain and can be faded in if needed for rear seat passengers, which will only be on rare occasions. The rear headliner speakers will be used in a rear differential setup for rear fill.
New equipment is as follows:
miniDSP C-DSP 8x12 DL Processor
The brains of the unit with the full works... active crossovers, delay, PEQ and of course... Dirac Live
PAC AmpPRO 4 (AP4-CH41 with APA-TOS1)
Installed inline behind the factory headunit to enable a flat low level signal sent via an Optical Digital Toslink cable to the miniDSP processor.
Hybrid Audio Technologies Unity U5A 5-Channel Amp
75 watts x 4 powering the door and dash speakers + 600 watts x 1 powering the subs.
JL Audio MX280/4
50 watts x 2 (with 2 spare channels) powering the rear headliner factory 3.5" speakers... located just above the rear window.
The rear speakers will be setup as a differential rear fill running from approximately 350-3000Hz with a 15-20ms delay.
Hybrid Audio Technologies Legatia Special Edition 3.7" Wide-Bandwidth Driver (L3SE)
These will replace the 3.5" dash speakers and no tweeter will be required.
113 Hz - 18 kHz ... I plan to try to cross these over at about 350Hz.
A fellow who competes won his category with these in his dash in a 2019 RAM 2500 with 6x9's in the doors... no sub and no tweeters.
Hybrid Audio Technologies Unity 6x9 Shallow Depth Midbass Driver (U69-S)
These will replace the door speakers and handle the frequencies in the 80-350Hz range.
Hybrid Audio Technologies Clarus 10" Long Throw Subwoofer
These will be mounted in an MTI Acoustics custom built enclosure underneath the rear seats.
ResoNix
For treating the doors and rear wall.
Here are a couple of pics of the MTI Acoustics enclosure with the Unity amp and Clarus subs installed.
Install pics will follow.
Here's what we have... and it was really hard finding the right spot to take a pic of my truck...
The first thing I did was have it treated with Ceramic Pro... and XPEL PRIME XR PLUS window tint installed, including the front windshield... along with a spray-in bedliner. So I was without the truck for a full week right after I purchased it.
As of the creation of this thread... I am now over a week with the truck broken down for installing the audio system.
The RAM comes with the 9-speaker Alpine system and the 8.4" display. I will admit that it sounds pretty good... although the sound stage and imaging are lacking, it does a good job of producing an above the dash image. The small 7-8" subwoofer does a remarkable job and has about the lowest extension I've heard in a factory system, yet it still lacks that lowest octave. I could actually live with the factory system, but then it wouldn't be any fun tearing the truck apart.
My goal is to keep it as factory looking as possible. The only noticeable addition will the be subwoofer enclosure underneath the rear seat, although it will blend in rather well, as you will see later on when I post the final install pics.
The 8.4" display will obviously stay... door speakers and dash speakers will be replaced... and a sub enclosure added with dual 10" subs. I'll use a miniDSP processor and two aftermarket amps.
The front center will be disconnected... the rear doors will remain and can be faded in if needed for rear seat passengers, which will only be on rare occasions. The rear headliner speakers will be used in a rear differential setup for rear fill.
New equipment is as follows:
miniDSP C-DSP 8x12 DL Processor
The brains of the unit with the full works... active crossovers, delay, PEQ and of course... Dirac Live
PAC AmpPRO 4 (AP4-CH41 with APA-TOS1)
Installed inline behind the factory headunit to enable a flat low level signal sent via an Optical Digital Toslink cable to the miniDSP processor.
Hybrid Audio Technologies Unity U5A 5-Channel Amp
75 watts x 4 powering the door and dash speakers + 600 watts x 1 powering the subs.
JL Audio MX280/4
50 watts x 2 (with 2 spare channels) powering the rear headliner factory 3.5" speakers... located just above the rear window.
The rear speakers will be setup as a differential rear fill running from approximately 350-3000Hz with a 15-20ms delay.
Hybrid Audio Technologies Legatia Special Edition 3.7" Wide-Bandwidth Driver (L3SE)
These will replace the 3.5" dash speakers and no tweeter will be required.
113 Hz - 18 kHz ... I plan to try to cross these over at about 350Hz.
A fellow who competes won his category with these in his dash in a 2019 RAM 2500 with 6x9's in the doors... no sub and no tweeters.
Hybrid Audio Technologies Unity 6x9 Shallow Depth Midbass Driver (U69-S)
These will replace the door speakers and handle the frequencies in the 80-350Hz range.
Hybrid Audio Technologies Clarus 10" Long Throw Subwoofer
These will be mounted in an MTI Acoustics custom built enclosure underneath the rear seats.
ResoNix
For treating the doors and rear wall.
Here are a couple of pics of the MTI Acoustics enclosure with the Unity amp and Clarus subs installed.
Install pics will follow.