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I'm toying with the idea of adding a sub down the line, but my concern is this: if you don't have the stock speakers highpassed, they'll continue to sound crappy at low frequencies, and somewhat mitigate the upgrade. So, for those who added a sub, did you highpass the stock speakers? Did you use baseblockers or something?


I'm also curious if anyone has managed a successful stealth solution. I'm not really looking to thump these days, but I would like to have quality bass; I'm wondering if anyone has had success hiding away a 10" or a 8" sub somewhere.

 

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I searched already. There's very little mention of high pass filtering, which surprised me.

 

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I'm more wandering why a sub is needed. Maybe it's because the only sub I've had was in a bazooka tube in an 84 Ranger. I know that my Koup SX has the best sound system from the factory of any vehicle I've ever been in, and has plenty of bass without a sub (unless I'm missing something and they come with one).

It's alright, but any hiphop with booming basslines distorts the speakers pretty quickly. I feel adding a small sub and filtering out low frequencies to the factory speakers might be a good solution, but I was wondering whether anyone has tried this.

 

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Then you missed it, there a a few.

Obviously. Wrong search terms, I guess.

I'm wondering what's involved with highpassing the stock speakers. There's, what, 2 mids and 2 tweeters in the front, and two coax in the rear? I'm guessing I could just highpass the front mids and the rears?

I'm considering using a bazooka, but I'd think a highpass would be necessary for the stock speakers. I'm hopeful someone has already been through this, but I can't find much through the search.

 

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If you set it up right you can have your sub go from mild to wild using only the head unit controls. I keep mine at wild most of the time and my stock speakers are just fine. I have it set up though so that my regular listening levels have the bass setting at -5 most of the time. So it can go REALLY wild.

But, since you're using a line out converter, doesn't lowering the bass on the radio reduce the sub's bass output along with the stock speakers?

On one hand, I could give it a try, but on the other, it'd be easiest to install a highpass filter on the speakers when I was already ripping the car apart to run the sub's wiring.

 

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...Anywho...
@OP Unless you are a serious and committed Audiophile, It wont matter. But If you want to do it anyways then go for it. It can't hurt right? lol. The more work you put into it, the more you will appreciate the end result.
Best of luck with your install.

Deuce

Part of it's being an audiophile, and part of it's keeping the speakers in good shape. When you crank those speakers up, you're putting tremendous pressure on them when they're trying to play sub-80hz ranges.

Bah, this is all so much easier with an aftermarket radio, but I don't want to go that route.