richard33

I've read around that the power sent to the soundbar speakers is diminished when the hard top is taken off. My jeep came with the soft top only and I bought a hard top afterwards but I never ran the wire for it. Does this mean that I always get a lower signal to my speakers?

Also while I'm on the subject, has anyone swapped out the stock speakers with after market ones without upgrading the HU or adding an amp? Is it worth the upgrade?

Cheers

Matt

Smith08jk

[QUOTE=richard33;2977965]I've read around that the power sent to the soundbar speakers is diminished when the hard top is taken off. My jeep came with the soft top only and I bought a hard top afterwards but I never ran the wire for it. Does this mean that I always get a lower signal to my speakers?

Also while I'm on the subject, has anyone swapped out the stock speakers with after market ones without upgrading the HU or adding an amp? Is it worth the upgrade?

I added dxi 6500s in the dash and tweeters, and dxi 650s in the sound bar, and it is definitely worth it.

richard33

I think I might leave the front components in and swap the sound bar speaks with something with more bass

Smith08jk

The components are where you get most of your power, so if you swap them you will notice a lot bigger difference then just the sound bar. I did the sound bar, and dash so I could see if I needed to swap all of them, or just the sound bar/dash. And the sound bar wasn't a huge difference.

stroken04

Do you have the so called "upgraded" Infinity system?

richard33

Good to know, I might look into replacing the front speakers and tweeters first instead then.

And no I don't have the infinity system

Smith08jk

Glad I could help. I had an amp ready to install, but then I found out about all the extras I needed that were very expensive so I just stuck with speakers for now. I'm a huge music junkie and I love how it sounds now.

stroken04

you might check out this thread: https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-w...fier-jk-45431/

it has some good information in it

Matthewd5

You will definitely notice the difference changing out the factory speakers, especially in the front!

Change the back speakers later when you get a chance but you won't fully appreciate them till you have the hard top on

Adding an amp helps, if you add an amp make sure it has high level inputs, that will work better with the factory head unit and will sound even better down the road if you put in a new head unit

Matthew

richard33

Ok so I just got an idea today.. what would happen if I was to install two shallow mount kicker comp vt 6.5" subwoofers in the sound bar and a good set of componants in the dash that I would all power from a 4 channel amp.

I would get 2 ohm coils to get the most power to my subs.

What I'm afraid of is that there won't be ennough space behind the sub for them to be loud. They claim these subs don't need much space at all...

Any comments/thought would be appreciated!