JL Audio Upgrade FF Prem
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What is that on the LCD screen? Any tips for upgrading the speakers without buying a pre-made kit? Cheers.
Looks like it could be an amplifier for the speakers.
We'll see what the op answers.
Crossovers to split the frequencies so the woofer and tweeter only get what they can play. I'm using a Pinblaster amp mounted to the CPU board. Its good for 50x2 and 100x1.
Sure, installing aftermarket speakers is easy. You can upgrade just your speakers and it'll make a big difference. If you go from 4" to 5 1/4", you'll need a spacer/adapter. I laser cut one out of acrylic, but you can buy them from Marco for $25 usd. If you wanted to avoid buying from the us, I could probably cut some for you.
I went with JL Audio for nostalgia, I used to be in the car audio world years ago and had a shop sponsored car and ran all JL. Probably not worth spending that much for pinball speakers.
I saw online that these speakers are a good upgrade and theyre currently on sale. Alpine is an excellent brand.
gunner007
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my dude, it almost couldnt get easier:
PINBLASTER – PinSound
www.pinsound.org
the speakers actually caused me way more work than the amp. I had to make different mounts for the speakers and turn them 45 degrees *and* cut off the corner of the speaker frame. I was going to cut a 1" hole to mount the tweeter in the honeycomb part, but there isnt room anywhere to get a clean spot to cut, so I surface mounted the tweeter on the top outside corner. For the subwoofer, I had to enlarge the hole from 8" to 10", which meant laying on my back with a jigsaw since there isnt room to make the cut topside.
gunner007
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well you didn't exactly go with a standard speaker upgrade. LOL. Kenwoods and a few others, is a simple bracket mod and tada. Where as buying a cheap amp, where to power it from and how to tap into to just seperate the speakers and sounds. Like pinwoofer powerwave, pinblaster. You can buy amps for well under $100 that would be as good or better than the pinsound. And I like the diy aspect.my dude, it almost couldnt get easier:
PINBLASTER – PinSound
the speakers actually caused me way more work than the amp. I had to make different mounts for the speakers and turn them 45 degrees *and* cut off the corner of the speaker frame. I was going to cut a 1" hole to mount the tweeter in the honeycomb part, but there isnt room anywhere to get a clean spot to cut, so I surface mounted the tweeter on the top outside corner. For the subwoofer, I had to enlarge the hole from 8" to 10", which meant laying on my back with a jigsaw since there isnt room to make the cut topside.
But yes pinsound couldn't be easier. But price to Canada is really nutz.
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