I had a fully custom Audison 12 channel dsp amp with Hertz speakers replacing the lame JBL in my Land Cruiser. The 12 fits, works superbly and uses a harness so you don’t need mess with wiring. The G25 Audiofrog are awesome, works with the stock amp, and play a bit louder. I did use bass blockers on them. You loose the under-seat cargo tray, but it was worth it for me.
I’m not familiar with the extra amp, but if it’s plug-n-play and has presets, I’m down! Ha ha
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I got that kicker, but I wired it with the factory sub wiring. I tapped in at bottom of center console. That way the sub is only getting the signals it is meant to play. I don't notice signal loss as volume increases. I did a lot of reading on multiple forums about where the kicker should receive it's signals from and the way I did it made the most sense to me. Wiring from stuff going to the door and dash is gonna send it high frequencies too and without a HPF that seemed dumb. All I can say is that it sounds adequate now. I did also replace all door and dash speakers with ones that all have the proper ohms for each location (because Bose
), and put speaker rings on all of them and soundskins dampening panels in the doors. Does it pound? No. Does it sound clean at all volumes with zero rattling? Yes. In hindsight I should have gone with a different sub setup, but the way this one fits under the seat and still keeps some storage was a deciding factor. I never came across anything saying that the Bose subwoofer channel reduced signal with volume increase. That's interesting and slightly concerning at the same time! Thanks for sharing that bit. @Sevenonfouroff I'd listen to the masses here and go with something other than the GM Kicker. It doesn't sound bad, but it definitely leaves a lot to be desired.Re the Audiofrog G25 in the dash with bass blockers, does your navigation, chimes, and bluetooth phone still play through the speakers? I did the audiocontrol pnw-275 with included bass blockers and loss all functions noted above. I tried running them without the blockers and regained theses functions, but the speakers popped pretty badly at loud volume.
Everything works perfectly. Not sure if the blockers matter but I used the recommended blockers from Crutchfield. I think there were two different blockers with different specs. as I recall. No pops just a strong, clear and detailed sound from them. The kicker sub rounded it all out nicely.
