Completely agree with everyone on to here about the Alpine "downgraded" system. It sounds awful. I was at the dealer and listened to the Standard system verse the Alpine system, back and forth. And the standard was far superior.
So I went with the Infinity upgrade which most here recommended.
The front dash speakers Did make a difference they were brighter, more Highs. But not completely changing the world as some said. I think they might be a little quieter volume wise.
The problem I had is with the rear door speakers. Infinity 9622i. I replaced the passenger rear door only, faded to the rear, and then went back and forth between left and right to compare the new infinity to the stock Alpine. And what surprised me most was the bass was cut in half when I faded to the Infiniti. The Infiniti is brighter, clearer... so that initially got me excited that it would sound better, but definitely had about half of the bass response.*
I also disconnected the sub during this test to be sure I was hearing just the speakers and used metra connectors, checked my positive and negatives to make sure the phase was correct. Unless something was wired backwards from the factory...
*So I did not want to lose so much bass because I feel there's not much bass to begin with. So I just put the alpines back in and I'm looking for something better in the rear? Without spending $200? Is that possible?
Something brighter that has the same bass response as the alpines??
So I went with the Infinity upgrade which most here recommended.
The front dash speakers Did make a difference they were brighter, more Highs. But not completely changing the world as some said. I think they might be a little quieter volume wise.
The problem I had is with the rear door speakers. Infinity 9622i. I replaced the passenger rear door only, faded to the rear, and then went back and forth between left and right to compare the new infinity to the stock Alpine. And what surprised me most was the bass was cut in half when I faded to the Infiniti. The Infiniti is brighter, clearer... so that initially got me excited that it would sound better, but definitely had about half of the bass response.*
I also disconnected the sub during this test to be sure I was hearing just the speakers and used metra connectors, checked my positive and negatives to make sure the phase was correct. Unless something was wired backwards from the factory...
*So I did not want to lose so much bass because I feel there's not much bass to begin with. So I just put the alpines back in and I'm looking for something better in the rear? Without spending $200? Is that possible?
Something brighter that has the same bass response as the alpines??
