Newbie question on Harley no bass problem

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:17 am

only problem with the auro bass shaker is that it isn't a subwoofer, it just emulates the feeling of bass. As for the Focal's, some might sigh from me saying this, but since you are going to have it in a motorcycle environment, you might look into the Coustic 160SE, it is a fairly powerful amp, with a lowpass filter for the subs, and fairly inexpensive. I have just bought 4 of them from an ebay provider and paid just over 120 for all 4.
You get 160w out of it bridged mono to the sub so that should be plenty.
I can get you the ebay seller's name so you can find these for yourself.
--joe

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:21 am

ya i think thats what he was going for was the feel because you would be needing to push over 125dbs to hear the bass on a motorcycle and thats open air.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:44 pm

he's getting distortion audibly at volumes he needs to hear the speakers.
he just needs to amplify a better set of components on the bike. lose the sony stuff and add an amp. that should make it clearly audible, and may circumvent the need for any sub.

audiobass10 · Post by **audiobass10** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:50 pm

OnYrMrk wrote: some might sigh from me saying this, but since you are going to have it in a motorcycle environment, you might look into the Coustic 160SE, it is a fairly powerful amp, with a lowpass filter for the subs, and fairly inexpensive. joe

I'm actually a fan of coustic, mainly for people on a budget. I built a ported box for their lowest end sub (1 12") and it sounded pretty good, with decent output for what it is.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:37 pm

ya know, I had some of their old first gen black amps.. the AMP100a, AMP190, etc.. and they mostly sucked.
When I went to work for Gregs, we picked up their newer silver PowerLogic line, and those amps were terrific.. although we lost a few to heat when people ran them with lamp cord for a 480 watt class AB amp, and mounted them upside down to their package shelf in the trunk.. that tended to cook the amps, but otherwise, great stuff. I ran several for friends with great results.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:57 am

Just to show you guys the possibilities, my installation shop just finished a Harley install. Check this out: fatboy at Audio Midwest