aftermarket sound system

[npgarg]

I have a base 2011 gene and want a little more umph from the sound system. I've always place after market systems in all my cars and the stock system while decent for a stock system is seriously lacking for me. I've done all the wiring for the sub and the rear door but cant figure out how to get speaker wire through to the front door speakers. Has anyone done this yet and have any recommendations. The back doors were easy but everything is just so tight on the front doors.

System specs:
4 - infinity reference 6.5in door speakers
2 - Rockford Fosgate p2d4 10in subs in a custom bandpass box
RF punch 500.2 amp
RF punch 400.4 amp
L6Ci - hi/lo level line converter

Everything is pretty much done except the front doors. Need help!!!

 

[thompithak3182]

I got a question... did you hook up a new cd player as well? since the audio system is linked with the a/c controls how did you get around that?

 

[npgarg]

I left the factory head unit because I liked the way it looked. If I changed it out it would take away that elegance that I like of the stock unit. So I left that stock. But if you do change out the radio you would lose the AC/heater info that is on the stock radio (e.g. fan speed, temperature, etc.), people that I have talked too that have done it say just put your hand in front of the vent to tell if it's the right temp and fan speed. I like the info hence my decision to keep the stock head unit and the cleaner look. Just used a line level converter to get signal to my amps.

 

[compguy024]

Got any tips for getting the stock head unit out to get to the left and right speaker wires? I got the audio signal line converter and just need to get to the wires behind the nav. Got this far...see attached

 

[Mark_888]

Keep in mind that on the Genesis (as in most cars with brand name OEM sound systems), the OEM speaker outputs are highly equalized for the specific speakers installed at the factory that are fed by the OEM head unit and amp in the car. They are adjusted for the specific speaker impedance, frequency response, dB rating, etc (each speaker different). If you use different speakers than the OEM's, you are not going to get anywhere near flat response. This probably would be OK for the subwoofer, but not sure if it would work for the other speakers.

There was a guy a few years who posted a project on this forum where he equalized the speaker outputs to make them flat (using a sophisticated DSP system and a microphone system to determine the equalization required), and then fed the signal to his owns amps, that fed his own speakers. But even that was not optimal so he finally gave up and used a separate CD player as a source. He was a professional auto sound installer, and this was about a $25K (retail) install that he was able to do for much less as a show car with sponsorship from some very high-end automobile sound equipment manufacturers.