well, after much debate (with myself), counsel with Rich (TIF2) and reading every possible thread on sound systems, I have finally decided on what path to take for my '12 SESG. As many others have stated, the Boom Audio is fine for some and not so much for others. I have gone back and forth for months on what amp (Rockford, HW, JL, ARC etc) and what speakers to use. Everything from (Hertz, ARC, JL, Polk, HW, Focal etc). In my 09 i had installed HW amp with ARC 6026's. They were good but I really wanted to change it up. I was certainly inspired by Rich's install and many many others here but i knew that it was way above my abilities, although Rich was going to graciously make me the connectors that I would need. To add to all this I couldn't find a great installer who I could trust to do what is right vs make the most money. The options were far ranging from $1500 to $4k. I did not want to use my bags and wanted to keep it reasonable, below $2k. The recent threads from CVOSTU and Sea Biscuit really helped me decide. Even though I live in MA i decided to call Pete at Soundz Customz in SD. Pete could not have been more helpful in his approach and his recommendations. he did not oversell or try and put a system together based on price. Here is what I am doing, and by doing I do mean that I will also do install (start prayers now).
2 sets of Focal 165KRC (fairing and lowers) being run by the ARC 125/2 mini in fairing. I wont do the bags as that will simply not go well and based on almost unanimous opinion would not yield the results vs the cost of doing them. However, I reserve the right to change my mind at some later date. Since these are coaxial I will not be putting tweets in the the stock holes. I am not thrilled with this, but it is what it is. Pete will make me the harness and plugs that I need to make it as plug in play as possible. He also pre-configs the amp on an oscilloscope so that I wont need to adjust that.
My ask of my brothers and sisters here is if you have pictures, videos, suggestions, items that I need to buy or anything else that would aid me in this install I would appreciate that very much. As an example, I understand that I have to relocate the Ipod unit that sits on top of radio now. Maybe it will be obvious once I remove the fairing, but also maybe not.
A sincere thank you to the members mentioned above and for the many others for paving the way for so many of us. I will post an update once I start the install in a week or so. Peace all.
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