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[Glenncarp]

Hello All,
I ride a 2010 CVO Ultra and I am giving up on the HD Stereo system.  I have replaced speakers, head unit, and amplifier.  I keep having an issue where my sound quits until I toggle the speaker switch on the dash (I also replaced the switch).  I've decided to pull the entire system and replace with something better.  The music on my bike is really important to me so I'm excited to upgrade.  I am looking for suggestions you might have on what works and what doesn't.  Is there an installer you would recommend in the Nevada, California, or Arizona areas?  I appreciate your feedback.

IDK, on my '11 SERGU I changed head unit to a Sony head unit, Focal Speakers and added Amp in fairing. Wife said stock sounded much better, of course I disagreed.

I then bought '16 SERGU with stage 1 and I am happy and leaving the system alone. Bottom line is I spent nearly $3,000 on swap and of course did not get my money back. I found key to new HD system is to keep road noise adjustment at 2 otherwise factory settings will clip sound when rising at speed. Could it be louder? Always, but sound is sweet with great bass response. I'm just tired of spending $40K on a bike and spending another $10 K to change it and not getting money back at trade. Just my 2 cents.

[Roadhouse]

Hello All,
I ride a 2010 CVO Ultra and I am giving up on the HD Stereo system.  I have replaced speakers, head unit, and amplifier.  I keep having an issue where my sound quits until I toggle the speaker switch on the dash (I also replaced the switch).  I've decided to pull the entire system and replace with something better.  The music on my bike is really important to me so I'm excited to upgrade.  I am looking for suggestions you might have on what works and what doesn't.  Is there an installer you would recommend in the Nevada, California, or Arizona areas?  I appreciate your feedback.

Canuck....I have a 09 Road Glide and replaced my whole system (except radio) with amp and speakers from Peter Jensen at www.soundzcustomz.com . I can't say enough about their products and customer service. I am now looking at replacing my HK with a Sony MEX-M70BT radio so I can download music to a USB drive and don't have to carry cd's with me. Check out their website or call them.

[Glenncarp]

Canuck....I have a 09 Road Glide and replaced my whole system (except radio) with amp and speakers from Peter Jensen at www.soundzcustomz.com . I can't say enough about their products and customer service. I am now looking at replacing my HK with a Sony MEX-M70BT radio so I can download music to a USB drive and don't have to carry cd's with me. Check out their website or call them.

I did same thing on my '11 SERGU. Word of caution, with the MEX-M70BT, you cannot see the screen in the daylight due to the angle of the fairing and the small screen. The sun glare makes it impossible to see and I even had a rough time on cloudy days. I'd suggest after going through this, you send the stock HK head unit to Iron Cross, they can add BT and RCA Preamps to unit so you can plug in the new amp directly to the HK unit and you can listen to the music on your phone or IPOD if it has BT on it, most new ones do.

For some strange reason, HK units only put out 3 amps on the IPOD side, if you get the RCA plugs, it increases it to 7 i think was what I was told. That will make a huge difference in sound output.

Agree on Pete at Soundz, great people and I blew three Focal speaker over three years, had AVC too high probably and they sent me new speakers each time with no questions asked.