2018 Chevy Silverado Z-71 by Audio-X

[ToNasty]

In my box of miscellaneous shit, I found a miniUSB to USB A cable, so hooked up to the USB HEC to my iPhone via the camera adapter. To my surprise (and complete delight), the radio still controls the track up/down, but the HDC3 controls volume and sub. I can change tracks with the steering wheel controls, but not volume...and the "now playing" info and album art displays on the headunit. I can only assume the radio is controlling and communicating with the phone via bluetooth. The only drawback with going directly digital to the Helix is I can't use the phone because the audio part is bypassing the radio, so it will be great for demos and critical listening, but not practical for everyday use.

This was my biggest issue. But I rarely drive the truck. Maybe on the weekends for an hour or so. So going straight into the dsp completely bypassing the oem headunit is fine for me

[Hillbilly SQ]

I'm not going to say that I'm 100% sure it's not some other problem, but after talking with several people, I find they have tiny voice coils and windings which can't handle big power. The fact that the AP's are doing fine makes me think it's a driver issue, though.

Yeah that was one of my worries about those Morel mids. Yeah they sound good but they can only take so much. The petite booty on them didn't leave me feeling confident about them having good power handling. I only had 80rms going to each one when I tested the set Nasty sent me and had to be careful. They sound great with lower power. Those Ram 2's seem to be pretty robust from what I remember so should be good to go for a really long time.

[mumbles]

Glad you have the truck back Al and that you are happy with the sound. The install is fantastic and I'm looking forward to checking it out soon!

[Notloudenuf]

Did the speakers pop in the same position? Like the first time it was the passenger side and then when replaced the passenger side popped again?
That "could" point to some installation issue OR a problem with that amp channel. Just curious....

[naiku]

Pretty great timing to get it back just before your meet this weekend! Wish I could have made it down, hopefully will get a demo at Jason's in NC next spring.

[BigAl205]

Pretty great timing to get it back just before your meet this weekend! Wish I could have made it down, hopefully will get a demo at Jason's in NC next spring.

[BigAl205]

I went to JasonInAugusta's meet and tried out competing for the very first time and scored a 74.5. I was going against Jeff Arkema's Silverado, who ended up being the points leader for the whole day (81-82 points, but I don't remember specifically)



My scoresheet

[JCsAudio]

I've never competed before AL so I cant offer any help there but I'm going to guess with a little bit of tuning focused on the noted deficiencies in that report that you could get to the next level (albeit subjective level) that will rival or beat your competition. BTW I like a hot bass response too.

[BigAl205]

New toy!





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[BenevolentDictator]

That's a pretty thang.

New toy!





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