shack
Junior Member
Hello RAM Forum,
I recently had an OEM integrated system installed in my 2017 Lone Star Silver. And overall it sounds okay, but the highs are just overkill above say 20 on the volume dial. Sibilance kills your ears, and rock music distorts heavily, mids and highs become super muddled. Basically about 30-40% of the music I listen to, is now... unlistenable.
So here are the pertinent details:
Factory 8.4A
Base 6-speaker/Non-Alpine System
Audio Control LC7i
JL Audio RD900/5
JL Audio Stealthbox
JL Audio C1-690tx (front)
Focal Auditor RCX-690 (rear)
So what I've been able to guess is the stock HU's signal has a lot of noise on the highs, and passing that through to get amplified at volumes above 20 is super noticeable. So the real question here is, would something like the JL FiX-86 that can flatten the signal be good, I'm wanting to keep the stock HU, and eventually retrofit a 2018 CarPlay capable UAS/UAQ system in, and avoid an aftermarket if I can...
tl;dr: LC7i + 5 channel amp = distorted highs past a certain volume, will the FiX-86 "fix" this and let me keep stock HU?
I recently had an OEM integrated system installed in my 2017 Lone Star Silver. And overall it sounds okay, but the highs are just overkill above say 20 on the volume dial. Sibilance kills your ears, and rock music distorts heavily, mids and highs become super muddled. Basically about 30-40% of the music I listen to, is now... unlistenable.
So here are the pertinent details:
Factory 8.4A
Base 6-speaker/Non-Alpine System
Audio Control LC7i
JL Audio RD900/5
JL Audio Stealthbox
JL Audio C1-690tx (front)
Focal Auditor RCX-690 (rear)
So what I've been able to guess is the stock HU's signal has a lot of noise on the highs, and passing that through to get amplified at volumes above 20 is super noticeable. So the real question here is, would something like the JL FiX-86 that can flatten the signal be good, I'm wanting to keep the stock HU, and eventually retrofit a 2018 CarPlay capable UAS/UAQ system in, and avoid an aftermarket if I can...
tl;dr: LC7i + 5 channel amp = distorted highs past a certain volume, will the FiX-86 "fix" this and let me keep stock HU?