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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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I have been looking to upgrade my sail panel speakers and have been looking at the kee audio bazookas and the Kicker 10CVT654. Im not even sure if the kicker will work, the mounting depth for the kicker is 2 13/16". But basically what I am asking is which one would you guys reccommend and would the kicker fit?

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http://www.crutchfield.com/p_2060CVT...4%5d6-1%2f2%22

http://keeaudio.com/bazooka.html
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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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I have been running the Kickers for about a year now, the impedance is wrong, but I have had no isses with overheating the amp or anything. They sound a hell of alot better than the stock, but they still sound like 6.5"s if you know what I mean. No miracles or anything. I am adding a L7 10" within the next week or so to finally give me some real bass.
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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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stock or aftermarket amp
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:04 AM
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Stock monsoon
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:14 AM
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Ya I know they're not going to hit that hard but anything is better than stock. I'm going to upgrade speakers first then I'm going to put in a sub with a stealth box if just speakers leave me wanting more
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:34 AM
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New speakers won't give you any more bass. They will only make the bass sound better. The amount of sound coming and frequency response of the speaker is largely limited to the power going in to the speaker and the size of the speaker itself.

If you want to rip your spot welds apart, etc. you'll need to go with a box.
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:52 AM
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Ya I know I won't get more bass I guess I should change my question to which one would give me better sound. One thing I like about the kickers is the specs for peak power and the rms are the same as the alpine components I have for the fronts so if I decide to replace my monsoon amp I can make a pretty good jump In power and not have to worry about replacing one or the other
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 08:17 PM
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I just put a set of Boston s65 in the sails and the made a HUGE difference in bass. I alson put the s45's in the back. I would like to put the s45's in the doors but the monsoon is wired so funky that I might have to use components there.
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stay away from bazooka.. they are about as usefull as the gum... remember you get what you pay for.. go for diamond audio r.e hifonics sony alpine kenwood.. something good.. kicker ehh only thing i would run kicker is soloxs
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I'm looking at 6.5 inch subs for my sail panels so I'm kind of limited to what I can get
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i bought the bazooka's from kee audio a couple years ago and they work great, alot better than the stock blown out ones i had, i can actually turn the bass up on the stock radio now.
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Ian from Kee Audio posted a new sail panel speaker from CDT that he seemed pretty excited about.
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Originally Posted by OWWmach1
stay away from bazooka.. they are about as usefull as the gum... remember you get what you pay for.. go for diamond audio r.e hifonics sony alpine kenwood.. something good.. kicker ehh only thing i would run kicker is soloxs
I wonder where you get this information?


People should not mistake Bazooka Tubes for the high quality speaker inside.
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I have Bazooka subs coming
Watch for a deal on them as soon as they arrive

CDT now available as well
call me for pricing!

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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by wssix99
I wonder where you get this information?


People should not mistake Bazooka Tubes for the high quality speaker inside.
i used keyword USED to be a bazooka dealer.. i never had a hq bazooka speaker... just because they blow at anything over rms rating on them.. surrounds tear... just overall cheap speaker.. i wouldn't run a secondary amp to any of them..
how many record holders use bazooka? none its just a crappy product anymore.. 10 years ago yes i would have ran bazooka.. just like i would have run lanzar... today not so much.. hell even cadence.. if you can find some OLD cadence Run them.. i loved my wildbeast 15s hell they slapped harder than my old kove Armageddons. i get my info from experience and well running these products
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