I just picked up my first truck on Monday. 19 1500 DT Quad Cab. I think the Alpine system sounds great and is plenty loud enough ONLY while connected to Apple CarPlay. There is a significant difference in power when comparing to a Bluetooth connection. I tried streaming music wirelessly last night and now understand the complaints I’ve seen.I feel like I'm one of the few that's actually super happy with the Alpine system.
You think your system sounds good now replace the speakers and you will be amazed how much better it sounds.I just picked up my first truck on Monday. 19 1500 DT Quad Cab. I think the Alpine system sounds great and is plenty loud enough ONLY while connected to Apple CarPlay. There is a significant difference in power when comparing to a Bluetooth connection. I tried streaming music wirelessly last night and now understand the complaints I’ve seen.
You will never be able to adjust it enough to make up for the highs that those single speakers put out like two ways will do. Also you will get more base by changing out the rear doors. But to each there own the alpine is definitely much better then the base system.I'm also very happy with the Alpine system in my 2020 Crew Cab 1500. I got quite a bit of improvement on mine (to my ears) by moving the fader directly to the back 3 clicks and tinkering with the equalizer some. I would say a solid 50% improvement. Enough to dissolve any thoughts of replacing speakers.
You will never be able to adjust it enough to make up for the highs that those single speakers put out like two ways will do. Also you will get more base by changing out the rear doors. But to each there own the alpine is definitely much better then the base system.