HK 19 Speaker System - Where ARE the 19 Speakers?

[RSConsulting]

I count 2 in each door, 3 in the dash (including center) for 7 up front - and 1 in each door, 2 in the headliner for 4 in the rear - plus a sub stuffed somewhere I haven't found yet. So that makes 12 (including the sub).

Where are the other 7?

I pulled $5K of my Focal & Moscone stuff out of my previous Honda Pilot (didn't make sense to leave it in for a trade-in). Wondering if I should bother tearing the interior of this truck apart to install (though I really can't figure out where I'm going to stuff the 3 amps and 13" JLA flat sub).

The factory system sounds "pretty good". It's not a fully tuned 1,500 watt Focal/Moscone system - but pretty good. Not sure I want to mess with it on this truck.

But it's be nice to figure out where the 19 factory speakers actually are...

Thanks,

Rick

 

[knightro84]

The unity speakers they count as two speakers since they contain a tweeter - so that is 14 speakers, plus 4 6x9's in the doors, plus the sub is behind the rear passenger seat.

19 Speaker System

• 7 Unity speakers
  • 3 in IP, 2 in upper front doors, 2 in rear headliner
• 4 6x9” woofers
  • 1 in each lower door
• 10” enclosed subwoofer
  • Behind rear passenger seat

 

[SpeedyV]

Feeling deja vu on this thread

 

[ericd]

 

[RSConsulting]

The unity speakers they count as two speakers since they contain a tweeter - so that is 14 speakers, plus 4 6x9's in the doors, plus the sub is behind the rear passenger seat.

19 Speaker System

• 7 Unity speakers
  • 3 in IP, 2 in upper front doors, 2 in rear headliner
• 4 6x9” woofers
  • 1 in each lower door
• 10” enclosed subwoofer
  • Behind rear passenger seat

Thanks for the speedy response.

Much as I have always done custom systems in all my rides - I may just leave this one alone.

6X9's in the doors, eh?

What I have from the old truck: 2016 Honda Pilot Touring

Focal 165KRX3 - 3 Way Component (old front stage - woofer in door/mids & tweets mounted in custom A pillar)
Focal 165KRX2 - 2 Way Component (rear door - woofer mounted in factory location, tweeter high in door)
Focal 3KRX3 - Mid Range (in the rear surround position)
JL Audio 13TW5v2-4 - 13" Shallow Sub in custom box
Moscone One 120.4 (times two - drove the fronts Bi-Amped on one amp - drove the rears passive on 2 channels, and the surrounds on the other 2 channels)
Moscone One 240.2 (subwoofer)
Moscone 6 to 8 DSP

So I may just opt to either:

1 - Leave well enough alone - even though running a system like I had in my previous ride, really highlights what big $$ invested can bring to car audio.
2 - Get with my installer to figure out how to re-use what I already have (though finding a place to stuff the 3 amps could be problematic)
3 - Sell off my used gear and start from scratch (or just leave well enough alone).

I'm opting for #1 for the moment.

My boxes of take-offs aren't going anywhere. I would probably still go with Focal/Moscone - and perhaps sell my 3 amps and get the Pro 5|30, which gives me enough channels in a single package that would be less problematic to find a home for (21"x8").

My installer is using a PAC Audio AP4-Ch41 which takes 20-20 audio right off the head unit, into a JLA TWK88D (via optical) to put systems into these trucks.

Still gotta think long & hard on this one.

Thanks for the responses.

Rick

 

[Loyal Ram]

Infinity reference is the way to go. I installed them in my 2018 1500 ecodiesel in the dash corners and it was night and day difference. I was going to upgrade the others but after installing them there was no need. I just traded the ecodiesel in Monday for a 19 2500 and ordered new infinity REF-3032CFC for it. The HK in my new truck IMO doesn’t sound as good as my alpine system did in my18 but I have full confidence the infinity’s will take care of the problem.

 

[RSConsulting]

I gotta be honest.

Considering I've had high end audio systems in all my previous rides (Infinity/JLA/FOCAL) - the reality is - the HK Factory systems doesn't sound all that bad.

As good as the system I pulled out of my previous ride (list above)? NO. And as a recording/concert sound (FOH) engineer - yes I can hear the difference.

So much better that I would want to tear apart my sweet interior, and lose much of my storage space to put a sub and hide 3 amps (4 amps if I do it the way my installer wants to)? Having an etorque battery behind the rear seat takes away some of the "hiding spots" for stuff. I could relocate the "tire change hardware" and lose the factory amp, and get space under the driver/passenger front seats.

I'm not really sure yet. I can still recoup a bunch of $$, selling off my Focal/Moscone stuff.

They actually did a surprisingly decent job - for a factory system.

I'm gonna take a trip up to my installers shop (a 2 hour ride since he moved to melbourne), and site down with him & his fabricator and hash out what the game plan might be. I'm not even sure the Focal mids will fit where the "unity speakers" go. And I really don't want to start chopping up the doors/dash.

So - I read, I research...

Rick