Ram&CheeseSandwich
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Hey everyone. I’ve been reading the forums for a bit now and took the advice of many of you guys and started swapping out speakers in my 2022 Laramie with the HK sound system. Like many of you I didn’t like the sound of it at all. Weak midbass, boomy sub, and highs that weren’t to my liking.
I didn’t want to get into aftermarket amps and all of that so I kept ir simple and swapped out factory speakers for the CDTs and Faital Pros. Dampened all of the doors and door cards along the way. Used the Metra 72-7902 adaptors for the highs and initially based on advice I saw in the forums used Metra 72-6514 adaptors for the midbass.
The highs sounded great, but the midbass was non-existent. I also noticed that the engine noise/drone of my truck was much louder. I had heard about this happening to guys that changed the polarity of the speakers from how they come from factory (reversed polarity) back to normal due to the truck’s ANC but based on the Metra’s I used it should have kept polarity the same as factory.
I finally decided to try the Metra 72-6515 adaptors that change the polarity back to normal and it was a complete game changer. Mids sound great now and the drone is gone. Ive only had the time to swap out the Metra’s on the rear mids so far but already a huuuge improvement.
So my question to you all is, why is everyone recommending to use the Metra 72-6514 adaptors and saying it sounded great for them with this upgrade when Im finding the complete opposite? Is it possible that my truck came wired incorrectly from the factory? I find that hard to believe, but I also find it hard to believe that others that used the 72-6514 adaptors didn’t notice the same issues I did. What gives?
I didn’t want to get into aftermarket amps and all of that so I kept ir simple and swapped out factory speakers for the CDTs and Faital Pros. Dampened all of the doors and door cards along the way. Used the Metra 72-7902 adaptors for the highs and initially based on advice I saw in the forums used Metra 72-6514 adaptors for the midbass.
The highs sounded great, but the midbass was non-existent. I also noticed that the engine noise/drone of my truck was much louder. I had heard about this happening to guys that changed the polarity of the speakers from how they come from factory (reversed polarity) back to normal due to the truck’s ANC but based on the Metra’s I used it should have kept polarity the same as factory.
I finally decided to try the Metra 72-6515 adaptors that change the polarity back to normal and it was a complete game changer. Mids sound great now and the drone is gone. Ive only had the time to swap out the Metra’s on the rear mids so far but already a huuuge improvement.
So my question to you all is, why is everyone recommending to use the Metra 72-6514 adaptors and saying it sounded great for them with this upgrade when Im finding the complete opposite? Is it possible that my truck came wired incorrectly from the factory? I find that hard to believe, but I also find it hard to believe that others that used the 72-6514 adaptors didn’t notice the same issues I did. What gives?