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Hey guys I been shopping systems for a while now & finally pulled the trigger. Started two weeks ago when my friend gave me speaker lids for free. Last Saturday I went to HD & got cvo lower pods on Easter discount day. Both of those need to be painted yet. So today I look up Polk mm651 on amazon & they are on clearance $19.95, I couldn't believe it. I ordered 3 sets & adapter rings for $100 total. Then I went back to check on kenwood kac-3004 Best Buy's had on clearance since mid week for $65 & ordered 2 of them $140. Still need amp mount & wiring & a pair of 6x9's. All this going on my 2012 RGU. Hope those polks show up as advertised, says new in original packaging. Install mid may. My next question is can these amps run one input & four outputs? Using one for front 4 & one for back 4. Thanks for any advice.
 
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Hey Billy,

The Polk MM651 is a great speaker, it is also 2.7 ohm. That will give you about 65 watts RMS per speaker. That's a little low on the RMS scale for our sleds, but for what you have invested it will be a good upgrade over stock. Those MM651's are very efficient and will make the most use of the power you have. (BTW...don't wire 4 of these in parallel, it will burn up your amp)

Yes you can split your input signal to both amps

Take some pics of your install and keep us updated
 
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alright billyt. i'm not sure whether to thank you or curse you. the amp in my wife's bike blew a channel, so I had to replace it. had picked up a soundstream Picasso but didn't care for the sound. so now I've got one of these kenwoods on the way. what the heck, it's only money right?...
 
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Right on Skratch, hope that works out for ya. I was liking the sound stream pn4.1000D, I needed 2 of them. Those things are a beast. So 2 of these for the price of one of those. I'm sure these kenwoods will keep me happy for a few years. Good luck.
 
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got my amp today! looks good, nice size. hope it sounds/performs good.

When I saw this post I ordered a couple sets from Amazon for $22 a pair. Kind of figured it was BS since they sell for $175 a pair. I received a tracking number, but it's not showing anything. The seller is also brand new, and I believe from Japan. Waiting to get my cancelled order notice...
rather than type it all up again, here's my thread detailing my story with speakers from amazon. I hope your seller wasn't jennypear?

http://www.roadglide.org/53-audio/314154-infinity-reference-6030cs.html
 
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When I saw this post I ordered a couple sets from Amazon for $22 a pair. Kind of figured it was BS since they sell for $175 a pair. I received a tracking number, but it's not showing anything. The seller is also brand new, and I believe from Japan. Waiting to get my cancelled order notice...
 
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Hey Mach1 I saw they went to $22 & the name of that seller was different than mine. My wife says amazon doesn't charge till it ships yet these were charged right away. Some kinda scam?
Yea beware of these amazon sellers. They do this for sport jerseys as well. I had gotten my kid a penguin jersey when they came out with the stadium series. $25 as opposed to $125. Took the order, supposedly "shipped" then I get the notice on my app that the delivery was made, but nothing showed up. Checked the tracking number and my item was shipped to a PO box in Iowa. But showed "delivered" I tried to contact seller, never responded. Got a hold of amazon and the credited my account, couldn't be happier with Amazon and their customer service on that, don't know how they recoup those losses though.
 
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Hey Mach1 I saw they went to $22 & the name of that seller was different than mine. My wife says amazon doesn't charge till it ships yet these were charged right away. Some kinda scam?
 
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Nope, not jennypear. I sent the seller an email through Amazon asking about shipping. A couple hours later I received a response from Amazon saying the seller was no longer a member of the Amazon store. No worries though. Amazon is awesome at giving refunds. Here's an example from last week...

I ordered a blade sharpening kit for a Dremel. UPS said they left it at my front door at 12:19 pm. It wasn't at the front door so I checked my security camera. At 12:19 you can see UPS pull up in front of my house and then deliver a package to the house across the street. I asked the neighbors if they got a package delivered. They said no. Not sure why they would lie, but that's another story. I called Amazon and told them the story. They had no problem giving me a refund.

The part that confuses me about the speaker/jersey scam is why are they going for such a small amount of money?
 
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The part that confuses me about the speaker/jersey scam is why are they going for such a small amount of money?
cause everyone loves a bargain? easier to get 20 people for $20 than 1 for $400....

at least you know now that you can't trust your neighbors. guess you won't be asking them to watch your house while your away ;D
 
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Refunds on the way. Speaker rings came today, amps by Monday. Had some time to rethink my system. Was going 4 speakers in front on one amp & 4 on back with other amp. That would be 4x50w 4ohm or 4x75 2ohm. These amps can go 2x150 4ohm also. So I think I'm gonna return lower pods tomorrow & aim to get 4 good speakers to run 150w each. 2 front & 2 rear pods, this might be plenty loud for me. I'll run this way all summer see how I like it. If I wanna add these lids I'll get them painted along with a few other thing next winter. 150w in my face should be way better that 75w in face & 75w in kneecaps right??
 
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or you could run both amps up front, one powering the fairing speakers, and the other powering the lower speakers.

my cvo came stock with speakers in the bags. to be honest, once your moving over 30mph, you don't really hear them at all. I think the fairing lower speakers would give you more sound at speed.

so dumb question time. in looking at the directions for wiring the amps as a bridged 2 x 150watt into 4 ohm, they show the unused speaker wires bundled together and taped off. would I be correct in assuming that they do not want the insulation stripped and the wires joined? It doesn't make sense to me to join them, but stranger things have happened I guess.
 

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Amps came today, super happy about that. Did not return lowers, going to go 2x150 up top & 2x150 in lowers. I need some amp mounts, how do I find h-donut for his mounts? Amp mount suggestions? Visited local stereo shop, found all I need in wires & stuff. The search goes on...
 
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