Having been in car audio over 30 years, I've always had wanted to go really big in one of my cars. Even had dreams of getting a car based entirely on how well it work for a big stereo (used to be the Supercharged Ford Thunderbird (or the V-8 version of the same Thunderbird) or a Ford Caprice (the cop car). For whatever reason, despite being a grown ass man with a grown ass job for some time, life sort of got in the way. Sometimes it was finances. Sometimes it was the right car at the wrong time. Sometimes it was the wrong car at the right time. Sometimes it was the right car and I just ran out of time. Sometimes there was the "I can do this" and I really couldn't get it to the finish line. Or sometimes it was the car started then the car started to have issues.
This time around, I'm hoping it's different. More research, hopefully more time, and more help.
So the car/truck itself is a 2023 Ford Maverick. It's based on their medium sized SUV/CUV. It's sort of a Smedium truck (what the Ranger used to be before it put on weight). I started out looking at it because they started at $20k for a stripped one with a hybrid engine that gets close to 40 MPG and we could order one directly from the factory. I commute back and forth to work so I figured why not. Then of course, the Hybrid was in short supply. The idea of ordering a car with everything I wanted (and nothing I didn't want) was appealing especially with how dealer markup had gone during pandemic. So then I looked at the Ecoboost engine (maybe a stripped one), then liked the idea of an AWD, which leads to the FX4 Package (more off-road features) which leads to getting the upgraded towing package.. So what started in my mind as a stripped FWD Hybrid car with steelies ended up being a XLT (the middle trim level) loaded with quite a few more options. Great truck so far.
Which lead me to the stereo. I had started out with similar ideas. Ideas for a pretty simple system. For some reason the Maverick seems to have attracted people across all ages. Some younger people getting their first car/truck, older people who are replacing bigger cars and everywhere in between. On the one end, you have speakers that will drop in front (and maybe in the back) all the way up to replacing just about everything but the radio. I had initially figured I would do a middle ground.
So the original plan was, and had bought the JBL and the NVX subs with 2 custom enclosures to fit under the rear seats:
OEM Ford Radio
JBL DSP4086 8 * 60 Watts running everything (Active 2 way in front, rear fill, two subwoofers)
Some sort of 6.5" 2-way components (hadn't figure out yet) in the doors and dash locations
Some sort 4" coaxial in the rear
NVX 8” Dual 4 ohms subs 2 one under each rear seat (probably going to upgrade this).
Then I started planning a move and started to purge some stuff I had sitting in storage. Some items were worth more than I thought so plans changed and decided to go bigger. So found some gear that seemed to be a better fit for a bigger stereo.
OEM Ford Radio.
Mosconi 6to8 Aerospace with Mosconi DSP Controller
Italia D410 4 x 100 watt amp running the tweets and Mids
Italia D220 2 x 180 watts running the midbass
Italia D220 2 x 250 watts running the subs
Morel Virtus Carbon Nano 63 3 way component set 6.5” midbass, 2.5 mid, 1” tweeter.
NVX 8” Dual 4 ohms subs 2 one under each rear seat (probably going to upgrade this).
So decided that trying to shove 11 pounds of crap in a 9 pound bag was going to delay the inevitable. I didn't want to have to try to adjust 10 different things, so I simplified and went with something that supposedly do a good chunk of auto-tuning. So out go the amps and DSP getting replaced by a single Amp/DSP (for now). I'm going to wire it so that adding another sub amp won't require tearing much apart.
OEM Ford Radio.
Audison Forza AF M8.14 bit - DSP AMPLIFIER Audison 8 x 90 watt amp with 14 channels of DSP. Controlled by their rotary controller DRC-AC DRC AC - Audison - Car Audio Amplifiers, Speakers, Processors
Morel Virtus Carbon Nano 63 3 way component set 6.5” midbass, 2.5 mid, 1” tweeter. The midbass is a TBD (this thing was designed to go into very shallow places which is a trade off for excursion, so if they don't perform as welll as I like I might just go with a "regular" 6.5" midbass. Have a few lying around.
NVX 8” Dual 4 ohms subs 2 one under each rear seat (probably going to upgrade this).
This time around, I'm hoping it's different. More research, hopefully more time, and more help.
So the car/truck itself is a 2023 Ford Maverick. It's based on their medium sized SUV/CUV. It's sort of a Smedium truck (what the Ranger used to be before it put on weight). I started out looking at it because they started at $20k for a stripped one with a hybrid engine that gets close to 40 MPG and we could order one directly from the factory. I commute back and forth to work so I figured why not. Then of course, the Hybrid was in short supply. The idea of ordering a car with everything I wanted (and nothing I didn't want) was appealing especially with how dealer markup had gone during pandemic. So then I looked at the Ecoboost engine (maybe a stripped one), then liked the idea of an AWD, which leads to the FX4 Package (more off-road features) which leads to getting the upgraded towing package.. So what started in my mind as a stripped FWD Hybrid car with steelies ended up being a XLT (the middle trim level) loaded with quite a few more options. Great truck so far.
Which lead me to the stereo. I had started out with similar ideas. Ideas for a pretty simple system. For some reason the Maverick seems to have attracted people across all ages. Some younger people getting their first car/truck, older people who are replacing bigger cars and everywhere in between. On the one end, you have speakers that will drop in front (and maybe in the back) all the way up to replacing just about everything but the radio. I had initially figured I would do a middle ground.
So the original plan was, and had bought the JBL and the NVX subs with 2 custom enclosures to fit under the rear seats:
OEM Ford Radio
JBL DSP4086 8 * 60 Watts running everything (Active 2 way in front, rear fill, two subwoofers)
Some sort of 6.5" 2-way components (hadn't figure out yet) in the doors and dash locations
Some sort 4" coaxial in the rear
NVX 8” Dual 4 ohms subs 2 one under each rear seat (probably going to upgrade this).
Then I started planning a move and started to purge some stuff I had sitting in storage. Some items were worth more than I thought so plans changed and decided to go bigger. So found some gear that seemed to be a better fit for a bigger stereo.
OEM Ford Radio.
Mosconi 6to8 Aerospace with Mosconi DSP Controller
Italia D410 4 x 100 watt amp running the tweets and Mids
Italia D220 2 x 180 watts running the midbass
Italia D220 2 x 250 watts running the subs
Morel Virtus Carbon Nano 63 3 way component set 6.5” midbass, 2.5 mid, 1” tweeter.
NVX 8” Dual 4 ohms subs 2 one under each rear seat (probably going to upgrade this).
So decided that trying to shove 11 pounds of crap in a 9 pound bag was going to delay the inevitable. I didn't want to have to try to adjust 10 different things, so I simplified and went with something that supposedly do a good chunk of auto-tuning. So out go the amps and DSP getting replaced by a single Amp/DSP (for now). I'm going to wire it so that adding another sub amp won't require tearing much apart.
OEM Ford Radio.
Audison Forza AF M8.14 bit - DSP AMPLIFIER Audison 8 x 90 watt amp with 14 channels of DSP. Controlled by their rotary controller DRC-AC DRC AC - Audison - Car Audio Amplifiers, Speakers, Processors
Morel Virtus Carbon Nano 63 3 way component set 6.5” midbass, 2.5 mid, 1” tweeter. The midbass is a TBD (this thing was designed to go into very shallow places which is a trade off for excursion, so if they don't perform as welll as I like I might just go with a "regular" 6.5" midbass. Have a few lying around.
NVX 8” Dual 4 ohms subs 2 one under each rear seat (probably going to upgrade this).
