Thread: Thoughts on Monsoon Sound System ?

I am getting crackling and weird noises out of speaker. I am going to replace the whole system. Thoughts on amp ? Are you guys a fan of this system? Just curious if I am jumping the gun ?

Mine works alright. The speakers are old and worn. They don't distort unless I have the bass all up and volume loud. The amp's fine, but there's no sub in the car.

I don't do aftermarket systems anymore unless mine's broken. That sh*t's dead weight to me, personally.

You can put any head unit you want in there. You lose the date on the DIC. Need an adapter thing (don't know name) to keep steering wheel controls with any other than the stock radio too.

Stock units are not too bad. New speakers may help a bunch.


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From what I've read the head unit is a good upgrade. I have monsoon in my 2008 gxp and it was ok, but I has a speaker go out and I had to cut the wire harness off and solder on the new speaker for it to work

I like the Monsoon system, speaker change helps. I replaced the system in my GXP with Kenwood and Polk, in my Comp G I have left it alone but will probably replace the front 3 1/2 soon as I listen to audio books from time to time and that speaker is mostly voice.

Couple things to be addressed.

The monsoon system is a great system for what it is, a mid-tier, mid-powered Amp. If you're an Audiophile or music snob, its not the greatest, but far and away better than stock.

That said some very important things a lot of people don't know:
1) It is a 2 Ohm system. The majority of automotive audio is 4 ohm.
2) It is a component based system, not Coaxial. This means the Woofer and tweeter get separate signals.

Many people when replacing speakers do not put as much research as necessary into this. The rear deck especially. When replacing rear speakers many notice that it is a four pronged plug, this is due to the signal split mentioned earlier. The correct way to handle this is using an aftermarket component speaker set. They tend to be more expensive as they come with an external crossover (note: don't use it). When installing the new speakers, either a wiring diagram is needed or basic problem solving. You don't want to wire woofer Input to tweeters or vice-versa.

When selecting speakers, 2 ohm is advised on the stock system as that is what the factory used. Changing to a 4ohm speaker set doesn't damage the system, but effectively halves your output.



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I'm not sure if the system is 2 ohms or 4, but I do know that my rear speakers were labeled as 4 ohms when I took them out and replaced them. the speaker I went with was a component, but there wasn't a good spot to solder the wire harness to the tweeter, so I just hooked up the 6x9.

If it's component based, the speakers are likely in series. That would explain the 4 Ohm label.

..wait, no. It would have to be in parallel to halve the impedance of a 4 Ohm speaker.

The speakers in my GXP were mostly 4 Ohm, all were replaced with 4 Ohm as I reused the factory amp. I purchased the car in 08 with 7k on it. Factory must have been throwing in whatever they had left for end of model as one door speaker was 2 and one was 4 Ohm.

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Amp is a 2 Ohm amp, at least its supposed to be. I do believe the factory went into "**** it" mode at the end. Its also why they put the 4t65e in the GXP, instead of devoting budget or buying appropriate parts they just threw whatever was on the shelf.

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