Are any of the Kicker components that fit Rav that are better than the JBL speakers that come with the premium audio packages?
I just ordered a complete set of the Kicker KS series for the Dash and all four Doors. I saw a post above saying they swapped them out because of the factory radio not pushing enough. In my experience, that's not as bad as some might think. But I also do plan to eventually put a small amp in line, while adding a spare tire sub in the future too. I figured get the better series speakers now so I won't have to mess with that later.
As for the phase, this is the first I've seen of it. Exactly how do you check with a multimeter to check the phase of your speakers wires?
Phasing is important when more than one speaker is in the system. A basic way to test for proper wiring when doing OEM swap is this:
(this only works on speakers big enough for you to see cone motion)
Note the OEM wiring. If the speaker has a "+" terminal then note that wire as "+". If no obvious markings then just pick a wire & terminal as the "+" and mark them.
Take out OEM speaker and use a AA or AAA battery to test cone motion, placing batt "+" onto to speaker "+" terminal, and then note the direction the cone moves.
Next is to ID the new speaker to match OEM. Do same procedure with the batt and note the cone direction of movement.
You should then wire the new speaker to match the cone movement of the OEM test, regardless if you swapped the wires to get that same direction of movement.
This ensures the phasing is the same as OEM setup.
It's possible for new speakers to be out-of-phase with other older speakers in the system, even though you connected + wire from old to the + terminal of new.
