Mazda5 Stereo upgrade installation finished!

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South Carolina
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12 MZ5 13 CX-5
Installation is finished! Now for the real work: tuning!

Head unit: Kenwood DDX8706S
Processor: Dayton Audio DSP-408
Amps: Kenwood KAC-M3001 and KAC-M3004
Tweeters: Dayton Audio ND25
Midranges: Dayton Audio DC160-4
Subwoofers: Rockford Fosgate Punch RFZ1408

Everything is running active. Getting speaker wires into the doors to run the tweeters wasn't easy. :(

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Did some tuning with Room EQ Wizard (REW) today. Even though this is a super preliminary tune, it sounds absolutely amazing! I used the Crutchfield Curve as a baseline, I'll try the JBL curve in the future. The Dayton DSP has a number of EQ presets so you can swap between tunes, see which one you like the best.
 
I have been tuning on this thing all week, and all day today. This is now the best sounding stereo I've ever installed, and I've been doing this since 1987. Best part? This entire stereo cost me less than $700, including wiring and other ancillaries.

Orange is all tone controls flat, green is after adjusting my DSP.
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