Helix Amps - Anybody installed one of these?

[jeportera]

I just purchased a Helix P Six amp that I'm planning on installing in my 2022 AT4. I was going to go the harness bypass route to get the Bose factory amp out of the picture, but now that PAC has released the AP4-GM71 unit I'm going to use it instead to get the signal to the Helix. For the front stage, I'm planning on using Audiofrog dash speakers and Karma Audio 6x9's in the front doors. Rear doors will have Audiofrog coaxials, rear panel will remain stock for now. The 6 channel Helix will power the front stage and rear doors, and at some point I plan on installing a seperate small amp to power the rear panels but for now they'll be unhooked. For the low end I already have a JL RD1000 pushing a JL 10w7 in the sealed enclosure. I'm planning on getting some help on the Helix tuning once I've installed it, but I'm curious if any of you have gone down a road like this and if so do you have any tips or advice? I also plan on doing some decent sound deadening in the doors as well.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

I have not used that brand of amp, so I cannot offer any advice on that. When I upgraded my audio system, I removed the rear post speakers, as they were too small to be really useful. Since I almost never have more than 2 people in the truck, I focused on the front door and post speakers and the second row door speakers, and I do not miss the rear post speakers. With decent tuning of the head unit's pre-amps, you can get all the spatial depth of sound you need with just the 4 door and front post speakers.