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psrivats said:

How did you deal with the lack of front-to-back and side-to-side volume fading with the SSV? Do you use a dedicated DSP for that or just use the SSV as-is? We chose to go with the Memphis audio one after digging for a bit and discovering it has a fader function (accessed through a dedicated android or apple app) and this works much better per Blaine compared to the SSV unit to get nicely balanced sound. This unit also has AM/FM and you don't have to lose that functionality (channel presets set through the same app).

https://www.memphiscaraudio.com/product/smc2a/

Also, what speakers are you running your SSV with? We have the Polk MM522 with good efficiency.

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At the time that I had started planning for this project (early 2020's), the SSV was one of the only options available - certainly the primary contender. I was largely flying blind since no one had installed one of these in their Jeep yet (as far as I could tell). I spent some time on the phone with one of the SSV engineers. He was super helpful and got me to a place where I was comfortable this would work well in our Jeeps and fully understood the trade-offs.

Few things. I never use the AM/FM tuner in my cars. So I ripped all of that out the second I did the install. I bought a factory MOPAR "Trail Rated" badge and slapped it over the antenna hole in the tub. Looks factory. As for the fade and balance adjustments, I never adjusted those in my Jeep. Just the EQ, and my primary streaming service (Spotify) has a great EQ adjuster. Although I will say the factory sound tuning is great out of the box.

I'm still running the factory Rubicon speakers (with the tweeters), but I did a custom install of a Kicker sub in the factory center console. All things considered, I think it sounds great. Especially for a car with such bad acoustics to begin with LOL. On my short list of mods is to install new speakers, but for a weekend toy, what I have works great for now.

Seeing what the Memphis offers over the SSV, if I were to do this all over again, I would probably choose that unit for the reasons you and Blaine have. Seems to have more functionality in a similarly sized packaged.