Straight answers about packages, fitment, tuning, and bass, from the shop that designs and builds the systems. If your question is not here, call or send us a quote request and you will get Brandon.
Every package includes speakers, an amplifier, and a DSP together. We do not sell speakers on their own, because speakers by themselves will not sound right without the amplifier to drive them and the processor to tune them. Those three parts are the base of every system we build.
You add speaker locations rather than components. Once your base system is in, the amplifier and DSP are already there, so the next step is adding speakers in the lower fairings, saddlebag lids, or tour pack, followed by a re-tune. That is why the stages stack cleanly instead of replacing what you already bought.
Packages start around $3,000 and go up with speaker count, bass work, and installation. We quote two numbers up front: the package price if you install it yourself, and our installed price. We are not the cheapest and never will be. The price covers fitment engineering, components chosen for the application, and the support behind it.
Probably not, and we will tell you that honestly. If you enjoy the stock system and want a modest lift, Indian's Powerband upgrade is the cheaper path and we will point you toward it. Our packages are built for riders who want a real step up in output and clarity, which is a bigger jump in both sound and cost.
Systems we install carry a three-year warranty through us. Self-installed systems carry the two-year manufacturer warranty from Cicada. We also stand behind work done by our Certified Installers using our kits, and we help riders whose systems are years past warranty.
Indian PowerPlus (Challenger and Pursuit from 2020, plus the 2025-and-newer Chieftain and Roadmaster), Indian Thunderstroke (2016 and older, 2017 to 2018, and 2019 to 2025), the Indian Springfield, and Harley-Davidson Street Glide and Road Glide across the 1998 to 2013, 2014 to 2023.5, and 2023.5-onward body eras.
Indian fitment is restrictive and changes more often than Harley's. Body styles, saddlebag lid styles, and wiring all differ by year, and classic and non-classic bikes use different lids. The 2025 technology package changed the fairing wiring harness on the PowerPlus, so we redeveloped all of the 2025 mounting. We fork the product rather than force a near-fit.
The Springfield is the hardest platform we build for, so we bought one to develop on. Because there is no fairing, the speaker locations come from aftermarket lowers, saddlebag lids, and the tour pack instead. The Springfield package uses an amplifier that is also a DSP, along with six speakers.
Yes. Harley is the easier platform to work on: parts stay available across model years, they are highly interchangeable, and there is far more room for amplifiers. For a Street Glide or Road Glide with fairing and lid speakers, a typical installed build runs around $3,500. The main thing that changes between years is the amp plate.
No. Every system connects through your bike's factory connectors, and we never cut or modify an OEM harness. We hold that standard on every build. Your bike can go back to stock at any time by unplugging our harness and plugging the factory wiring back in.
Yes, and plenty of riders do. We quote the do-it-yourself price alongside the installed price so you can choose. Self-install customers get the same free custom tuning we give everyone else: send us a video of your system playing and we build an updated DSP file for your bike.
We have Certified Installers in Florida, New Jersey, Colorado, Tennessee, and Minnesota. Each one trained hands-on with us and charges the same package price we do. If you are too far from Panama City to ride in, that is usually the answer. See the full list of Certified Installers.
Yes. Riders send us saddlebags and lids from across the country. We do the enclosure work and ship them back, so you can get the bass build without a cross-country ride.
On these bikes, yes. The output voltage from an Indian head unit is small enough that it needs a processor to turn it into a clean, tunable signal. The DSP is also what unlocks time alignment, which does more for how a motorcycle sounds than almost anything else in the tune.
The Arc Audio PSM Pro, at around $600. Indian's low and variable head-unit voltage rules out roughly 70% of the processors on the market. The PSM Pro handles it, comes in a weatherproof case, has time delay built in, and accepts a wide range of input power.
We measure instead of guessing. We take the cleanest, hottest signal from the source, run the amplifier at peak voltage, then set crossovers and time alignment together, which solves about three quarters of the tune on its own. After that we run an RTA and tune to a house curve. If you are here in person, we finish on your phone with your music.
Every package ships with a general tune so you can ride right away. Custom tuning after that is free for as long as you own the system. Send a video of it playing and Brandon builds an updated file for your bike, whether we installed it or you did.
Yes, and the whole volume scale shifts with it. Indian's factory audio effectively caps out around volume 9, and anything past that does not move on a meter. After an install, the setting that used to feel loud at 5 lands closer to 8, with real headroom left above it.
No, and we say so before you buy. Efficient speakers on more power get louder in the mids and vocals, which actually masks the factory-style midbass. Picture beating a drum, then yelling over it: you hear more of yourself and less of the drum. Real bass comes from the saddlebag work below.
By turning the bag into a proper enclosure. The base service seals and ports it. From there we can add a fiberglass wall on the outer side for rigidity, or fiberglass the entire bag until it is solid. Any flex in the bag wastes energy. The payoff is going from hearing the bass to feeling it.
A sealed bag gives tighter, more predictable bass. A properly tuned port gives more output and better low-end response from the same speaker and the same power. We run our bags sealed and ported together with Cicada CMB10s, because that combination gives us the most to work with in the tune.
One thing worth knowing about: you lose the factory auto-volume feature, the software that raises the volume as you speed up. We leave ride-command flat so the DSP can do the work, and that flat setting is what auto-volume depends on. Every customer hears this from us before they buy.
There is no single best one. It depends on the application, your bike, and what you actually listen to. Compression horns are brighter and more sensitive, which suits vocals and instruments; coaxials are more balanced across the range. Spec sheets and real-world performance often disagree, so we recommend what we would run ourselves.
Tell us your bike, your year, and what you want out of it. We will come back with the package price and the installed price so you can pick your route.
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