I have a Rockford-Fosgate system in my 2008 Nissan Xterra. I am no real audiophile, but that system has been awesome.......best stereo system I have ever had in a vehicle. I don't think you will be disappointed with those speakers.
Problem is...for those of us who don't want to take up valuable space in the rear cargo area, this doesn't work.
It unplugs easy and there are many other options available, for me it works perfect
Nice idea, where/how do you plug this into the system? Would be helpful to know as I may go this route too.
I tapped it in to the existing sub wires (2 channels) and used the high level inputs I have the gain all the way down and it rocks the whole truck like I said before you could go with the 8 or 10” model and it would probably be fine.
Great, thanks for the tips. So, based on your satisfaction, this is about all the upgrades you feel it needs? I know it's cold out now (in most parts but I see your in Fl so probably do not have that problem
), but I am curious if you've tried it out at highway speeds with top back or off, etc. I feel B&O is fine with top on (of course like anything a little improvement wouldn't hurt) but when I drove a couple of times with top down it had a hard time getting over wind noise.
I haven't given up hope that an upgrade to the B&O speaker (powered by the factory amp) won't do the job. The trick is to find an 8" dual voice coil, 4 ohm woofer that is fairly efficient. This Kicker could fit that bill if the mounting depth is fine. https://www.crutchfield.com/p_206CWCD84/Kicker-44CWCD84.html?tp=68848
I really want to improve the rear speakers too; I am going to wait a while until someone comes out with a powered soundbar that is made for the B&O system and I really think the current non powered one by JBL is ok but not going to give me the sound (with the top completely off) that I am looking for.Great, thanks for the tips. So, based on your satisfaction, this is about all the upgrades you feel it needs? I know it's cold out now (in most parts but I see your in Fl so probably do not have that problem
Good idea. A day ago I was confused on the B&O setup and wouldn't have thought this would work since I incorrectly thought the factory amp in the back was crossing out the bass for pods and woofer, which now I know wouldn't make sense. I had no idea it was only powering the subwoofer. So as long as the factory amp is delivering full range sound, a dual voice coil setup like you suggest could improve bass to treble frequencies with less distortion. Hopefully more will comment that this route works.
I've had the Bronco Badlands/SAS/Lux for two weeks now, LOVE IT. But if I had to pick 1 thing to bitch about, we weren't that impressed with the BO system and eagerly waiting for a blueprint for and easy swap ASAP with better components....UNTIL.....
There is still plenty of unknowns about the factory DSP settings on the B&O. People are reporting that the rear pods are getting no lower frequencies and there is no sign of a passive high pass filtered (bass blocker) on these speakers. Previous Ford B&O systems have bass rolloffs on some of the amped speakers. Given that Ford/B&O have never shared these details on previous models, this will be a trial and error exercise. It makes sense to me that using higher efficiency woofers (both for the kick panels and the sub) will provide more bass at lower head unit volume settings.
Bad source or not, I promise you that replacing the speakers was a night and day difference. It's almost as good as my GF's Honda CR-V EX-L 180w 8 speaker system after upgrading the left/right front and back speakers, next up is the center and kick panel speakers. I am leaving the sub for last.
I hate the quality of Sirius, my wife listens to it all the time and on whatever system I listen to it on it sounds like trash.
