Seriously, change the 6.5" speakers, it was 100% worth it!From everything I’ve seen the 72-5600 will work it’s just a weird fit. About to put my order in too. Going with the kicker ks for the 4”. Think I’m leaving the 6.5” alone for now. Still undecided on a sub. I was thinking the kicker hideaway or building my own box for a shallow mount tucked behind the rear panels in the cargo area. Having a tough time deciding
What did you change them to? Are you using an amp or just running them off the head unit?
What did you use? Everything I’ve seen on the forum suggested there wasn’t much improvement by replacing them. Some even said it sounded worse than factory….that’s with no amp of course.
So, I guess that I should have remembered that this is the standard six speaker system (and I have the B&O), so that might explain the difference. I only replaced the speakers on my system.
From everything I’ve seen the 72-5600 will work it’s just a weird fit. About to put my order in too. Going with the kicker ks for the 4”. Think I’m leaving the 6.5” alone for now. Still undecided on a sub. I was thinking the kicker hideaway or building my own box for a shallow mount tucked behind the rear panels in the cargo area. Having a tough time deciding
The trick to the kick panel speakers is to remove the two kick panels (which are surprisingly easy to remove once you know the trick to the drivers side). The dead pedal top needs to be removed and then you unscrew the screw holding the panel in place. The panel in the door jab also gets removed (they all pop out easily with the exception of the dead pedal screw). It's really quite easy after that.
I broke the clips on the driver's side speaker panel. That's when I said screw this! lol. I hate breaking new stuff. After I get over the aggravation, I may give it a go. Thanks!
There are a couple of things to keep in mind with swapping out the speakers. The factory speakers are all 4 ohm. Since the kick panels are in parallel with the dash speakers, they are running at 2 ohms per channel. For most systems, 2 ohms is the minimum resistance required and likely the case for our Broncos. That said, if you swap speakers (either set) with something that is less than 4 ohms, you will be under the 2 ohm limit. This is where you end up with some poor sound quality and significant sound output mismatch. A lower ohm speaker will pull more power from the other as well (path of least resistance, literally).
A lot of great info! Thank you. Couple questions.
You are correct on the filters having one Hz rating. What I was trying to say is that the range you should use for 4" mids is somewhere is the range of 300 to 600 Hz. Some people go as high as 900 Hz. But in making these decisions, you should also consider the other speakers in use and what their frequency responses are. Some overlap in the ranges is desired to prevent losing parts of the music. To make thinks simple, it is a good idea to buy a component set with a crossover design by the manufacture.
So ideally then, would you want to replace the dash with an 8 ohm speaker (if they make such a thing) so if you kept the stock kicker or replaced ot with an 8 ohm, you'd be at 4 ohms total....right in the sweet spot?
