I really appreciate this thread and all the discussion. There's a lot of great knowledge in here! So thanks to the OP and everyone else who contributed.
I have the B&O and was ok with it, decently happy, but being a modaholic, musician and a "tone junkie", I wanted to see if I could make any improvements in a somewhat cost-effective manner (under $1K).
After messing around with the tone controls, I couldn't get rid of those tinny upper mids or lower highs. It was sort of a hollow but muffled thing going on at the same time. Sort of like the upper mid were loose. My first move was to upgrade the the three dash speakers which I finished doing this morning before going to work.
My initial impression was the speakers alone were a dramatic improvement in the clarity and warmth department. I went with Hertz CX100's and pointed the outer tweeters in an x pattern with the dash tweeter pointing towards me. Truth be told, I have a radar detector which covers most of the center speaker grille so I may have to make some adjustments there.
None-the-less, the clarity was very noticeable in the highs. I ended up turning down both the treble and the miss a bit but the bass seemed fuller too. Dunno.
I also purchased new rear pods (Mabett) and the Hertz CX165's which arrive Wednesday. Wanted to do this in stages just so I could hear the difference. As of right now I have no plans to update the kicker panel speakers or the sub but that could change. I'd really rather pull my own fingernails than pull body panels. I do see Hertz makes a Centro series woofer that'll fit the kickers and they're not very expensive. Might flush the sound out a bit more. I don't listen to anything requiring a ton of bass. I pretty much stop at Neal Peart (may he rest in peace). So if I can get clean, tight bass with the current configuration, that'll be enough for me.
Interestingly, the center speaker wasn't a coaxial like the left and right dash. Y'all probably already knew that but I was a bit surprised.
Cost-wise, I went the eBay/Amazon route and saved about 50% over shopping at Crutchfield. I had to wait for some stuff like the wiring harness adapters but I'll take that over spending almost twice as much.
***One update, the Mabett rear pods do not fit the Raptor. I didn't realize this when I ordered. Mabett would simply need to come up with a new bracket to make them work though. I had to go with the MTI Acoustics rear pods which are more than double the price and I'm guessing there's a wait. Ordered last week and no ship notice or anything yet despite them allegedly being in stock.
I have the B&O and was ok with it, decently happy, but being a modaholic, musician and a "tone junkie", I wanted to see if I could make any improvements in a somewhat cost-effective manner (under $1K).
After messing around with the tone controls, I couldn't get rid of those tinny upper mids or lower highs. It was sort of a hollow but muffled thing going on at the same time. Sort of like the upper mid were loose. My first move was to upgrade the the three dash speakers which I finished doing this morning before going to work.
My initial impression was the speakers alone were a dramatic improvement in the clarity and warmth department. I went with Hertz CX100's and pointed the outer tweeters in an x pattern with the dash tweeter pointing towards me. Truth be told, I have a radar detector which covers most of the center speaker grille so I may have to make some adjustments there.
None-the-less, the clarity was very noticeable in the highs. I ended up turning down both the treble and the miss a bit but the bass seemed fuller too. Dunno.
I also purchased new rear pods (Mabett) and the Hertz CX165's which arrive Wednesday. Wanted to do this in stages just so I could hear the difference. As of right now I have no plans to update the kicker panel speakers or the sub but that could change. I'd really rather pull my own fingernails than pull body panels. I do see Hertz makes a Centro series woofer that'll fit the kickers and they're not very expensive. Might flush the sound out a bit more. I don't listen to anything requiring a ton of bass. I pretty much stop at Neal Peart (may he rest in peace). So if I can get clean, tight bass with the current configuration, that'll be enough for me.
Interestingly, the center speaker wasn't a coaxial like the left and right dash. Y'all probably already knew that but I was a bit surprised.
Cost-wise, I went the eBay/Amazon route and saved about 50% over shopping at Crutchfield. I had to wait for some stuff like the wiring harness adapters but I'll take that over spending almost twice as much.
***One update, the Mabett rear pods do not fit the Raptor. I didn't realize this when I ordered. Mabett would simply need to come up with a new bracket to make them work though. I had to go with the MTI Acoustics rear pods which are more than double the price and I'm guessing there's a wait. Ordered last week and no ship notice or anything yet despite them allegedly being in stock.
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