Speaker recommendations for my F150?
So this is my “beater” truck that i actually do love but it is a beater with 185,000 miles. With that said, anything that goes into it is typically budget minded so please keep to just that. It is a vehicle that was bought cheap for the sole purpose of being a beater and has been fully payed off for a few years. It has served my every purpose for eight years now, has never failed me, but old enough to be fire sold if it were to blow the engine or trans. At this point it has only cost me $118/month to own! I certainly have the money, but only because I’m smart with it if you don’t include the Marauder… So common sense says stick to basics here guys.
Truck:
2004 new style, non heritage F150 Lariat supercrew 4x4 with factory speakers, amp, sub, and recently added Amazon Binize Android 10 head unit mostly because I wanted CarPlay and Nav.
Binize Android 10 Double Din Car Stereo Radio Compatible with Apple Carplay&Android Auto 7 Inch Bluetooth Touchscreen GPS Navigation/AM/FM/EQ/Reversing Image/Mirror(Android 10+Carplay+Android Auto) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B5SR2ZJ...ing=UTF8&psc=1
The stock system sound quality was 80% or so “good enough” ever since I added the factory amp and sub a few years ago, but since adding the head unit only songs with deep rolling bass come in halfway decent (but not quite as loud as I’d like). Anything with quick punching bass drops or any standard classic rock sounds like complete crap.
Basically Flor Ida’s “Low” or Hugo’s “Twitch and Tug” = pretty good sound but wish it was a tad louder.
And anything such as AC/DC, Bob Seger, or Disturded lack any decent sound at all. Super muffled all across the waves and I honestly can’t find a volume that helps at all.
I’ve played with the head units EQ to no end and no matter how I adjust it comes out muffled. I purchased the first one of these for my Daughter’s ‘02 focus and while not perfect it it sounds four times better than the stock head unit and is plenty fine. Only difference between hers and mine besides obvious speaker locations is she doesn’t have a factory amp/sub.
I am NOT a “stereo guy”! In fact I’ve had ringing in both ears for eight years now from a hard hit to my forehead job site accident. It has not left me deaf by no means but has left me unable to put sound waves together as quickly as before to the point I now fully use captions on tv… FML
So I realize factory speakers typically don’t work well with aftermarket head units but I’d like options of only speakers and if absolutely essential a sub/amp combo to fit the factory under seat enclosure. 2 way, 3 way, OHM’s????
Thanks guys!
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