TAC
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Been playing with speaker setup & location so thought I would post it for another option. I have a soft top with no carpet kit, just floor matts. I didn't want to add rear quarter panel inserts or drill speaker holes in the doors or door panels.
- Have a metal center console with an Alpine stereo. Built a false bottom in the main compartment out of carpeted wood which houses under it the small flat Alpine 100W power pack and 300W BRT amp.
- Put two Rockford Fosgate 3.5" coax speakers side by side on a bracket in the stock front dash speaker hole to add some sound up front.
- Put two RF 6.5" coax speakers in the common speaker box wedges audio shops sale, with added wood carpeted wedges on top. The wedges secure under the bed rails and at the bottom of the box with an L bracket, stud and wing-nut. About 6' of extra speaker wire so they can be easily pulled and put where you want them for party boxes.
- A sub woofer is needed for this setup. There is too much exposed metal for reasonable sound without a sub. The RF P3 Shallow 10" sub fits under the rear stock seat and is secured to the floor with the supplied brackets. A crossover was used to push the bass to the subs.
- Also added a separate headphone jack mounted on the center console with a switch. You can switch off the amps and listen to headphones at highway speed if you want to tune out some wind noise.
Sound is pretty good for the acoustics of the bronco. Concerns are these are not all weather speakers so gotta watch out for that when the top is off. Also, the rear speakers could be stolen easily with the wing-nuts, but this is Idaho and we can shoot people for that. A bonus, crank up the bass and get the rear seat honking for additional riding please for those in the back.
- Have a metal center console with an Alpine stereo. Built a false bottom in the main compartment out of carpeted wood which houses under it the small flat Alpine 100W power pack and 300W BRT amp.
- Put two Rockford Fosgate 3.5" coax speakers side by side on a bracket in the stock front dash speaker hole to add some sound up front.
- Put two RF 6.5" coax speakers in the common speaker box wedges audio shops sale, with added wood carpeted wedges on top. The wedges secure under the bed rails and at the bottom of the box with an L bracket, stud and wing-nut. About 6' of extra speaker wire so they can be easily pulled and put where you want them for party boxes.
- A sub woofer is needed for this setup. There is too much exposed metal for reasonable sound without a sub. The RF P3 Shallow 10" sub fits under the rear stock seat and is secured to the floor with the supplied brackets. A crossover was used to push the bass to the subs.
- Also added a separate headphone jack mounted on the center console with a switch. You can switch off the amps and listen to headphones at highway speed if you want to tune out some wind noise.
Sound is pretty good for the acoustics of the bronco. Concerns are these are not all weather speakers so gotta watch out for that when the top is off. Also, the rear speakers could be stolen easily with the wing-nuts, but this is Idaho and we can shoot people for that. A bonus, crank up the bass and get the rear seat honking for additional riding please for those in the back.
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