Speaker Help

[OldLariat]

Hi: I have an old system that I would love some help with? 1987 f250 been sitting around 14, years but back on the road - the Sterio system is probably 25, years old. Everything works but I want to replace my speakers first and take it from there.
Each door has two 6.4” woofers in the bottom, one 4” midrange in the upper door, and a 2” tweeter next to it. The crossover and, speakers are Boston. Each door set is powered by a separate Orion 240 rms amp, and there are 2 Bazooka tubes behind the seat powered by an Orion 44 rms amp.

I have spoken to a few people including Crutchfield. I am ignorant about audio, and stumped about a few things: First the two 6.4” speakers in the bottom of my doors are wired in series(daisy chained) and I don’t see any component systems with my configuration. Crutchfield tried to sell me the Focal 3 component system for 1k but there midrange is a 3” and there tweeter is 1.5” Seems a downgrade losing one speaker, and reducing my midrange by 1” and reducing my tweeters by 1/2” each?
Can I mismatch speakers: buy two Audiofrog 4” midrange, four JL 6.5” and two 2” tweeters for instance, and just hook them up like the old ones, or what should I do.I know I need to insulate my doors. I really appreciate help !

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[marc2112 10+ year member]

The Focals will give goosebumps if you power them properly. If want your 8 speakers like before, you'd need an active crossover or a dsp.

 

[metalheadjoe 10+ year member]

I can't offer any advice, but I will say you have a gorgeous old-school setup! If you are interested in selling the black amp, please let me know.

 

[Firewalker]

If you want to stick with the 6.5" I would talk to Stevens Audio on Facebook. Their 6.5" are really awesome and cost around 90 bucks a piece. Can't wait to put my set in my Explorer. They also make 4" as well iirc and then you would just need a tweeter. I would then go with a DSP instead of using the crossovers to go active instead of using those.

 

[OldLariat]

The Focals will give goosebumps if you power them properly. If want your 8 speakers like before, you'd need an active crossover or a dsp.

Thanks for the reply! The focal set comes with crossovers. I don’t know what power them correctly means; are my amps not powerful enough?

 

[OldLariat]

I can't offer any advice, but I will say you have a gorgeous old-school setup! If you are interested in selling the black amp, please let me know.

Thanks ! I will let you know- if it comes out you can have it. It seems to power the bazookas adequately.

 

[OldLariat]

If you want to stick with the 6.5" I would talk to Stevens Audio on Facebook. Their 6.5" are really awesome and cost around 90 bucks a piece. Can't wait to put my set in my Explorer. They also make 4" as well iirc and then you would just need a tweeter. I would then go with a DSP instead of using the crossovers to go active instead of using those.

Thank you for responding! I’m not on Facebook but I will try to find them. Good luck with your Explorer!

 

[marc2112 10+ year member]

Looks like you have enough space for these:

Anarchy 7 inch woofer by Denovo Audio

7 inch Anarchy woofer, Anarchy, Denovo Audio, small subwoofer, 12.5mm X-max, powerful woofer

www.diysoundgroup.com

 

[OldLariat]

Thank you for responding! I’m not on Facebook but I will try to find them. Good luck with your Explorer!

I looked at their stuff - it has me excited. Wish I could speak to them to see if how to buy and integrate to what I have?

 

[OldLariat]

If you want to stick with the 6.5" I would talk to Stevens Audio on Facebook. Their 6.5" are really awesome and cost around 90 bucks a piece. Can't wait to put my set in my Explorer. They also make 4" as well iirc and then you would just need a tweeter. I would then go with a DSP instead of using the crossovers to go active instead of using those.

I joined Facebook just to explore Stevens Audio - they don’t list any 4” midrange speakers in their catalog. I have text them; waiting for a response. I will probably buy 4 of their 6.5” woofers 2, Audiofrog 4” and 2, 2” tweeters and hook them up, and see what happens. Thanks again!