Thread: Defender Stereo Speakers

Originally Posted by HUE166

I know it migt sound funny to ask what size but I'm currently 5000km away from my Defender.

Cheers,

Rohan.

Tut tut Rule numer ONE: NEVER leave the vehicle. You did wander a bit far away.....




There are plenty of threads in the "Communications, Car Audio and Electronics" forum that can help you.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Tut tut Rule numer ONE: NEVER leave the vehicle. You did wander a bit far away.....




There are plenty of threads in the "Communications, Car Audio and Electronics" forum that can help you.

You're so right Vlad! Unfortunately work has me over here sweating!!

Thanks for the tip, I'll have a look.

Cheers,

Rohan.

Standard they are a 4 inch and they are the worst speakers I have ever seen. The problem with bigger to going to 5 1/4 is space. The heater piping runs behind them also which limits clearance. The main issue though is they point toward your feet. For this reason I use a good quality 2 piece component speaker (4 inch mid with separate tweeters) with the tweeter mounted on the top of the dash. Soft domes tweeters are preferable as they have a smoother and less harsh sound with a broader frequency response. It lifts the soundstage and makes it much more open and clearer. Then get some form of bass coming from the boot. good old 6x9s in separate boxes are pretty good and cheap, with plugs so you can remove them if you need the space. I have done this to both my defenders and they sound soooo much better than standard and costs bugger all to do. I have quite long cables to the rears so I can put them on the roof for some outdoor sounds.

Sorry to further answer your question.

It is irrelevant what the wattage is unless you are going to run a amplifier. Even then it is not all that important. You only have so much power (probably 15-20watt RMS) from the head unit so they will all be fine. A better quality speaker will tend to higher wattage anyway.

They will all be 4ohms

Brand is not a major. Best quality you can afford really. but not many to do 4 and tweeter component set which is a must in Defender. They sound way better than a two way and well worth the extra spend.

Bass. well they are 4 inch so forget bass. better quality ones will have more travel and longer coils but still bugger all. You need some bigger speaker in the boot for this. You are missing half the music if you have no bottom end so it well worth thinking about. 6x9s w and good fronts will all run off any head unit.

Does anyone know whether you can fit 5 1/4" speakers into a defender without having to put in an adapter?

I too am looking into changing speakers...dont want to put a raised adapter in to make bigger speakers fit as my knees are already up at the dash so dont want anything hanging down anymore than it needs to

Originally Posted by dullbird

Does anyone know whether you can fit 5 1/4" speakers into a defender without having to put in an adapter?

I too am looking into changing speakers...dont want to put a raised adapter in to make bigger speakers fit as my knees are already up at the dash so dont want anything hanging down anymore than it needs to

I was pretty motivated to do this but couldn't make it work properly. The heater vent is behind them.

Originally Posted by nzlandies

I was pretty motivated to do this but couldn't make it work properly. The heater vent is behind them.

do you know if thats the same for the puma? as our aircon vents are up high unlike the td5's which were down low

i wish I had that size speaker here so I could try it but not prepared to buy one to find out it cant be done

The whole interior is different and I am not familiar with it, but the principals are the same. Pull them apart and see what they are, then get better ones. Alot of the Pumas had the extra tweeters on the dash option fitted so yours may be as good as your are likely to get with out spending big coin.