I am in Canada, and my production date was late May so it could be 23.5? But I think 23.5 is a non-official version, since tags on the car and registration forms only show 23MY. Although my build sheet shows 825w, I highly doubt it should be 700w since Meridian doesn't even have 825w version for Defender https://www.meridian-audio.com/media...t-a-glance.pdf

 

I also just had a blown speaker replaced under warranty.

 

i saw a video online that the stock 6.5 speaker can’t handle the oem amp power and blowing soeakers


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QUOTE=Defender90NY;835182]I also just had a blown speaker replaced under warranty.[/QUOTE]

 

[QUOTE=Ehloo;835322]i saw a video online that the stock 6.5 speaker can’t handle the oem amp power and blowing speakers. QUOTE]

No surprise...these OEM speakers look pretty cheap.

 

yeah, it’s pretty embarrassing.

but it seems most car manufactures use a base level speaker on their premium audio upgrades. usually just add a amp and more speakers. i’m glad i didn’t spend thousands for the meridian upgrade. i would been pissed

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Would it be easy to upgrade those speakers to better, aftermarket ones? Or would it be too hard to match them up to the factory amps correctly?

 

That is exactly the question that I'm trying to answer in this thread...

 

I did some write ups on this forum:

https://landroverforums.com/forum/20...e6/#post828478

https://landroverforums.com/forum/20...e6/#post829184

https://landroverforums.com/forum/20...t-away-113243/

They are running right in now, sound improves observable.

 

[QUOTE=PaulLR;835395] Correction, Left front, Right rear - exactly the same

 

I am still a bit afraid to replace them since they are designed to run down to 20hz and I don’t really know of a “drop-in” 2ohm aftermarket speaker that can do that… 🫤