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Old 08-06-2022, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by sna77
Interesting... What market are you in? I'm in the US. My 23 build sheet doesnt have the wattage....

My build date is 5/2/22... From what I’ve heard, the 23.5 MY will be labeled as such…

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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
 
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Old 08-14-2022, 07:06 AM
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I believe this is covered under warranty. My front left tweeter was blown from what seemed like the factory and has never sounded good when making calls etc as you described. It is being replaced under warranty no questions asked by my dealer.
I also just had a blown speaker replaced under warranty.
 
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Old 08-15-2022, 09:42 AM
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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]
 
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Old 08-15-2022, 03:10 PM
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[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.

 
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Old 08-15-2022, 03:23 PM
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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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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.

 
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Old 08-15-2022, 04:49 PM
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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?
 
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Old 08-15-2022, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Jrunr619
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...
 
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Old 08-15-2022, 05:24 PM
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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.
 
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Old 08-17-2022, 02:03 AM
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[QUOTE=PaulLR;835395]
Originally Posted by Ehloo
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.

Correction, Left front, Right rear - exactly the same
 
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Old 08-17-2022, 09:53 AM
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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… 🫤
 
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