Upgrading a JBL System

[DerekTheGreat]

Chysler had Infinity, GM had Bose around the same time period. I think both of those had the amplifier built in to the speaker though, which made it obnoxious to deal with or upgrade. The Ford / JBL system was a much less annoying architecture.

"No highs or lows, it must be Boze." F'n hate that company with a passion, the Dyson of the audio world. Cheap drivers and cabinetry, yet bloated price tag. The simplicity is what I like about the JBL system, that it's still the way to get it done today. For a while I had an aftermarket deck running the JBL amp, was neat that I could do that.

...I'd like to preserve the front component setup of the Town Car, and I wonder if duplicating tweeters in the doors and dash might be too much/muddled high, especially with the door speakers located so low.

It's not. In an earlier post I mentioned how I disconnected my dash speakers because of how shrill they made everything. It sounds much more balanced with just the door speakers and the ones in the rear package tray.

[gadget73]

yeah the GM and Chrysler setup was difficult, and the drivers were shitty paper so they would fail and instead of a $50 speaker it was a $300 speaker / amplifier assembly. Stupid.