Mike734

I have a buzzing in one of the TEN speakers in my 06 RL. Having searched this site, I couldn't find definitive advice on replacement speakers. Crutchfield wasn't much help. They don't know the impedance of all the OEM speakers and don't have good advice on replacements. I decided to go the EBAY route. I got a complete set from a wrecked RL for $250. Considering the OEM sub is over $400, it seems like a good deal. So which speaker is blown or buzzing?

Since I have a Bluetooth connection to my system, I played a Youtube video of a sound wave from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. This one. By using the fader and balance controls I was able to (mostly) isolate the speakers. I determined my lower left front door speaker buzzes at around 640 Hz. I'll be replacing it soon. I also think I also might replace the center speaker just because. Depending of the look of these, new to me speaker, I might replace them all.

Anyway, If any of you have viable plug and play options for replacement speakers, we would love to hear them.

JFRENSH

Did not see and replies to your post. I too have blown left front door speaker on 2 RLs. 05 and 12. There must be a design issue as LF blown is Extremely frequent problem. I also get engine noise through the blown speaker with radio off. Regarding replacement, Crutch and Sonic both said that it is fine to go with 4 ohm - unless you're an Audiophile - you won't tell difference as long as you change the pair. I'm going with $23 JVC on sale 70% off on the RL I'm selling. I will let you know the results.

Karlos Garcia

I have in my car PRV audio I bought from ebay I had 1 year with them and sound really good the magnet it's small to right fit by the way I hooked all doors speakers to a aftermarket amplifier of 4ch of 4000w and I don't have blown yet mine 😁 try them
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-PRV-Audi....m46890.l49292

JFRENSH

Follow up to prior post. I was able to obtain a front door speaker from a wrecked RL at LQK Daytona. Having replaced OEM speakers in all my cars since High School, I was very surprised how easy it was to remove and re-attach the door panel. The new "old" speaker sounds perfect. No engine noise. The blown speaker had no perforations but the material around the outside edge of the cone was very soft. Even though these are Bose speakers they seem rather low quality with a rather small magnet.

I still need to replace the same LF on my 05 RL and I'll likely just go with an inexpensive 6.5". I tested a 5x7, JBL GT7-86 that came out of a replacement door for my son's Mazda 6 Wagon and it sounded great. It's a coax 4 ohm rated at 60W continuous, 180W peak.