I am thinking about adding Boom speakers to my fairing on 2012 FLHX. Not planing on installing an AMP, will the speakers alone be much better than the stock speakers.

 

They are much better than stock. No distortion and loud as hell. Worth it IMO. Only took about 30 minutes to install front and rears on my 12 ultra.

 

Thanks thats what I was hoping for.

 

I would upgrade to something better than boom audio. Polk mm651 are 6.5" and sound much better and can be had on amazon for $139. You'll need speaker adapter rings also

 

Thanks for the input, have you had the Boom speakers? Are the polks weather proof like the brands that are made for bikes?

 

yes sir I've had the boom upgrades. they leave a lot to be desired on the low end of the audio spectrum. The polks are water-resistant as well. No speaker is water proof.

 

Keep in mind if you want louder, an amp is needed. Just like going faster requires motor work. The stock Harmon Kardon radio puts out around 12 watts per channel RMS. Better speakers will sound better in your garage, but about the same volume. For this reason we try and talk people out of buy just a set of our speakers. I consider it stealing because after almost 30 years of audio back ground I generally know what someone is looking for. Instead of just making the quick buck, I-we try to educate as much as we can so that the customer is happy with purchase, not just left feeling like he got "SOLD".
When shopping look for kits that have been put together by a reputable company. This way you get all the harnesses needed, as well as line level converters, RCA's, speaker adapters, proper size fuse and holder for the amp purchased, as well as speakers that are designed to handle the power coming from your amp.

 

Maybe you guys can enlighten me based on old speaker preconceptions. Roddin' around in the 70's, it was all about magnet size. From that perspective the Booms look like they're lacking. With today's technology, is magnet size still a critical factor? I don't intend to add an amp at this time - just slight upgrade to front speakers.

 

back then it was about magnet size only because some of the materials used today in manufacturing either were not available or not cost effective. The magnet size is not really as important a factor as the quality of the magnet. A lot of quality speakers these days have magnets made from materials such as neodymium which is very light and strong. It's older counterpart, ferrite (which is stil widely used) is heavy but it will hold a magnetic charge much longer than most other types of magnets used in audio systems.

The bottom line is this.
1.) Don't worry about magnet size but moreso what its made of.
2.) I along with many others will recommend other speakers instead of the boom audio speakers. You can do a lot better for less or equal $.

I have to add too that the ferrite magnets are still widely used but mostly in a component type setup where you have something like a seperate 6" or larger mid-woofer and tweeter or in a lot of the subwoofers themselves they're still used. Big magnets are desired on these larger speakers because of the dampening effect they can provide on high powered systems.

 

UltraNutz,
Man, thanks for the heads-up. I've gotten out of touch. Gonna due some homework as I agree - better than Boom can be had for the $, from what I've seen. You helped confirm that.
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