Need input on Louder and larger fairing speakers for my 2012 FLHTK. I am currently using the Hogtune Speakers with the Hogtune Amp. I also have the Hogtune Lower Fairing Speakers.

Any ideas??

 

when comparing specs, the important spec is "sensitivity"

usually expressed as X db @ 1 watt @ 1 meter

the bigger number X the better.

87 dB is not great

92 is OK

some manufacturers do not use this common spec- and that is for a reason ( JandM)...their numbers suck

a 'watt' rating only indicates how much power the speakers will accept from the amp with out blowing- this has NOTHING to do with how much sound they produce

this would be kinda like comparing a incandescent and CFL bulb.
if both consume 7 watts...which will produce the most light ?

what will make speakers blow is to overload the amplifier- ask it to do too much and instead of producing a sine wave ( ac voltage), the tops and bottoms of the sine will be cut off "square wave"- this acts more like DC voltage
and will cause the speaker voice coil to go to the extremes of it's travel and stick there for a moment...perhaps long enough to burn the voicecoil- it has to keep moving to cool off



mike

 

I would suggest you spend some time in the audio portion of the forum and post this question over there.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/audio-systems-153/

 

Yes visit the audio forum. There are plenty of great speakers you can put in the fairing the best IMHO being the Biketronics 7P1s. However those speakers, and any other good 6.5 (Polk, Infinity for example) is going to want more power than your hogtunes amp can put to them.

 

I went through this not to long ago and decided to go with Hertz. I would look at either the Hertz or Focals. One thing to look at is their peak handling power. These speakers costs a little bit more but if you look at their peak handling power compared to others you'll see why these tend to cost more. I kept blowing speaker coils with all the other speakers I've tried. These Hertz sound great and can handle the power when turning up the volume. Definitely worth the money IMO

 

Biggest thing is what are you willing to spend???

 

I have a Limited Ultra also. I have 6 JL audio speakers on mine, and a JL Audio amp in the tourpak. If you don't want to spend money on a system like that, take a look at Biketronics, and get the Titan II speaker upgrade. Can get them only from Biketronics. They're good ones. I've had a few stereo upgrades, and if I didn't have this nice JL setup on mine, I'd go back to the Titans. Hogtunes was my very first stereo upgrade when I first had a fairing back in 09. You can do a whole lot better than Hogtunes. Also, I had the Arc Mini 125.2 amp, and it was a nice setup with the Titans. I just listen to the tunes --- I'm not a tech, but I heard from a few people here that the Arc amp was a good one.

 

I lined the inside area of the outer fairing directly behind the speakers with Dynamat, and put four layers of polyfil around the magnets, and it's much louder now. Instead of 3/4 volume, 1/2 does just fine now. My 2 cents.....

 

Hertz and fosgate amp work well on my scoot.

 

+2 I don't know what amps/ohms your amp puts/handles so have no real input except good 6.5" coax speakers are better than little 5" ones and ya need to listen to them before ya buy.