Audio Upgrade for my ’97 Taurus

[Ben]

I’m replacing the stock sound system on my 1997 Ford Taurus GL. It came with front speakers+tweeters as well as rear deck speakers. I’d like to change out all the speakers and head unit. Nothing too crazy, just an improvement over the stock audio. I’m not bothering to try to work with the exist crossovers btw.

Did I pick parts that would work well together? Also is the amp really necessary in this set up? Thanks in advance! 🙂

All required adapters and harnesses are included.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_105AX3204/JVC-KS-AX3204.html

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KDR670/JVC-KD-R670.html

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_575R152S/Rockford-Fosgate-Prime-R152-S.html

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130TG6845R/Pioneer-TS-G6845R.html

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Unless the industry has gone backwards in the last 10 years, for regular use an external amp isn’t really required. Once you figure in the cost and effort associated with installation the money could be better spent on the other components.

I’m not sure what you are thinking of using for your music, but unless you already have a huge stack of CDs that you don’t have digitized on your computer, your could just do away with the media all together. No CD head units. A few years ago I had a Pioneer head unit with a USB port and never played a CD again, although I found the interface a bit clunky. Mostly because of naming protocols.

Here’a an Alpine unit that supports Bluetooth and has the proper connections if you ever want to install satellite radio. LINK It apparently also supports Apple products and Bluetooth music streaming on Apple and Android.

The Rockford speakers don’t seem to have any sort of crossover for the tweeter. HERE is a pair of Lightning Audio ones for the same price that have an inline crossover. I think the woofer is probably the exact same but the tweeter looses half an inch to offset the cost of the inline x-over.

HERE is a pair of matching rear speakers. A few bucks less than the Pioneers you linked to. Because matching.

[Ben]

I switched to your recommended components and bought them.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500UTE52BT/Alpine-UTE-52BT.html

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_495L5S/Lightning-Audio-L5-S.html

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_495L68/Lightning-Audio-L68.html

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