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[Scott-FLHXSE]

I bought my 2018 CVO Street Glide in December 2017.  It is my first Harley so I am unfamiliar with the issues of the older models. 

I blew my left lid speaker again.  This is the third time the lid speakers have needed to be replaced.  Both side have been replaced under warranty already and now the left is bad again.  The remaining forward speakers all sound great still.  No issues with those.

Is this a known issue with lid speakers?  Anyone else having the same problems?

Thanks

[bigC]

Unfortunately you are not the first to blow the these speakers, and some as you more than once.

[n8schmitz]

Mine blew on my 16. Replaced under warranty also.  But three times sounds like a bigger issue.  Sorry to hear that however! 

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[1roadking]

My 2016 has blown them 3 times! The last time they replaced the rear amp and I thought that fixed it, but I think they are messed up again now. I loved the sound system when it was new, but now it drives me crazy. It also clips the volume down all the time.

[cvosjoe]

I bought my 2018 CVO Street Glide in December 2017.  It is my first Harley so I am unfamiliar with the issues of the older models. 

I blew my left lid speaker again.  This is the third time the lid speakers have needed to be replaced.  Both side have been replaced under warranty already and now the left is bad again.  The remaining forward speakers all sound great still.  No issues with those.

Is this a known issue with lid speakers?  Anyone else having the same problems?

Thanks

Sor far they have replaced 4 left speakers, 3 right and the left side amp on my 2018 CVO Street Glide. They replaced 3 left and 2 right on my 2017 CVO Street Glide. I feel your pain.

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[Enigmatic]

It is unfortunately neither the speakers, lids, or amps. I've had all the speakers on my 15 changed under warranty, rear amp, and large plug on saddlebag repined. it is the horrible EQ tune in the boom system. although I'm still not saying any of the audio components are of the best quality either......but they're not the worst.

[Cvostu]

Get rid of the Harley crap and you won't be blowing up those junk speakers any more. I don't have any problems. And I play my audio pretty loud too. Stuart. 

[Scott-FLHXSE]

I figured there has to be something better out there that is plug and play as far as speakers.  Harley Davidson isn't the first name to comes to mind when thinking about new speakers for my bike.  The audio system was a big perk when I was looking at CVO's after the engine of course.  I will wait out the warranty and go from there.  The issue isn't unique to my bike so as far that goes I feel a little better.  Maybe I will have to carry and extra speaker around because I know the right one is next and the sound of a blown speaker just pisses me off.

Thanks for the replies.

[cvosjoe]

Sor far they have replaced 4 left speakers, 3 right and the left side amp on my 2018 CVO Street Glide. They replaced 3 left and 2 right on my 2017 CVO Street Glide. I feel your pain.

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I have an update on my issue. A factory rep checked the bike out a few days ago. He removed the speakers and determined that the rubber seal between the speaker and the cone is separating causing the distortion. The MoCo contacted the manufacturer and they have all agreed that there is a defect in the speaker. The manufacturer said they should have the upgraded speakers available by mid July. They replaced the saddlebag speakers so hopefully the upgraded speakers will be available before these ones go bad.

[Flashman73]

I’ve blown both bag speakers in my ‘17 CVO Street Glide... was really excited to hear about the Rockford Fosgate direct fit replacements, especially the 6x9 upgrade until I found out that they don’t apply to the CVO and you have to replace lids.. 💩 doesn’t seem to be a real fix for this issue til your warranty runs out and you’re forced to choose between a $5k outlay and adjusting the fader to fronts only and forgetting you have rears... lol

[FLSTFI Dave]

I’ve blown both bag speakers in my ‘17 CVO Street Glide... was really excited to hear about the Rockford Fosgate direct fit replacements, especially the 6x9 upgrade until I found out that they don’t apply to the CVO and you have to replace lids.. 💩 doesn’t seem to be a real fix for this issue til your warranty runs out and you’re forced to choose between a $5k outlay and adjusting the fader to fronts only and forgetting you have rears... lol

HD now has an upgraded speaker for the rear bag lids.  See the post above yours.  So far the new version has not blown.

[cvosjoe]

HD now has an upgraded speaker for the rear bag lids.  See the post above yours.  So far the new version has not blown.

Dave is correct. The dealer received the upgraded speakers that had originally been sent for my 2018 CVO Street Glide in October. Unfortunately my bike was totaled in August so I replaced it with a 2019 CVO Street Glide in mid October. Several weeks later both lid speakers blew and fortunately they still had the speakers to install. It's been about 7 or 8 weeks now (3500 miles since install) and not a rattle out of either speaker. In fact they actually sound better.

[Need4speedSD]

Ok, so the lid speakers have a new updated version.

Does anyone know if the fairing mounted speakers on the 2018 Street Glide CVO have updated versions?

[trahog]

my left just blew for the 3rd time 2015 cvo

[1roadking]

They replaced my amp after replacing 4 rear speakers on my 2016 CVO Street Glide and so far they have held up. I also had all but 1 front speaker blow as well. It’s crazy how good the Boom II sounds on some songs and terrible on others. It definitely does not like bass! I fee like they reprogrammed my head unit after the amp and it doesn’t get as loud as it did before. I have thought about adding lower speakers just to keep the volume up while not pushing the other speakers as hard.

[Cvostu]

I'm on a 19 CVO road glide. So far, and I can't believe it, I am really impressed with the stock system. Sounds great to me and lots of bass coming from the bags.  So far so good. 😊.   Stuart.

[rayson56]

Let me start by saying that by no means am I an expert in the field of electronics or stereos for that matter, but I hope this helps.
Since the design and quality of these Boom II systems are less than stellar and there is no protective circuitry to assist us, we can be our own worst enemies when it comes to blowing these things up. I believe what is happening for some, other than Harleys vendors building a sub par product is something called "clipping" that can be avoided with a few simple tweaks. It is possible and very probable that our systems settings are set by some of us such that they are making our stereos work outside of what I'll call their comfort zones. When you guys get a chance, take a minute and go out to your bikes, in you garage, and check your audio settings. Your bass and treble settings should NOT be at 11! The center of each level indicates "flat" or no + or - gain. That is your default setting. Give your various sources a listen at that setting for both bass and treble up to a pretty good, say 1/2 to 3/4 volume. Then you can adjust each of those settings a little and to your liking. Try not to go more than a couple of clicks right of center for your bass and maybe as many as 4 for the treble. Also keep your AVC (automatic volume control) set no higher than 2 or 3. Then check max volume on each of your sources (AM, FM, CD, USB, Bluetooth, etc.) and make a mental note of how high you can go before you here distortion. That point of distortion is where you'll start breaking things.
Again with no protective circuitry you can accidentally over drive these systems very easily and break things. Ever turn your car stereo up so loud that it gets to a certain volume and won't get any louder but the knob keeps turning? That's protective circuitry! With our ears either being exposed to the wind at 80 mph or covered with a 3/4 or full faced helmet, it's really hard to tell if our systems are being overdriven to the point of distortion.
I'm not saying that Harley in this case is not to blame but.... just because you can't hear that favorite song of yours distort from overdriving your system doesn't mean that it's not.

Hope this helps.


As a side note if anyone notices that the woofer portion of one of your Boom II saddlebag speakers has blown, you can open up your saddlebag lid and unplug just the woofer part of that speaker until you can replace it. You can then enjoy your stereo without that annoying sound of a broken speaker.