JBL is a mess.

[poconofly]

Hey all just joined. New owner of a 24 Trd Pro. Was getting the oil changed on my 4Runner and saw the pro in Terra. Traded my runner and oddly got a pretty good deal for how rare these still are so I’m psyched. Pretty bummed about the JBL. Sound is horrible. I’ve read a bit about the issues. I have them all. It’s truly bad. Any one aware of a fix?
Thank you!

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[Frylock221]

What issues are you having? Some people complain the center speaker is overpowering, just fade one level to the back or take it out if it bothers you seems to be the general consensus. I don’t fully understand the hate it gets, sounds far better than the Tacoma I tested without it. It could have a little more punch for sure, but that’s the only knock I’ve had so far.

 

[Sagebrush]

I don’t fully understand the hate it gets, sounds far better than the Tacoma I tested without it.

Exactly.

 

[max911]

IMO the JBL "premium" sound system sucks, as do a whole lot of other modern "premium" offerings.

That out of the way- I found that using a USB stick with decent quality recordings was vastly better than using a Bluetooth connection.
Disconnect the center speaker. Drop the highs and the mids on the EQ, and boost the bass. That improved the sound from sh!t to somewhat tolerable. YEMV. (your ears may vary)

 

[poconofly]

My Last four Toyotas had JBL. All were very good. I can fade to the back and it still sounds horrible. Ill try taking it out which is ridiculous considering how Toyota hyped it.

 

[poconofly]

Thank you! Good idea. I will check it out and def disconnect the center

 

[MT-Taco]

Fade to the rear +2, adjust your EQ on your music app. I had a 2300 mile drive home and had lots of time to get it tuned! Still isn’t great but acceptable, also I’m now using Tidal for music and it’s much better quality.

 

[SnowmanJPS]

I’ll be honest a lot of you complaining about the JBL had me worried coming from a nice Harmon Kardon system, I slide the front fade to the back two clicks and the system sounds just as good as my last vehicle , like no complaints, and I’m pretty picky on my headphones for good sound

 

[Vidman]

I ripped mine out and replaced the whole system..now I have real sound

 

[Daveintb]

I’ll be honest a lot of you complaining about the JBL had me worried coming from a nice Harmon Kardon system, I slide the front fade to the back two clicks and the system sounds just as good as my last vehicle , like no complaints, and I’m pretty picky on my headphones for good sound

Same here. The JBL in my Limited is pretty damn good. No complaints.

 

[chasea1989]

I don't understand the hate the JBL system gets either. After a few days of fiddling with the EQ, I'm pretty happy with it

 

[MERAKIAUTOWORKS]

Not this will change the EQ but we do sell a lot of the Beat Sonic Amps for the JBL systems. Good feedback on it, might be worth a try?

-Josh

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