Which speakers for best sound?
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Guest
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Hi Scott, I've just fitted some Infinity RS Series speakers to the front and some Pioneers in the back. The Infinitys are very good but the Pioneers I think are lacking in Bass although I may just be expecting too much from 5x3 ellipticals. Still a vast improvement to the original fitment that arn't really up to the power put out by the amps (I have the optional separate front and rear amps)
Cheers,
Martin.
Cheers,
Martin.
davidharrow
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Hi. Just fitted Alpines in mine front and rear - fit behind the original grilles, so it looks standard, but sounds GREAT compared to the original German basic speakers without tweeters. 1325s & 4625s - 2 of each
I only have a Sony head, and it sounded so crap I was going to replace it after doing the speakers. Lucky I did not buy the replacement, the speakers made it sound HUGELY better - pretty good in fact.
David
I only have a Sony head, and it sounded so crap I was going to replace it after doing the speakers. Lucky I did not buy the replacement, the speakers made it sound HUGELY better - pretty good in fact.
David
Scott
I have got Infinitys in mine front and back plus a Kenwood amp under the passengers seat. I junked the balance wheel in the middle of the console and rewired the speakers with decent cable and now control fade from the head unit.
Next job is to replace the cross overs in the doors as these are original. It is endless what you can spend when you get into stereos cheaper to open the window and listen to the engine.
Baz
I have got Infinitys in mine front and back plus a Kenwood amp under the passengers seat. I junked the balance wheel in the middle of the console and rewired the speakers with decent cable and now control fade from the head unit.
Next job is to replace the cross overs in the doors as these are original. It is endless what you can spend when you get into stereos cheaper to open the window and listen to the engine.
Baz
Greetings
Its almost impossible to recommend speakers as everyones expectations, perception of sound and budgets are different[8|] I've got Kenwood 6.5" three-way's in the front door, pair of Alpine tweeters discretely attached to each corner of the dash and a pair of Kenwood 6.5" two way's in the rear shelf. These are all driven by a Kenwood unit pushing out 50watts x4 and it's O.K. [
] But what has made a BIG difference is a Bazooka 6" active bass tube[] These tubes were specifically designed for 911's (would you believe) and sit neatly across the floor behind the passenger seat. It doesn't give you the rumbling and depth of say a 10" or a 12" sub but ain't 'alf bad for what it is[] Very respectfull and impressive.
However, my system does have to compete with the sports exhaust! So what I do when it ain't peeing down.....stereo off.......window down......find a good A road, drop a gear or two and red line here we go.
Sad isn't it.
Score so far= Stereo,12 Exhaust note,42.
Cheers
Alex
Its almost impossible to recommend speakers as everyones expectations, perception of sound and budgets are different[8|] I've got Kenwood 6.5" three-way's in the front door, pair of Alpine tweeters discretely attached to each corner of the dash and a pair of Kenwood 6.5" two way's in the rear shelf. These are all driven by a Kenwood unit pushing out 50watts x4 and it's O.K. [
] But what has made a BIG difference is a Bazooka 6" active bass tube[] These tubes were specifically designed for 911's (would you believe) and sit neatly across the floor behind the passenger seat. It doesn't give you the rumbling and depth of say a 10" or a 12" sub but ain't 'alf bad for what it is[] Very respectfull and impressive.However, my system does have to compete with the sports exhaust! So what I do when it ain't peeing down.....stereo off.......window down......find a good A road, drop a gear or two and red line here we go.
Sad isn't it.
Score so far= Stereo,12 Exhaust note,42.
Cheers
Alex
Jacob
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Very true.
The stock speakers aren't really up to much, but I guess were relatively good in the 80's.
I have recently upgraded to 5 3/4 audiobahn components at the front with some infinity 6 x 9's at the rear which have been amped up to give a better bass sound.
This set up works very well, but of course the engine note wins every time
Fred Hindle
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Scott,
Turn the stereo off and listen to that flat six sound.[][]
Cheers,
Turn the stereo off and listen to that flat six sound.[
][]Cheers,
Guest
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If I can jump in late. I wouldn't waste time or money on the parcel shelf speakers. They only "fill in" the sound. Most of your sound, imaging etc will come from the door speakers. I have recently ditched the parcel shelf altogether and I don't miss the rear speakers.
I had a pair of quite good 6x4 Kenwood dual mag speakers and even that upgrade was not very noticeable. Spend as much as you can on front speakers is my advice and go as big as you can. The 5.75s are really too small to produce much bass. I used Infinity Reference components with separate speaker and crossover and they are nice, but I wish I had tried to squueze a 6.5 inch speaker in rather than 5.75s. The bigger 6.5s are quite easy to fit. A really nice head unit makes a difference - I have a Blaupunct London.
If anyone wants my Kenwoods please send a PM. They are under std grills with modified bases so they screw straight in and look stock.
I had a pair of quite good 6x4 Kenwood dual mag speakers and even that upgrade was not very noticeable. Spend as much as you can on front speakers is my advice and go as big as you can. The 5.75s are really too small to produce much bass. I used Infinity Reference components with separate speaker and crossover and they are nice, but I wish I had tried to squueze a 6.5 inch speaker in rather than 5.75s. The bigger 6.5s are quite easy to fit. A really nice head unit makes a difference - I have a Blaupunct London.
If anyone wants my Kenwoods please send a PM. They are under std grills with modified bases so they screw straight in and look stock.
Yes got a pair of Rear mounted twin outlet speakers, that give superb surround sound externally and in the cabin linked to the throttle......[
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Guest
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Jacob, which 6 X 9 Infinities did you manage to sqeeze in the back? I've been offered some Infinity Kappa 693.5i and will take these if they'll fit.
Richard, quite agree with you, it is the fromnt speakers that matter the most in term of getting the best sound quality, strereo imaging etc...........but what I'm after is better low end bass and for that it doesn't matter where it comes from (the human ear (aledgedly) cannot detect the direction of very low frequencies)....hence the reason for upgrading my rears. Also my rear amp powering the rears is fairly substantial (whereas the front amp is not) which will be better suited to powering the low frequencies before running into distortion.
PS. How do I quote a previous post[]
Richard, quite agree with you, it is the fromnt speakers that matter the most in term of getting the best sound quality, strereo imaging etc...........but what I'm after is better low end bass and for that it doesn't matter where it comes from (the human ear (aledgedly) cannot detect the direction of very low frequencies)....hence the reason for upgrading my rears. Also my rear amp powering the rears is fairly substantial (whereas the front amp is not) which will be better suited to powering the low frequencies before running into distortion.
PS. How do I quote a previous post[
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