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lagos
#1
Im thinking about upgrading my component speakers, since our factory ones leave a lot to be desired. I have a modest budget of about 50bucks that I would like to stay within for the front two speakers.
Im looking for something with good clarity and good bass response, to compliment the two 10in subs I have in the trunk. Any recommendations?
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SPID33
#2
you can do what i did and upgrade to an 8' sub but you dont want to put to much bass in the car cause it shakes to much and it will burn your tweeters if you have them if not you can look into powerbassusa.com and see what they have cause i got two 6' for 75 from a friend of mine and if you find them cheeper than thats great.
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lagos
#3
not really looking to sick an 8in sub in there, as i really want to upgrade the mids and highs.
kicker was one brand that was recommended to me for good quality and price. anyone here use them?
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Skinerp89
#4
are you looking for component speakers? or just two speakers for the door? cuz for 50 it might be a bit hard to find something superbly awesome smile.gif
99Celica
#5
Definitely save up some more cash and do it right. Do you plan on amplifying the speakers or running off the deck?
lagos
#6
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QUOTE (Skinerp89 @ Jul 2, 2009 - 2:46 AM) *
>are you looking for component speakers? or just two speakers for the door? cuz for 50 it might be a bit hard to find something superbly awesome smile.gif



the two components in the front.
im not looking for the best speaks in the world, just something better than stock. there are tons of options from mb quart, kicker, etc... for that price range that would blow the factory ones out of the water.
im just looking for opinions to see what the best bang for the buck is in that price range.

i normally like the mb quart stuff a lot, but i dont know how their lower end products compare to the stuff ive heard.

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QUOTE (99Celica @ Jul 2, 2009 - 3:16 AM) *
>Definitely save up some more cash and do it right. Do you plan on amplifying the speakers or running off the deck?


im going to run them from my alpine deck. should be more than plenty for what i want.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jul 2, 2009 - 9:03 AM
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99Celica
#7
W/O an amplifer, Alpine SPS-600 and Kenwood kfc-x172 were the best 2-way's I listened to, alpine being the best.
celicaST
#8
+1 for alpine type s. mine sound great. going to cost more than 50 bucks though
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GriffGirl
#9
I've got 6.5" Kenwood 1680ie in doors and 6.5" Sony XPlodes in the rear, running off my Alpine CDA-9886. I've got 2 10" MTX subs in the back running off an ancient ass MTX Thunder amp. I also started with the front speakers; they were a gift, but I believe they ran somewhere in the neighborhood of $50-$60. I'm quite sure you could find them on Amazon within that price range. I bought the Sony XPlode speakers for the rear used for $25 for the pair, and am very happy with them as well.

I will tell you that it'll definitely make a difference to upgrade your front speakers first, but you'd be surprised at just how much acoustic comes from the rear speakers. My Kenwoods in the front really aren't super great for bass, but they're very good for mids and into the highs. The Sony XPlodes are good for the mids and lows, so it all balances out pretty well for a budget setup, and definitely works very well with my deck.
DEATH
#11
Man I really have nothing to offer here - I have never spent under $150 for these components. I can say that I have had several leading brands and the only ones that I am fully pleased with are my current Boston Acoustics but they are nearly 5x the price you want to spend.
I just can't see anybody making a new component set for $50 that would be worth buying at all.
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lagos
#12
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QUOTE (DEATH @ Jul 2, 2009 - 3:03 PM) *
>Man I really have nothing to offer here - I have never spent under $150 for these components. I can say that I have had several leading brands and the only ones that I am fully pleased with are my current Boston Acoustics but they are nearly 5x the price you want to spend.
I just can't see anybody making a new component set for $50 that would be worth buying at all.



im willing to spend a bit more, its just that i have 50bucks in my paypal account that i wanted to devote to this.
almost anything aftermarket will be a nice upgrade from the crappy factory speakers we have.
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99Celica
#13
If you're 100% sure you're not gonna amplify your speakers I suggest listening to some Alpine type S's. They sound very good unamped. Otherwise like Death said you gonna have to spend real money to get to the next level of sound quality, and those speakers require amplifiers.

x2 for Bostons components.
TRD_Ian
#14
i have infinity reference components and they work great... mind you...i paid 250 300 dollars for them if i recall.....but they sound so good.....i listen to alot of metal and heavy rock and when the drums hit and the symbols its amazing...good ballance from highs and lows....also real clear vocals..... takes alot before they start to destort also...my deck is almost maxed out when they start to get like that.....but at that point you can't be in the car any ways because your ears will bleed
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xrav22
#15
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PYLE-6-5-IN...#ht_1418wt_1137

I have these in my doors. They are great. I just saved the tweeter and crossover. In the back you use it all and drill a hole 1.5 inch
or so in the plastic, great sounding.

It is actually called a mid bass. If you put a kicker or full bass in that spot you would not have midrange tones.

This post has been edited by xrav22: Jul 3, 2009 - 1:09 PM
Culpable04
#17
for what you are looking for Kicker will do the job and last a long time,



I had my audio set-up completely build with kicker components, bottom of the line kicker and it was clear and loud enough, yes guys not as clear as some of your thousands of dollars audio systems but it was perfect for enjoying the music without getting into how many watts, and what db I was pushing, or trophies and all that jazz lol
lagos
#18
my buddy is about to trade in his evo so im hoping to be able to get either his kickers or factory evo speakers. ill see if that works out or not.

i got a set of used oem tweeters and woofers (from some random car) with new polk audio crossovers from 95stcelica. i installed one of the tweeters and it actually sounded better than the stock one. then i went to wire up the second one, only to find out the tweeter is dead. sucks.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jul 4, 2009 - 5:38 PM
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pittfirefighter
#19
our stock speakers are actually really really good... but age and wear tends to leave them sounding like garbage... they run about $200 a speaker... alpine makes some great aftermarket speakers... type s's are ok but for component step up to the type-r, just a few more bucks and well worth it... you can usually get last years model pretty cheap too
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lagos
#20
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QUOTE (pittfirefighter @ Jul 4, 2009 - 6:48 PM) *
>our stock speakers are actually really really good... but age and wear tends to leave them sounding like garbage... they run about $200 a speaker... alpine makes some great aftermarket speakers... type s's are ok but for component step up to the type-r, just a few more bucks and well worth it... you can usually get last years model pretty cheap too



I dont know, i find our factory speakers to be extremely lacking. The highs are nowhere to be found, there is no bottom end, everything in the middle lacks clarity.
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richee3
#21
I had a '96 Celica that I bought off of an older lady that barely ever listened to the radio, and the factory speakers were awesome in that car. Then I bought this GT I have now, and one of the door speakers was blown so I bought Memphis Audio Power Reference speakers. The mids and highs are great, and I never noticed a reduction in bass. Then I replaced my back speakers with some 300 watt Blitz Audio (isn't that a Wal-Mart brand?) speakers that I got for free. Everything sounded okay, but I'll leave it at that. It always lacked bass. Embarrassed to have Blitz components in my car, I put the factory rear speakers back in a couple of weeks ago, and they have MUCH better bass than either the Blitz or the Memphis Audios. Almost every Toyota I've rode in has a decent system from the factory. I think it's just the age of the speakers in our cars. I'm saving up to invest in a JL Audio sound system though tongue.gif
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AMCMoe
#22
I would agree that the speakers seem to have degraded with use over time. My '94 GT had pretty awesome speakers, it was a single owner and was 100% stock. The '98 GT I have now had 4 other owners and had mediocre speakers at best (even though they were the same), they lacked bass but the tweeters were still crisp. I think it just depends on how much use they've had.

That said, I would still recommend some Kickers for a tight budget (and if you're not going to be putting them on an amp). For the price of their low to midrange ones, they have pretty good sound quality.

This post has been edited by AMCMoe: Jul 5, 2009 - 9:55 AM
nader
#23
I've got 8 alpine type-s all around they sound great ... Got em all for 300 cad. You should be able to get
em pretty cheap
DEATH
#24
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QUOTE (lagos @ Jul 4, 2009 - 8:06 PM) *
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QUOTE (pittfirefighter @ Jul 4, 2009 - 6:48 PM) *
>our stock speakers are actually really really good... but age and wear tends to leave them sounding like garbage... they run about $200 a speaker... alpine makes some great aftermarket speakers... type s's are ok but for component step up to the type-r, just a few more bucks and well worth it... you can usually get last years model pretty cheap too



I dont know, i find our factory speakers to be extremely lacking. The highs are nowhere to be found, there is no bottom end, everything in the middle lacks clarity.


Clarity-wise you are correct but the damn things can take a sever beating. Way back when I used to amp the sh*t out of them and they take it well for years - guess they are just starting to show they're age a lot.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 6, 2009 - 7:08 AM
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richee3
#25
I love how when you pull the speakers out of the car and turn them around to look at the back, they are 15 watt max. Lol. I've even got the factory amp in my car.
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DEATH
#26
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Jul 7, 2009 - 6:48 PM) *
>I love how when you pull the speakers out of the car and turn them around to look at the back, they are 15 watt max. Lol. I've even got the factory amp in my car.

LOL yeah - yet I've successfully amped them to 75 watts + laugh.gif
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Sinyk
#27
Yeah, they are low power, but really high efficiency. I'm still using the front 6 stock speakers in mine and they balance out fairly well. The rear component set and sub help fill in the missing holes. I'm contemplating upgrading some of the fronts soon.
zonz540
#28
Idk that you can get components worth buying for $50. I run Infinity Kappa Perfects and they work pretty well. I like Alpine, but youll need a solid 50w+ RMS amp for ANY component set. Theyll most likely fry over time from being under powered if you run them off of a head unit, not to mention, theyll lack bass.
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richee3
#29
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QUOTE (DEATH @ Jul 8, 2009 - 10:15 AM) *
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Jul 7, 2009 - 6:48 PM) *
>I love how when you pull the speakers out of the car and turn them around to look at the back, they are 15 watt max. Lol. I've even got the factory amp in my car.

LOL yeah - yet I've successfully amped them to 75 watts + laugh.gif


That's awesome. I have a 50w head unit and I never turn it up too loud, so I'm pretty sure my speakers are never getting more than 20 watts, but they hold their own. I'd have no problems with installing brand new factory speakers in my car, if they weren't so frackin' expensive. So rather than paying the dealership prices or new speakers, I'm paying to pay for all JL components, amp, and sub. Doubt if I'll be saving any money. But that's the point of this post. I'm sold on a JL sub and amp, but how are their components? Anybody on here have any experience with them?
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