A decent 6".................

[Amdathlonuk]

Hi All,

After fitting my new super-duper stereo it seems my std speakers are SH!TE!!! .

I have space to fit 6" in the front doors and 6" in the rear tailgate...(It's a Sintra....:rolleyes: )

What's the difference between normal speakers and components???

What are the decent ones to buy??

Cheers

JJ

[Diddn]

Hi JJ,

A component speaker (as opposed to a 2 way coaxial) is where the tweeter is a completely separate unit from the mid range speaker. You also get a separate crossover to connect the speakers to. On a 2 way coax, the tweeter is usually mounted on a pole stemming from the centre of the mid, which means the mid ends up have a hole down the middle of it which affects its sound quality. Some better coax's have the tweeter mounted on a bridge across the mid, therefore the mid has a dust cap in the middle which doesn't affect is ability to reproduce the sound properly, but you still don't usually get a separate crossover with these.
With a 2/3 way coax, the advantage is that you end up mounting a mid & tweeter in the same space, but get better sound that a regular dual/single cone speaker.
Only problem with a component system is you have to mount the tweeter independantly, so if you haven't already got a space for it, it means a little bit of chopping of your car's interior.
For driving the speaker of a head unit (and not an external amp) a 2 way coax will do the job extremely well, far better than the standard speakers. If budget allows, go for the bridge mounted types.
Hope this helps.

Didin

[realityx]

haya

dunno if you would be interested, but ive got 2 sets of speakers
which sound perfect for you, both came out of a 200sx,

the 1st set are:
philips gtm 6935, 3 way 200w ..with covers mint

the 2nd set:
pioneer i think there 3way, but need to have a look
for them!

both in pwo,

the pioneers and philips were both placed on the back shelf,
on diff 200sx,s....also another set of the same phillips
were placed on my front doors...which ive left , only speakers
im using....more then enou for me!!