what speaker do you recomend

Kevin zellweger · June 3, 2004

first post in this topic, looking to change speakers in my truck 2001 extcab.

I was looking at the sony XPLOD's but i am unsure. the stock head unit will stay for now until i put in of those flip up 6 inch lcd nav units. let me know what the best is and what sizes are the fronts, i know the rear ones are 4x6.

Thanks

GF7PE · June 3, 2004

I always lean towards Boston Acoustic but thats just my taste. I had a set of sonys in my front doors cause a stock one blew before I did the rest of the system. They were ok but not for me. I have them still sittin in the garage and a set of kenwood 4x6 kfc-x466c

all 4 for $50 shipped if ya want

maroonsilverado · June 3, 2004

i believe the fronts are 6 3/4", but they might be 6 1/2". anyways, i would stay away from sony car audio period. sony quit making good car audio when they stopped making the "mobile ES" line. i know of too many people having bad luck with their XPLOD stuff. save your money and get some better stuff

now as for my recommendations, boston acoustic makes good stuff. i like alpine too. some of kicker's stuff sounds ok, they're resolution components are pretty clean. crossfire makes some great sounding components for the money. JL components are pretty nice. i like kenwood headunits, but their speakers aren't anything to write home about really. they are better than sony though

BuiltNotBought · June 3, 2004

I would not mess with those sonys, they are 6 1/2's in the front you might wanna check into a set of infinity or mb quarts.

99GoldSilverado · June 3, 2004

I have 6.5 Polk db series components in the front doors and 4x6 Polk db series 2 way in the rear of my extended cab. Finished it off with a Kenwood Excelon head unit. Sounds shweet !

rhilton · June 4, 2004

I have Alpine SPS-570As all around and they sounds amazing! A completely different sound from the stockers

Try looking around on crutchfield.com and do the "what fits my vehicle?" for your vehicle. You'll get alot of ideas from them, then if you want you can come back here and ask our opinions on certain speakers.

ridnlow · June 4, 2004

Id say look at JL, Infinity or CDT....

loungebird · June 10, 2004

Has anyone JUST replaced the speakers (no head unit, no amp). Was there a big diff in sound?

rhilton · June 11, 2004

much better highs, alot worse bass response

Most aftermarket speakers (with the exception of maybe 6x9s) are designed to incorporate a subwoofer into the syystem somewhere. So they'll sounds better, but you won't have lots of bass.

Sierra04SLE · June 11, 2004

Not always the case, I selected my speakers based on the overall frequency response, particularly at the low frequencies.

Pioneer TS-A1780R

Oversized 6.5" 4-Way Speaker, 240 Watts Max. Power

Frequency Response 28Hz ~ 30kHz

Pioneer TS-A4670R

4"x6" 3-Way Speaker, 120 Watts Max. Power

Frequency Response 45Hz ~ 30kHz

These speakers certainly out perform the stock units and I wanted to improve the sound and not go to the expense of changing the head unit or going to the expense of additional amplifiers and sub-woofers. I also added a Kenwood Sirius receiver and soundgate interface, all items bought on eBay for about $180.

Mighty HD · June 12, 2004

I cant help but notice the factory speakers in my F150 work truck with the absolute most basic radio sounds VERY good compared to the one in my 2500. It has good bass and pretty clear high's...

Our radio's are for sure lacking..

DSZ71 · June 14, 2004

Id say look at JL, Infinity or CDT....

CDT CL61 component set....www.thezeb.com

Great set and for a fairly cheap price too.

Image Dynamics cxs 64/62 components...www.sounddomain.com

Awesome!

Currently running DynAudio 240gt component set

Very expensive though.

If you are budget minded and want a great pair of speakers, look into the CDTs

99GoldSilverado · June 14, 2004

Has anyone JUST replaced the speakers (no head unit, no amp). Was there a big diff in sound?

I did that first. Didn't sound as good as I expected. After about a week I decided to upgrade the head unit too. Shweet.

Kevin zellweger · June 16, 2004

Thanks for all the replys

After a long search for Polk's that went nowhere I went with the TR series from JL I just picked them up today, so i will let you know how the install went and how they sound.

also after browsing this forum i found a lot of you guys like to use a sound "mat" for better clarity, so i picked some up as well.

Thanks again

just spending the money just installed a week ago new MSD super counducter 8.5mm wires and new chrome tube K&N FIPK in a couple days. good thing i only go on a spending spree once a year!