Speaker Replacement

BOWTIE 3 · January 21, 2007

The passenger-side door-speaker of my 2001 Silverado has a split/torn area [ the bigger of the two cones ]. The truck has the original Delco am/fm-cd player. I just can't believe that it didn't hold up any better than that. I'm 62 and I really don't play my Aerosmith cd's that loud! Any suggestions on a replacement?

cyoung1253 · January 21, 2007

The passenger-side door-speaker of my 2001 Silverado has a split/torn area [ the bigger of the two cones ]. The truck has the original Delco am/fm-cd player. I just can't believe that it didn't hold up any better than that. I'm 62 and I really don't play my Aerosmith cd's that loud! Any suggestions on a replacement?

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These sound great.

Kenwood X-170

rjirvine · January 21, 2007

I usually get all of my audio stuff from Crutchfield.com they are great! You can type in your vehicle in "what fits my car" and go from there. There are a lot of choices in different price ranges of course.

January 21, 2007

I agree Crutchfield is an excellent source since they provide diagrams on how to access your speakers. It's much better than the old seek and destroy method! I'm a huge fan of JBL speakers. Try these on for size.

fossil · January 22, 2007

Wonder what the problem is with the right door speakers on GM trucks? I had the one replaced in my 02 under warranty (57000KM) and now the speaker in my 05 is shot. (only 21000KM on the truck)

pm26 · January 22, 2007

Wonder what the problem is with the right door speakers on GM trucks? I had the one replaced in my 02 under warranty (57000KM) and now the speaker in my 05 is shot. (only 21000KM on the truck)

El cheapo speakero made in Mexico.

BowTieDude · January 22, 2007

Believe it or not, I'm using two 6.5" Durabrand speakers from Walmart. Only $9.86 each. They're a good replacement for blown out stock speakers. I tried a set of Pioneers, but they just didn't have hardly any bass. Sometimes more expensive speakers don't sound as good as cheaper ones in vehicles with with stock head units. The more expensive ones need more power to give the full potential they're capable of.

El cheapo speakero made in Mexico.

The Durabrand's are made in China, BTW. None of that Mexico junk.

Radon · January 26, 2007

Changes in temperature can lead to speakers cracking or breaking, luckly i had over 100K when mine did. do not go anywhere else than crutchfield.com and don't expect the new speakers to have near the bass the stock ones did, i bought a sub woofer for that but something tells me a man of your maturity wouldnt want on

Wingnut · January 26, 2007

Believe it or not, I'm using two 6.5" Durabrand speakers from Walmart. Only $9.86 each. They're a good replacement for blown out stock speakers. I tried a set of Pioneers, but they just didn't have hardly any bass. Sometimes more expensive speakers don't sound as good as cheaper ones in vehicles with with stock head units. The more expensive ones need more power to give the full potential they're capable of.

It's really not the head unit that causes the loss of bass. It's the speaker design. Aftermarket component speakers are designed for a specific frequency range (mids and highs) because they are intended to be used as a part of system with a seperate subwoofer and (optimally) a crossover of some kind to limit the signal going to them in order to keep them from trying to play ranges that they aren't designed for.

Factory speakers are designed for playing the entire spectrum of sound. Which they do...But you'll never get the high-highs or the low-lows (at least not with any sort of volume) that you'll achieve with aftermarket stuff.

And for the record, Aerosmith sounds much better with a couple of Comp V/R's pumping the drum sounds out.