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General => Car audio => Topic started by: tom-gardiner on 21 January 2010, 13:58
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What are the best 6X9's to get without going into stupid money?
anyone used the loudest 1000watt ones?
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If you are thinking of putting them on the rear shelf - then don't bother. get decent components at the front, a sub in the boot and amp the whole lot up. Will sound way better that having 6 x 9s at the rear.
If you still want to go down this route then try Infinity, Hertz or Focal.
Do you have a budget?
Oh and take 1000watt with a pinch of salt.
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u need to look at RMS not maximum your probly find there about 300watt if that
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i had a set of pioneer TS-A6911 330watt 6x9s in my old golf at one stage with a 100.2 phoenix gold amp, crystal clear and very loud, with a good set of door speakers and tweeters you wont want much more...
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Focal everytime even the basic 'access' model range sounds really good and i think the 6*9s are about £100
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I was sceptical at TheLoudest.com products, but i bought 4 of their 6x9s these ones (http://www.theloudest.co.uk/?sectionid=2&page=view_product&product_id=80) and cannot fault them atall. I imagine that their figures are very high but they sounded great.
Car was a 306 Cabriolet so a sub was out of the question as sound had to travel through roof compartment. Had 2 in the rear doors and 2 in a panel behind rear seats.
Used with this amp (http://www.theloudest.co.uk/?sectionid=2&page=view_product&product_id=103)] and can honestly say it sounded great.
Ive still got they lying around if you want to buy them
2000 peak but 350 rms lol. Dont let this put you off though, through my experience, they sounded great
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6x9s work really well in the shelf as long as you dont run a sub.
i've only heard bad things about theloudest stuff. i got cheapy alpine speakers run off a v12 amp and its not bad, but need better comps up front. dont spend lots on the 6x9s as you dont need to. you want the quality up front.
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they dont work well in the shelf. think about it, speekers need a good solid mounts (why the speekers in your door ect are screwed to metal so they dont bounce around and vibrate) parcel shelf is not a solid mount. also round speekers work better than 6x9 due to the fact that the oval does not give as good sound ( again the reason why your door speekers are round) but if you are wishing to get some 6x9's so be it, heard some good stuff about theloudest and some bad stuff so not really much use on them. and also recomend the pioneer stuff
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I had some Infinity Kappa one's and they were very good, they came with a proper crossover box which is better than the crossover in the wire sh!te.
When amped they were crystal clear but not that bassy, but then I had the Infinity Kappa sub to do the bass work.
What other sounds you got in the car at the minute as this will determine what is best for you and what you want out of the sounds.
I currently have CDT's upfront which are absolutely awesome an crystal clear with great mid aswell, i'm not sure where to go from here though, so gonna keep an eye on this thread and may get some 6"9's
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use the small speaker boxes designed for 6x9s, then mount these on your rear shelf
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use the small speaker boxes designed for 6x9s, then mount these on your rear shelf
On a standard shelf? That would be too heavy won't it?
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run a suporting beam acros the width of the parcel shelf on the underside then, that will stop it bowing
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Or just make an MDF one with or without boxes mounted underneath, sounds 10x better
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Or just make an MDF one with or without boxes mounted underneath, sounds 10x better
Or just have none at all and use components instead. Sounds 100x better :)
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Yeah, but if your 'set' on 6x9s like i used to be .... :smiley:
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decent 6x9's are a good alternative to a sub IMO.
i never used to run 6x9's as like has been said, they do not give as good a quality sound as a round speaker and all the important sound should come from your front speakers.this and the fact that i always used to run a sub.
I now need my boot space for prams etc so a sub is out of the question.
I run JBL GTO 937 6x9's in an MDF shelf, amped and run on the lower end of the freq range for bass fill, with 13cm JBL mids in the front doors and JBL 3.5's for highs in dash with freq seperated by crossovers. Good sound quality, and will be even better once i amp fronts, and add in a graphic Eq to fine tune things more :)
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with 13cm JBL mids in the front doors and JBL 3.5's for highs in dash with freq seperated by crossovers. Good sound quality, and will be even better once i amp fronts, and add in a graphic Eq to fine tune things more :)
a bit of modification you could almost definitely get 6.5'' speakers in the front, I have never known it to be an impossibility.
Buy 6.5'' comps, install them properly, amp them instead, mess about with getting the tweeters in nice and aimed correctly ( not facing the window) and it will sound unbelievably better plus you won't even hear/feel the 6x9's.
short of that, modding the front doors to accept 6x9's is always nice and gives good results :)
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i have no need to tbh.
it sounds more than good enough for me, sound is nice and crisp, bass is punchy, job done.
im not into windows down tunes up, boyracer stylee :grin:
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i have no need to tbh.
it sounds more than good enough for me, sound is nice and crisp, bass is punchy, job done.
im not into windows down tunes up, boyracer stylee :grin:
well if you plan on amping the fronts and adding an EQ then we are talking probably 200 quid minimum if you buy new.
You could make decent mounts for 6.5 inch fronts, use the 6x9 amp to power them, you would not need an EQ by this point and you would have a better sounding (nothing to do with boy racers, couldn't be further from it) system and maybe some pocket change leftover.
boy racers tend to have 6x9's and try to cram as many speakers as possible into the car in whatever position possible... slight irony in your last post.
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the EQ i already have, and the amp i wont pay more than £50 for (not what you know, its who ya know :wink:)
i dont want to add bigger fronts and/or mod my doorcards/pods. i want it all 100% standard.
boy racers tend to cram everything in, 6x9's sharing airspace with subs, speakers in every door, dash etc etc and in my experience have no clue whatsoever about setting a system up!
I know exactly where you are coming from, but, My initial post was in ref to people saying 6x9's are no good in a rear shelf, i was not asking for advice on my setup. i have been installing and setting up audio for 9 years odd, i know what works for me and what i could do IF i wanted to.
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i have been installing and setting up audio for 9 years odd, i know what works for me and what i could do IF i wanted to.
Then for gods sake at least lose the speakers in the dash, man up and tweeter up on the pillars! :laugh: oh and hurry with the amp for the fronts and brand new tweeters you are going to get. :smiley:
I know what you mean about standard... that went out the window though after a few years.
I also feel you with the who you know.
my system (ATM) new would of cost just shy of 3k (estimate), bargains and it has cost me under 1.
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at some point ill probably swap out the fronts for a decent set of components. tweeters will be going in custom pods where the OE dash speaker grilles were, aimed correctly mind.
As it stands at the moment, it sounds good enough, and as its my 2nd vehicle, it wont be used much anyways.
besides, for now, my main concern is getting the engine running 100% again, tunes in the car aint much use if i cant drive it anywhere!