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Title: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: MoMartin on 03 May 2014, 16:12
My front car speakers are blown, so I'm in need of some new ones, I've had a search around online and apparently pioneer are a good brand for car speakers. Has anyone got suggestions on what speakers I should get / best sound quality for money?

Price range - up to £80

Cheers, Mo
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: benmanc on 03 May 2014, 19:48
Standard ones have been perfect for me if you set up an aftermarket head unit correctly.

Helps to have a sub too  :laugh:
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: viperjsy on 03 May 2014, 19:50
jvc sony are good
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: MoMartin on 04 May 2014, 11:35
Ha, I would be fine with keeping the originals in, it's just the fact that they vibrate like mad when there is the littlest amount of bass in a song.

Also, I haven't heard to many good things about Sony, apparently they've gone downhill a bit
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: benmanc on 04 May 2014, 14:28
Eally you should have it set up so only mid and high goes through the door speakers. Leave the bass for the sub. Just set up wrong if its like that. And will not be massively different with better speakers
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: Wazzzer on 04 May 2014, 16:28
I don't have a sub and the standard speakers are plenty bassy enough if you have a decent headunit
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: MoMartin on 04 May 2014, 16:38
It isn't a bass'y set up that is the problem, the speakers can't handle any bass, they just make a vibrating noise (pretty sure they are both blown), so they need to be replaced either way.
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: benmanc on 04 May 2014, 18:16
If they have been abused then the voice coil would have ripped the speaker..

Usually they are paper in a lot of cars so presume these are too. Will sound like flicking paper vibrating noise instead of bass if thats the case

Any aftermarket ones would be stronger than standard but might not sound noticably different
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: 1.8Tgolf_Chris on 04 May 2014, 18:20
I don't have a sub and the standard speakers are plenty bassy enough if you have a decent headunit

i agree with this, mine are standard speakers but with a pioneer headunit i get a pretty decent sound, if id upgrade id maybe try get hold of some of the bose speakers from audi's? probably expensive
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: MoMartin on 04 May 2014, 19:29
If they have been abused then the voice coil would have ripped the speaker..

Usually they are paper in a lot of cars so presume these are too. Will sound like flicking paper vibrating noise instead of bass if thats the case

Any aftermarket ones would be stronger than standard but might not sound noticably different

I think that's about right, there is definitely something wrong somewhere
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: james2 on 04 May 2014, 21:20
kenwood light weight ones are the best there so light its a joke ,ill try and find them on ebay as it was years ago i had them until they got robbed from my car  :angry:

Like these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kenwood-Car-Midrange-Speaker-model-KFC-PSR60P-180-watts-dualmags-design-/120929652349?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c27f80e7d

Mine had no cage and a twetter in the middle of the speaker.
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: beppe2672 on 05 May 2014, 11:46
I've got a set of jl audio c2-650 in mine, really happy with them!
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: MoMartin on 05 May 2014, 15:49
I've got a set of jl audio c2-650 in mine, really happy with them!

Those are a bit too dear for my liking!

And those light weight speakers are in Australia haha
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: Scott D on 05 May 2014, 19:59
Standard speakers are pretty good with a decent H/U

JL Audio and Focal used be pretty good but I'm way behind on ICE these days lol
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: Dalo Harkin on 06 May 2014, 13:11
I'm way behind on ICE these days lol

Its a sign of age mate, I have it too now, when you think an S2000 filter is too noisy and it drives you insane to the point you go back to standard airbox and a panel filter  :grin:
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: MoMartin on 13 May 2014, 10:12
I got my speakers changed yesterday, and it turns out that it was the tweeters that had blown, not the actual speakers, so I suggest that anyone that faces the same problem as me, tries replacing the tweeters first, because it looks like it's all 4 tweeters that has blown, not just the 2.
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: benmanc on 13 May 2014, 13:09
Tweeters are speakers  :whistle:
Title: Re: Any car speaker recommendations
Post by: MoMartin on 13 May 2014, 17:31
haha, yeah i know, but what i meant was not the big speakers.