Speakers

[willanddeb]

Hi
 
I am thinking of replacing the old stock speakers in the car but want to still keep them under the original covers. I was hoping to use 6x9 in the back and maybe 6x8 in the front.
 
how hard is it to get at the speakers and are there any particular ones that people recommend, I just want to upgrade them as they are a little tired now.
 
Many thanks
 
Will

[batman]

any of the major makes will fit dont pay to much for quality as the car makes to much noise and frequencys clash so sound is more  of a fill than quality
 
i have made adaptors for different speakers in the rex you might have to for something decent

[willanddeb]

Cheers it would just be nice to get something that can handle a little more bass without crackling. I think the old ones have had it
 
Thanks very much.
 
Will

[batman]

if you remove the rear grills and dont mind some fabrication 6x9s go in there and with a little adjustment on the front you could get a set of 6" co axle speakers thats a start

[willanddeb]

That sounds like a good plan to me, I am not someone who like to go around with music thumping out from the car. I just like it to sound good and like you said 6x9 in the back and 6" in the front would probably do me just fine, and it wouldn\'t put to much strain on the head unit.
 
Cheers
 
Will

[probedb]

I think mine are 165mm in the front or whatever that equates to in inches I believe I fitted Alpine SPS-171A components in the front and removed the rears completely.

[willanddeb]

Hmmmmmm how does that sound??  our little Citroen C1 only has front speakers and it sounds pants!!

[chrisJDM]

i think the standard fitment in the rear of a FD is 5x7\'s and thats what i have fitted, i have heard of quite a few modifying to fit 6x9\'s thou

[Archbish]

8" x 4" rears.  The brackets are OK, but don\'t seperate the front from the rear - if you can seal & port them, you\'ll get a better response.

6" front - these are sealed, and will show a much better sound.

If you can get coax for the front, and mids for the rear, you will get a better sound stage (although the positioning of the front speakers mean you\'ll get a great sound at your knees....)

[batman]

8" x 4" rears. The brackets are OK, but don\'t seperate the front from the rear - if you can seal & port them, you\'ll get a better response.
 
6" front - these are sealed, and will show a much better sound.
 
If you can get coax for the front, and mids for the rear, you will get a better sound stage (although the positioning of the front speakers mean you\'ll get a great sound at your knees....)

 
 
how do you seal and port a speaker at the same time ??
 
and why puts mids in the rears right next to your ears that will make the audio sound flat ??
 
 
not sure if you know rx 7s but the exhaust is loud the last thing you need is more mid

[m1tch]

The standard speakers in my FC are carbon fibre...I win

[Archbish]

how do you seal and port a speaker at the same time ??

By moulding fibreglass round the bracket and porting it to the rear of the boot, thus seperating the front and rear of the speaker, and removing the mash of noise.
 

and why puts mids in the rears right next to your ears that will make the audio sound flat ??

So the soundstage is in front of you, and not behind you.  Tweeters higher up the door works well.
 
 

not sure if you know rx 7s but the exhaust is loud

Seriously?  Since when???  You wanna slap your own forehead, or do you want a hand...:2Rolleyes

the last thing you need is more mid

well, you don\'t want more tweet, as that would confuse the source, you won\'t get bass from speakers that size, so you would only get mid\'s there.

[Archbish]

8" x 4" rears.  

Oh, I think these might be 6" x 4" actually.  *Slaps forehead, without help*

[Archbish]

or 7 x 5" as stated above... *starting to get a headache...*

[batman]

talking absolute tosh mate ................ive been in car audio for 14 years all as an engineer and never heard such rubish .ported is ported and sealed is sealed
if you want to get technical about things why dont you find out what the resonance frequency of the rx7 is and match a speaker to it good luck .
 
sound stage wtf its a bloody sports car not the ....ing albert hall