I recieved speakers for christmas to put into my 1987 buick park avenue. It has a bose sound system but its from 1987 and I was wondering if new speakers were even worth it if the wiring was so old.
I recieved speakers for christmas to put into my 1987 buick park avenue. It has a bose sound system but its from 1987 and I was wondering if new speakers were even worth it if the wiring was so old.
Yes especially if you plan on running them on an amp
09 Cobalt LT
Headunit -Alpine CDA-9887
Front Stage - PHD FB 6.1 PRO SIX M/B, FB 5.1 m/b, FB 1.1b tweets
Highs amp -Pheonix Gold Xenon 100.4 & 200.4
Sub stage - 2 DC XL D4 12s
Sub amp - DC 5.0K
Electrical - Singer 270 alt, big 3 0/1 & 12g ofc audio technix, 1 C&D 400mr
Deadener - 80 mill Audiotechnix deadener
"Trunk hit hard like Kimbo Slice"
TEAM DC AUDIO
oh boy. This is just the start my good fellow. You will be addicted. Get those speakers on an amp and you will be impressed. Without the extra power from an amp, you wont notice much of a difference except they will sound better. Installing an amp will help them get loud and bring them to life.
What speakers did you get?
2000 Volvo v70
HU: Pioneer MVH-8200bt
Front Stage: Focal IS-165
Sub: Alpine Type-R 12"
Speaker Amp: Polk PA660 bridged to 150x2wrms
Sub Amp: Alpine MRX-M50
Sub Box: Custom, tuned to 33Hz
Plug them in and try them. I have an '85 Oldsmobile and the speaker wiring is still fine for head unit power. If you decide to add an amp in the future that's when I would consider running new wires.
dave
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1999 Buick Park Ave Ultra
Head Unit: JVC KWHDR720
EQ: Audiocontrol EQL
Front Stage: Hybrid Audio Technologies Imagine 5.25
Sub Stage: In process (will be Boston G310)
Amp: Boston Acoustics GTA-704 4 Ch
Rear Fill: Boston SE953 6X9's

Factory wiring is generally adequate. Running new would be best, but you likely won't hear the difference and snaking wire into doors is generally a fantastic pain in the arse.
i got
Blaupunkt GTx 402 SC for the front doors.
and Blaupunkt BGx 693 HP for the rear doors.
My Dad bought them off of crutchfield.com
Like hispls said I knew running new wiring would be a pain and i really didn't want to get into that with this car.

Holy cow. Well I'm sure even those speakers will sound better than the factory ones. New wiring isn't really necessary unless you're going to be running an amp to them. A new head-unit would probably help a lot though.
2009 Hyundai Elantra - Budget Sound in Progress
HU- Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X994
Fronts- Crescendo MP6 mids, Vifa Ring Radiator tweets on Arc KS300.4
Subs- Single SA-10 on Mmats 2000.1 @ 1ohm
Misc- 1/0 CCA from AT, Big 3 in Stinger HPM, and AT 60 mil deadener
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