Best Bang For Buck

[ctmaudi 10+ year member]

Looking for a bang for the buck setup for front and rear doors. Stock is 6x9 in front, 6.5s in back, and there is a tweeter location on the dash, but I dont think the wires are ran, not sure.

1st, should I stick with 6x9s in front, or go with 6.5s all around? I know 6.5s sound better, but being a large area, and the location of them, Im thinking Nissan picked 6x9s for a reason.

I was thinking of this set for the back for mid bass since they are so cheap,

Lanzar (OPTI6PM) Opti Pro 400 Watts 6.5'' High Power Coaxial Speakers

Recomendation for a set of fronts for the highs? Saw these mentioned in another thread.

Crescendo Audio :: Component Speaker Systems :: CCX65

Ill probably grab a cheap amp to through about 75w to each.

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[ctmaudi 10+ year member]

Anyone have a recomendation?

 

[Ineed$ 10+ year member]

The speakers in my sig sound pretty good. They get loud and stay clear. I think I only paid around $60 for them new.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Best bang for the buck would be either used Pioneer Premier, Alpine or Infinity on eBay. There are so many of those speakers from all the closed stores, good customer returns and all that.

I once almost picked up 8 12" Infinity Reference subs for $250 total from eBay.

 

[CL1CKCLACK 5,000+ posts]

i heard your moms a pretty good bang for a buck...

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

If you want to go comps in the doors, follow all the recommendations in the 100 or so recent threads on them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Otherwise go with the best 6x9 and 6.5 coaxials you can find for the money. I'm using some old SoundStream XTS6.5's and some Alpine Type-S 6X9's in my current setup and they sound great for what they are. Since you're starting from scratch, there's a lot available these days compared to when I bought these about 8-10 years ago.

 

[ctmaudi 10+ year member]

How about these for the front,

NEW Phoenix Gold RSd690 6x9 2-way 320 WATT Car Speakers - eBay (item 300474048023 end time Oct-28-10 09:48:42 PDT)

And these for the back with the tweets up in the dash,

PHOENIX GOLD R6.5 Component - eBay (item 150504844649 end time Oct-16-10 23:45:02 PDT)

Or should I go with the new RSD6Cs instead of the old Octane Rs?

PHOENIX GOLD RSD6CS NEW 6" COMPONENT SPEAKERS RSD 6CS - eBay (item 130416997561 end time Oct-31-10 14:19:45 PDT)

And Ill grab a cheap 75x4 amp for them.

 

[Xanthous 10+ year member]

i heard your moms a pretty good bang for a buck...

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[Xanthous 10+ year member]

If you want to go comps in the doors, follow all the recommendations in the 100 or so recent threads on them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Otherwise go with the best 6x9 and 6.5 coaxials you can find for the money. I'm using some old SoundStream XTS6.5's and some Alpine Type-S 6X9's in my current setup and they sound great for what they are. Since you're starting from scratch, there's a lot available these days compared to when I bought these about 8-10 years ago.

Phoenix Gold is good. Vw, I have Alpine S 6x9's in the rear deck. What do you think of them? Are yours amped? Mine seem to put out good bass for what they are.

 

[Alex K 10+ year member]

I love 6x9's. They do great bass, & get a LOT louder and cleaner than 5 1/4. I'm running all infinity kappas and they get nasty loud.

 

[Xanthous 10+ year member]

I love 6x9's. They do great bass, & get a LOT louder and cleaner than 5 1/4. I'm running all infinity kappas and they get nasty loud.

I wish my car had 6x9's all around. They were stupid not to. I want to modify the doors but I don't really know what I'm doing..and don't want to "change" the car in case I would sell it.

I wish I didn't, but I really regret putting Alpine S instead of R in the Bonneville. Shame, I'm sure when I get the cash, I'll throw the r's in but that'll be $150 for nothing. I might be able to get something out them, not sure.

 

[ctmaudi 10+ year member]

Anyone know the mounting depth of the PGs before I buy?

My car = Without Bose:

Speaker Specifications

Location Size Depth

Front Speaker 6X9 3

Front Tweeter 1 1

Rear Speaker 6.5 3

 

[Xanthous 10+ year member]

You won't be disappointed with the pg's. Not sure on the mounting depth. Hopefully your going with the rsd's? My friend has some at school un-amped and they're still well worth the money.

 

[ctmaudi 10+ year member]

About to pull the trigger on RSD690s and RSD6s or RSD6CSs, but I cant find mounting depth anywhere for the 6x9s. The 6s are 2 7/8".

Is it worth it to get the crossovers when Ill be getting an amp for them?

 

[bunkrd you 10+ year member]

I've always liked infinity for cheap speakers. If you have a sub get the 6.5's throughout and look into the infinity tweeters. I really like the way they sound off a stock amp. I have also ran alpine type s 6.5's off a tma 360.4 that also sounded really clean until one by one they blew because they couldnt handle 80 rms. I really liked my tma amp and I wish i never would of sold it. I would go the infinity route.