Dumb question I"m sure - school me

[bwood 10+ year member]

OK, so I'm looking at replacing the door speakers in my '08 Jeep GCSRT8. I have found specs showing the front and rear doors are "full range," - 6x9's in the front doors, 6.5's in the rear. An installer I've used in the past suggested I get 2-way speakers, as 3-way coaxials have too much going on that leads to a decrease in sound quality as opposed to a 2-way coax. Is this true? My thought was that since the doors are "full range," that must mean the head unit is sending certain frequencies to them, and going with a 2-way might mean losing some of those frequencies in the music all together, and that I should stick to a 3-way full range since that is how it came from the factory. Am I incorrect? Feel free to school me on the difference between 2 and 3-way coaxials and my application.

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[Kai Winters 10+ year member]

I've installed three ways in the past and felt they did nothing to improve the sound over coaxials. In my opinion I prefer the sound of a coaxial...quality speakers...In my opinion separating the speakers so much requires more parts that don't improve the sound that it isn't worth it.

I'd prefer a good pair of 6.5 components in the front doors and if you need/want a pair of 6.5 coaxials in the rear doors. But I prefer fronts only and would use the money spent for the rear speakers to buy better fronts.

 

[bwood 10+ year member]

OK thanks.

Yea Crutchfield told me that there are no aftermarket 6x9's that will fit in the front factory 6x9 location, and that they instead suggested a 6.5 with a mounting bracket they would include. I was afraid of losing bass compared to the stock 6x9's though.