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[RobGMN Premium Member]

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

Who has noticed that swapping out your factory paper cone door speakers for component speakers with poly or other non paper materials can result in much less bass output from your door speakers?

It's not really the cone material. Factory stuff is usually cheap low power, high sensitivity drivers engineered for for factorylocations. That's why most people are disappointed when replacing stock speakers without adding an amp.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

It's not really the cone material. Factory stuff is usually cheap low power, high sensitivity drivers engineered for for factorylocations. That's why most people are disappointed when replacing stock speakers without adding an amp.

One installer once told me that aftermarket components are designed to give less bass because the manufacturer assumes you will run a sub with them. I never bought that explanation.

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

One installer once told me that aftermarket components are designed to give less bass because the manufacturer assumes you will run a sub with them. I never bought that explanation.

Taking away features, calling it a benefit:

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

One installer once told me that aftermarket components are designed to give less bass because the manufacturer assumes you will run a sub with them. I never bought that explanation.

I'd run away from that installer

 

[Eggs 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like MECP certified installer at Circuit City

 

[Old_Slapper]

One installer once told me that aftermarket components are designed to give less bass because the manufacturer assumes you will run a sub with them. I never bought that explanation.

There is some truth to that. Component speakers come with a crossover, and many crossovers have a low pass filter on them to only allow them to play in the frequency they are designed for. This cuts down on people blowing their speakers while under warranty.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

It's not really the cone material. Factory stuff is usually cheap low power, high sensitivity drivers engineered for for factorylocations. That's why most people are disappointed when replacing stock speakers without adding an amp.

Agreed. Plus a lot of OEM stuff is high Q (like qts .9+) which gives the driver a little extra bump in output at FS.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Sounds like MECP certified installer at Circuit City

I miss that store. What was the other one that went under... Sound Advice? That's where we went to see some really nice Soundstream products. Our bands singer asked me to point him to some decent gear for his fourth gen Camaro. I don't remember the 12" subs he got but they were in the Qlogic enclosure. I don't remember the speakers either but I remember the amplifiers. The Chrome Soundstream A10.0 and the Picasso. That car sounded so damn sweet!

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Here is a fact. Another Navy buddy went out on patrol and left me his Ford Ranger Extended cab and his debit card. He asked me to have a system installed in it before he got back from sea. So I did. Two Kicker comp 10's in a sealed box, an Alpine head unit, a pair of cheaper Sony xplod components in the door that I had to replace at my own expense. I melted the tweeters with a 20kHz to 20hz sine sweep. I remember the tweeters were plastic domes as they literally smoked and melted like plastic. I replaced them with Kickers to match the subs and had no further issues. The fact part of the story was I used a single 5 channel Sony Mobile ES Xplod amp to run everything and it was an outstanding amplifier. It was a beautiful brushed maroon aluminum and gold.

 

[Old_Slapper]

I miss that store. What was the other one that went under... Sound Advice? That's where we went to see some really nice Soundstream products. Our bands singer asked me to point him to some decent gear for his fourth gen Camaro. I don't remember the 12" subs he got but they were in the Qlogic enclosure. I don't remember the speakers either but I remember the amplifiers. The Chrome Soundstream A10.0 and the Picasso. That car sounded so damn sweet!

Another big brand that went down is Good Guys. Fry's was another big car audio retailer that disappeared.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Another big brand that went down is Good Guys. Fry's was another big car audio retailer that disappeared.

I remember Fry's Electronics.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Fact, Radio Shack had some cool stuff for car audio. At least I thought so. The had Optimus car audio amps that looks the part for sure.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

Fact, Radio Shack had some cool stuff for car audio. At least I thought so. The had Optimus car audio amps that looks the part for sure.

There were a few Optimus amps that were actually really good. I don't think I've seen a rat shack sub last long though

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

There were a few Optimus amps that were actually really good. I don't think I've seen a rat shack sub last long though

They did offer a pull out single din head unit too.