Small subwoofers

[rudy3 10+ year member]

I have a porsche 911 which has limited space for speakers. I just had the profi vanadiums installed for my front stage in the dash.

There are 5.25 in. stock woofers installed in the doors in the doors, but they seem very boomy. Anyone have a suggestion as to what I should replace them with if I want to keep the stock appearance.

I don't think I want to compromise space by putting in a larger sub.

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[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

are you looking for a sub or a speaker? you can just get a nice set of component speakers for the doors and not worry about a sub.

 

[Curel 10+ year member]

5.25" speaker is not a sub. What is your crossover set at? Do you have a sub?

 

[rudy3 10+ year member]

Well I just put a two way componenet set in my dash. In my car, the stock set of speakers were in the dash.

 

[rudy3 10+ year member]

I do not have a separate sub. Porsche refers to the 5.25 in speakers in the doors as "woofers".

 

[Curel 10+ year member]

There is still a difference in woofers. Such as

Mid-woofers which play midbass frequencies and up.

Sub-woofers which play midbass frequency and down to sub frequencies.

Where is your highpass set at?

 

[rudy3 10+ year member]

To be honest, I don't know. The install was done for me so I don't know where the crossover or the highpass is set.

 

[Curel 10+ year member]

Are you using a aftermarket head unit and amp or stock head unit?

You have a great component set already. Problem could be the highpass is set too low maybe. List your gear and try to give us more details about your system.

 

[rudy3 10+ year member]

My headunit is a McIntosh MX 406 but I am using the stock amp and the rear fill is stock.

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

Upgrading your amp would yield great results for those Profis.

 

[Curel 10+ year member]

Nice deck. Not sure if this headunit has a built in crossover though.

Replacing the amp like 6spcoupe recommended with 1 with a built in crossover will give you the ability to highpass and adjust the gain to where it sounds good to you.