Another thread about those dam rear speakers!
2011 with the BA system. I fitted a new dash kit with a Kenwood DDX9018DABS and was setting up the audio for bass etc but now my RR speak is distorting badly. I only ran it at a volume level of 12 for less than 1 minute. Are these speaker that bad?? I guess so.
Anyway, I have searched and searched but am now more confused than I was. I can talk cams, carbs, transmission, tuning all day but I'm a complete brain dead when it comes to audio systems. I have no idea what crossover or coaxial means amongst lots of other things. I just want to simply replace the rear speaker with new decent speakers without replacing or bypassing the BA amp. I'm mostly deaf in one ear so I'm not wanting to spend $1-2K on components. This money is best spent on cams, exhausts etc. Maybe I'm being unrealistic but lots of the thread I read are 5-8 years old so I'm hoping new speakers are now available in 6.5" as these are often suggested as better then 6x9's. So can you get decent speaker to replace the factory ones without all the hassle that I've read in many threads? |
Look for a bi-ampable 2-way 6x9, such as one from Image Dynamics. You are basically looking for a 6x9 with a tweeter floating over it. Hook tweeter wires from amp to tweeters on speaker, and 6x9 wires from amp to 6x9 wires on speaker. Bi-amped just means you are treating (1) 2-way speaker as 2 separate speakers; a woofer and a tweeter. Coaxial is just 2 drivers, woofer and tweeter, in the same speaker. Some coaxial speakers are not biampable, meaning there will only be one positive and one negative wire. The stock 6x9’s in our cars are bi-amped, so you will have a positive and negative for the tweeter, and a positive and negative for the woofer (on each rear speaker).
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Thanks beak81champ. That explains it nicely. A couple more questions...
2 or 4 ohm? Do I need some sort of speaker adapter like the ones from carspeakeradapters.com? If I go that way I’ve read 6.5” are better than 6x9 or am I best to stick with the stock size? |
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I have googled bi-amped 2 ohm speakers and have yet to find a single pair. Are they that rare? I have a pair of adapters on the way but I might have been a bit premature and went for the ones that accept 6.5” rather than the 6x9’s. Image dynamics only seem to offer 4 ohm. The 2 ohm ones CDT do don’t seem to be bi-amped. Am I missing something?
Yep I’m that :noidea: when it comes to this so :sorry: and please don’t get too frustrated with this audio moron. |
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This ^^^
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good thread!
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The other speakers I see a lot come with seperate tweeters and a box of tricks for each pair. Can these be bi-amped without using this “box of tricks”? See I really have no clue..... Are these boxes called crossovers? |
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That explains it nicely. Looks like I’ll have a set of adapters for sale shortly.:thanks:
What are the best adapters to use for mounting the Sony’s you’ve suggested? These look to be 4ohm? What 2ohm ones would you suggest? |
[QUOTE=mchaggis;10297011]That explains it nicely. Looks like I’ll have a set of adapters for sale shortly.:thanks:
What are the best adapters to use for mounting the Sony’s you’ve suggested? Are these 2 ohm?[/QUOT These adapters would work fine. https://www.amazon.com/2010-2015-Che.../dp/B01GVTZKTO The sonys are 4 ohm drivers, which will work fine. One thing i forgot to mention about the sonys, is if they kind of sound not right, you may need to bypass the crossovers on them. They are glued to bottom of speakers. Your amplifier in the car does have a built in electronic crossover that should work well for the sonys. |
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I will never ever use 6x9s anywhere in a car. There are many threads about this. If you do go 6x9s go cheap because they are not worth it. |
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