azn5ucka86

I'm looking at getting Infinity kappa perfects for components, considering fitment agony and ease of installation, and overall sound quality, which would be better to install in the first gen, placing the tweeters in the stock tweeter locations. Money isn't really a factor, just ease of install and SQ matter.

crutchfield description of 5 1/4
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...=0&cc=01&avf=N

crutchfield description of 6 1/2
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...=0&cc=01&avf=N

baka_t

Id go with a set of boston acoustics http://bostonacoustics.com/ca_produc...&CategoryID=14 they sound great and mite be a little cheaper check ebay too for speakers its way cheaper.

azn5ucka86

i'm getting an employee discount on the speakers so price really isn't an issue, i've heard infinity's at good guys and was pretty satisfied with the sound compared to JL and alpine type r's, so i'm set on kappas

proaudio22

Well how much work do you want to do? The 5.25s will prob drop in the stock mid locations w/ little work. The 6.5s may require some cutting of the stock baffle, and they will be a lil deeper than the 5.25s.

What are you running in the rear for fills? If you have a nice set of 6x9s in the rear, they should cover any lack of lower mids in the 5.25s.

azn5ucka86

i'm going to have 6x9 infinity kappas in the rear, and then a w3v2 in the back, just decidin on what front to get

proaudio22

Uh, reread my post again.

5.25s = easyer to put in, prob won't notice much diff in the lower mids w/ the 6x9s in the back

6.5s = harder to put in, might have to cut stuff, more lower mids

azn5ucka86

so basically the 6.5's will probably have a little more bass type deal, will the subwoofer make up for it/

proaudio22

Not bass, lower mids - above the sub - but your 6x9s will have an extended response there, so you should be ok.

azn5ucka86

what exactly are lower mids? ahh, so it seems 5 1/4 is the way to go, and then have the tweeters go into the stock locations?

proaudio22

Lower mids = 80-500Hz

Too much makes a system sound REALLY muddy, altho this is rarely a problem in car audio. Too little makes it sound thin, mroe of a problem in car audio.

TeamBlurryCL

i'd get the diamond audio hex or the focal utopias

dustbuster4

I have the Reference Series, but still I decided to go with the 5.25's JUST to avoid any fitment issues.

CLTECH

I've got 6.5 components in my fronts, and yeah, it did require cutting the back baffle. From what I remember, you can actually take out the baffle and cut it. I think I might have used my dewalt jigsaw for that.

azn5ucka86

alright thanks, so i guess i'll be getting the 6.5's for the front, anyone know anything about 6x9 693.5i model, will these fit in the rear?

DIO 87 Prelude

get some compression drivers under the dash

proaudio22

I'm workin on it, don't rush meeeeee!