I Need To Upgrade My Speakers Bad!!!

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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 04:28 PM
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Lightbulb I Need To Upgrade My Speakers Bad!!!

I need help from you guys experts on speakers...

what I would like to know is what size speakers I need to buy and tweeter and also if there any brand you can recommend that would make an improvement in the sound of my TSX.

SO FAR, I know the speaker in the back are 6x9 and that is it.

I am considering gettin everything Pioneer ... I had it on my accord and they did wonders

Thank you for you help guys
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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The door speakers are 6.5" full range.

The back are obviously 6x9's, but only receive low freq (cheap subs).
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 05:13 PM
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what do you mean by full range?
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 05:37 PM
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Originally posted by Delmiroc
what do you mean by full range?
All frequencies, as opposed to the 6x9s that only get low frequencies (bass).
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 06:21 PM
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Originally posted by fdl
All frequencies, as opposed to the 6x9s that only get low frequencies (bass).
Thanks man

anybody else wanna add something
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 01:03 AM
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Tweeters in front: obviously only high frequencies
front door: Full range, minus the tweeter frequencies (don't know what the cutoff frequency is..but pretty high)
Rear door: Full range, but no bass. I think the cutoff is from 80Hz to 120Hz..
Rear Deck: Bass only

I recommend switching out the doors with 2-way speakers, and a 6 x 9 speakers to improve on the bass. Tweeter replacement would be good also if you want good highs and definition.
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 07:51 AM
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Originally posted by Arcticcl9
Tweeters in front: obviously only high frequencies
front door: Full range, minus the tweeter frequencies (don't know what the cutoff frequency is..but pretty high)
Rear door: Full range, but no bass. I think the cutoff is from 80Hz to 120Hz..
Rear Deck: Bass only

I recommend switching out the doors with 2-way speakers, and a 6 x 9 speakers to improve on the bass. Tweeter replacement would be good also if you want good highs and definition.
thanks that is what I was lookin for...
what brands to you recommend?
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 10:25 AM
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swapping the rear 6x9's will kill the bass, and swapping any of the stoock speakers will kill some of the SPL because the stockers are more efficient than anything aftermarket.
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 10:30 PM
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Which is why i said fuckit and am getting a sub first
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 11:51 PM
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From my experience, swapping out the 6x9 won't actually kill the bass, but makes it tighter and clearer. No woofers can match a subwoofer though. The stock woofers are very muddled, so they sound like they have more bass

Changing out the door speakers will be an improvement. Sounds are actually louder and clear
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Old Mar 8, 2004 | 01:58 AM
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well first off what are your intentions ? do you want more bass or sq? one thing you must need to know is that just by upgrading you system to better components will not automatically yeild better sound. better bass but not necessarily sound. some ppl buy the greatest gear but their system sound worse than stock, but it may have better bass. upgrading your system to "sound" better is a tough task and takes ALOT of effort. so before you run out and buy some equipment ask yourself what you are trying to accomplish. if you are a sq guy than there needs to be TONS of tuning to balance everything out. dropping in better speakers will not gaurantee better sound.
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Old Mar 8, 2004 | 11:51 AM
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Originally posted by Delmiroc
thanks that is what I was lookin for...
what brands to you recommend?
You should do a search because there are a LOT of posts regarding speaker replacement. For the doors I think most common are Alpines (type R and type S) and Polks. There is a pretty detailed description/discusson of an Alpine Type S install if you look for it. There is a wide range of brands used to replace the 6x9s in the rear deck.
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