skirkland1980

what do my fellow third gen buds think is the best 6x9 for the money. i'm looking at the boston acoustic rx97, infinity kappa, and polk mmc690. or will the $50 pioneer 6x9s do the job? please help with my decision. thanks

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87 WHITE GTA

I'd use these:

http://www.crutchfield.com/ISEO-rgbt...TS-A6991R.html

They really shine,they got a great amount of bass and the highs are loud and clear (it has 4 tweeters)...I switched to pioneer mids because I didnt want highs on both the back and front.....but I loved em, the magnet is huuuuge for a 6x9.
For the price you cant go wrong with those.

P.s I'll sell em to you cheap. lol

I also tried bostons...(ex95) they give a lot of bass....they almost feel like you have small subs hitting back there.....

My dad has kappas in his car and their bass is less booomy..more accurate,the highs are loud and clear.

havent tried polks 6x9 but the polks Ive tried (6.5,5.25) sound great, good balanced sound.


All good brands you are looking at.I think for the price the Pio's are the best bang for your buck

If you want to take it a step further go with the focal polyglass'es for like $260.

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skirkland1980

how much do you want for the pioneers?

alloy

I second the use of the pioneers. I listened to a lot of speakers and the pioneers are what I liked best.

87 WHITE GTA

Hows 60 shipped?

Theyre pretty heavy so I consider that a good price.

P.s the lowest price I found for the same model is 85

danziger

I don't know about "best", but I can highly reccommend the Infinity Kappa 6x9s. I've had a few sets in multiple vehicles and totally abused the Kappa 6x9s in my 1989 Formula and they always took the punishment without complaint. They may not have the bass wallop of some other speakers, but are clean and crisp.

Scorpner

IMO, the Pioneers aren't going to sound anything like the other three. But I've only listened to the higher end models. You're not going to notice the difference if you don't have a decent head unit and/or amplifier though. Check out an audio store and listen to them in person, some speakers appeal more to one than they might to someone else. And they might sound different with a different head unit and amp, but at least you can tell how they compare and what they're capable of. The best value for the money as far as I'm concerned is spending the $300 or so for a decent pair.

Here is a thread on some speakers that I'm selling: http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/in...-speakers.html (6 x 9 Speakers)

87 WHITE GTA

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Scorpner

Ahhh, I didn't know Pioneer made anything like that. Never seen them in the places I've gone to check them out.

ellocojorge

im a fan of the kappa, and refrence infinity line, but i also do like the polk momo line too.... if you want cheap speakers buy the walmart roadmaster speakers... im not trying to be a smartass, they actually sound very good amplified. u should see the motor on those things, its bigger than the pioneer pictured

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87 WHITE GTA

I like infinity's for their highs and mids,I bought a set of references for my dash (I can turn off the HU's internal amp, so whenever I want I can only have the comps up front with the sub,or add some dash and sail panels speakers to make some more noise =]

Now I normally dont hate on brands,but I PERSONALLY, saw 1ST hand my friend blowing 2 sets of roadmasters from walmart in 1 WEEK.I gave him a pair of sony's and theyre still bumpin.(and sonys are already bad)

Of course I have no way to prove this...the paperweights are long gone.

I tried EACH one of those brands,(can take pics of all my speakers if requested =])and while polk ,infinity and boston are "higher end" and they sound VERYY NICE.....The Pioneers have the best quality/price ratio in my opinion, thats why most of my speakers are pioneers,Except for my orion sub. and JL mids up front.

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skirkland1980

i plan on putting my 200watt amp back to use so thats why i was considering the higher-end speakers. i want it to hit good too. looks like the kappa is the most popular.

ellocojorge

i guess the older ones... i had some 6.5 roadmasters in my avenger and those gave out( that was like 7 years ago), i bought some for my cavi about 2 years ago and they are still going... i actually ran about 150 rms trough a sub amp to them ones... they sounded great. awesome bass lol, they have some good excursion

sakattack28

what do you guys think of the Alpine Type R's?

ellocojorge

i heard good things about them, but i havent gotten a chance to actually listen to them first hand. im asumming ur talking about speakers not the sub

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burnout88

I run the Kappa in my 88 Camaro and they are the best 6x9 I have ever had. Period!!! I will buy nothing else after I installed them.

sakattack28

yeah i was referring to the speakers, ive got a set of the 6x9s that im going to put in over winter break, and ill let you guys know what i think, im also gonna get the type r 12" subs too. ive heard good things about them.

ellocojorge

the only bad thing about the type r subs is they distort alot on high bass tones

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sakattack28

i dont think im going to be pushing them that hard. ill see. worst comes to worst ill sell them and get new ones.

lbarile1991

Cheap speakers that sound great are kenwoods, The ones I have are 650w max and I have a 630 amp hooked to both of them and they are loud! and sound great too...http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KFC6...2ie.html?tp=91

for a hundred bucks you cant beat that. If you want to spend more I would go with Boston.

bakes85

Boston is really good, my dad picked some brand new 6x9s and 6x4s pretty cheap at a fairgrounds sale and we put them in his S10 and its bitchin'

Camaroz2892

I have the 6X9s running of my headunit which has like 40 watt RMS. They sound good, way better then stock not enough bass though but that could just by my lack of a solid amp. I'm upgrading to the Inifinty Kappa 6.5 components and a Alpine 4 channels 100 watt RMS amp over the winter though so that should be quite an improvment.

DartByU

I installed a set of the Alpines in the stock sail panels, added some Dynamat between them and the metal and am driving them with half of a Digital Designs 400w 4 channel amp and they sound awesome, they hit pretty good and have really good bass up until they distort, enough that it hurts my ears and will rattle loose parts of the car if your outside.

sakattack28

would it be a bad thing to run my speakers off of the same amp as my subs? i think its a 1000 watt, 4 channel amp. ill have to check when i get home... in 17 days.... :/

The Project

Why 6 x 9?

Get a set of 6.5" components and make a template for them to fit. Much better selection when dealing with a 6.5"...also you'll get better sound from a round speaker than an oval one.

What's your budget? What do you have for the front? Amp?

novafirebirdguy

As The Project just said a round speaker will provide better sound overall. However, I've got a pair of Rockford Fosgate Prime R1693 6x9's and I am quite impressed. The sound is very nice with no distortion at a pretty loud volume (and down low too). Decent bass and very nice highs. Prime series are the lower end Rockford Fosgate stuff so I'm sure the Punch or Power series would be even better. Anyway, I got the for the whopping price of $44 on ebay, definitly worth every penny.

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slow305rs

Good advise.....for a good inexpensive comp set go with the PPI 356 about $140 from sonicelectronix.com

Best bang forthe buck speakers around.