I'm about to tackle my speaker upgrade but I have a few questions:

I have the factory rear speaker boxes that housed the 4x6 and 5 1/4 sub. I want to replace the speakers but I need some advice on the "sub".

Front: Infinity 4x6 with in-line bass blocker
Rear: Infinity 4x6 or replace with a single infinity 4" (opinions?)

"Sub": JL Audio makes a 5.25 sub, but at $150 a piece it's just too expensive. I'm not looking for thumping bass, but a nice quality sound much like my 02 Camaro had. It used a 6.5 woofer that received bass signal; the sound wasn't earth shattering but had a good bass feel to it.

With that said, can I use a 5.25 woofer/speaker (or midrange if anybody knows of one)? I assume I would have to use a high pass filter, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Amp: Like I said, I just want a nice sounding system. Alpine makes a 5 channel amp, Alpine MRX-V60, that is relatively small and I feel would work for my situation. I would have to split the sub signal (which would probably be better for a speaker/woofer anyways).

Just to note, I am going to keep the speakers in the stock locations and will not be adding subs to the back. Please let your ideas fly!

 

contact Ian at Kee Audio....this is what he does

 

I know he's fairly popular over at LS1Tech.com. I'll give him a call.

 

No luck so far with Kee Audio. I've been able to find 5.25 midrange from CDT but I doubt their ability to handle any decent amount of power.

Does anyone have any experience with 5.25 midrange?

 

these don't look half bad, probably couldn't go wrong for the price


Peerless India

These are a little cheaper than the jl's not sure if you are looking for even cheaper than these, though definitly a better choice for bass than the above

Aurum Cantus

Ugh just realized they were 8ohm, sorry

 

Found these vifa's too, I have their 6.5" and love them

Vifa

More:

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=290-301
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=295-302
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=290-216
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=264-831

 

If you end up getting any of those, please post back with the results. I have an empty set of these boxes that will one day make it into my car and would like to hear your results.

-Jim

 

The Aurum Cantus would be perfect, if they aren't 8 ohm, but I could wire them to 4 ohms. All the others are too cheap in my opinion, so o doubt their durability OR the can't handle the power a 5 channel would be sending to them. But again, im not that knowledgeable about car audio.

But thanks for looking onto it. Apparently i need to search that website a bit more

 

Wiring them in for a 4 ohm load wouldn't be that bad, probably your best bet because the jl's look a little deep. Last I looked I didn't think the boxes were that deep