ABOMINATION! Corrected.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
08/03/2017 at 23:48 • Filed to: None

There’s quite a bit of fidelity in the stock radio if it’s given some half-decent speakers.

DISCUSSION (10)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/03/2017 at 23:52

I’ve wanted to replace my factory door speakers for a little while. Does it make enough of a difference to justify the price?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/03/2017 at 23:55

Oh, absolutely. The key is to buy two-way speakers that are only rated to 30 or 40 watts so they’ll be more responsive to the lower power levels from the factory radio. There are name brand two-way speakers for as little as $40 per pair. Kenwood, Pioneer, et cetera. I paid $60 a pair for these. I may have overpaid a little, but I picked them up in a store — they wanted $70 a pair — and didn’t have to wait for them to arrive in the mail.

Stock speakers are crapola.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/03/2017 at 23:58

I need to do this. The paper cones on my 26 year old car’s speakers are no longer existent

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/04/2017 at 00:08

Yeah. Paper cones old enough to vote don’t sound the greatest.

wafflesnfalafel > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/04/2017 at 00:35

Do it - you will not regret it. The quality of even mid grade aftermarket speakers is so much better than most stock even if you don’t upgrade the head unit. Power and clarity.

MoFinWiley > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/04/2017 at 00:39

Power handling != sensitivity.

Power handling is decided by voicecoil design (gauge, material, wind type, ohm rating), former material, and cooling design (air vents in magnet/T-yoke area.

Sensitivity is changed by voicecoil design, but also greatly controlled by suspension design (surround, spider type and count), cone mass and former mass.

Take the same exacts voicecoils built into different drivers and the sensitivity will vary greatly, but power handling will be almost the same.

Tareim - V8 powered > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/04/2017 at 07:48

I’d replace the stereo 1st if it’s a stock unit as I changed the speakers in my car for some Infinity speakers (fairly pricey) and there was barely any change, stuck in a new stereo and the speakers came alive, a lot more bass etc

Dave the car guy , still here > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/04/2017 at 08:22

You are so correct on this one sir. I’ve done the same improvement on a few cars. My 83 Prelude and daughters 1st car a 2000 Altima come to mind. Rear speakers only on Prelude but did all 4 on the Nissan. I used ebay plain box Alpine coax ones I found on eBay. The seller had a lot of them for about $12 each, individual boxed. I ordered two for rear and within the next week ordered fronts to match. And I need to say this “ALL WHIZZER CONES SUCK!” . I feel better now.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dave the car guy , still here
08/04/2017 at 10:06

I used the factory speaker shells and tearing them apart was very satisfying.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > MoFinWiley
08/04/2017 at 11:23

From how your comment reads, I’d say you know much more about this topic than I do. Voice coils aside, I have always assumed that a speaker rated at a billion watts would be stiffer and more resilient than a speaker rated at 40 watts. So I have always assumed that this higher-wattage-rated speaker would be less responsive at low volume levels. The Alpine speakers I just installed sound GREAT.