Speaker upgrade

[Jackyboy]

Just fitted a Pioneer 8600Bt single din unit. Looks really nice, has everything I need and a terrific sound which would be far better with decent speakers.

My 1.8 club has, I assume the basic speakers and I wondered if anyone could recommend which speakers to use

[coolcat]

Originally Posted by Jackyboy

Just fitted a Pioneer 8600Bt single din unit. Looks really nice, has everything I need and a terrific sound which would be far better with decent speakers.

My 1.8 club has, I assume the basic speakers and I wondered if anyone could recommend which speakers to use

Replacement 6.5" component speakers would be an ideal replacement for the front and maybe some 6.5" coaxial speakers in the rear.
Plenty to choose from, you just need to decide on budget then we can recommend further

[Supervinnie40]

I got myself these speakers:
http://www.conrad.nl/ce/nl/product/3...250-W?ref=list

They start at 30hz and finish at 30.000 hz. And will give a crisp and deep sound with a 4x45 or 4x50 watt radio. The price is very nice to. It will be difficult to find speakers with a bigger range at the same true wattage.

Just don't fall for those advertised values like '300 watt RMS !!!!'. Cause most of it is total BS. Besides, having 300 watt RMS with a 4x50 watt radio is completely useless. (unless you truly believe that 'more watt' equals 'harder/better sound').

[Jackyboy]

Ah, now more confused. Coolcat says Component speakers but these Conrad ones are coaxial.

Coolcat, I saw the Edge 360 speakers you recommended for £24.99. Are they just a straight swap or is there more to it than that. I also see Halfords have the 360V2 which seems to have some other bits and pieces with them, cost about £44.

[RovernearDover]

Jeff (coolcat) does this for a living so I'd go for his recommendation.

[tareim]

I went for these (not installed them yet, hopefully will be in this week) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1909266102...84.m1497.l2649

[RovernearDover]

Originally Posted by tareim

I went for these (not installed them yet, hopefully will be in this week) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1909266102...84.m1497.l2649

Let us know how you get on. They look like good value at that price.

[Jackyboy]

Originally Posted by tareim

I went for these (not installed them yet, hopefully will be in this week) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1909266102...84.m1497.l2649

Being a bit thick in this department, do the speakers just fit in the doors as a direct replacement and the round things replace the little round things further up? The link speaks of 2 speakers 2 inline crossovers (what are these? and 2 tweeters but the picture just shows 4 bits

[RoverSE]

I recently upgraded my front speakers (still got the rears to do) to edge an d they fitted rather well.

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[tareim]

Originally Posted by Jackyboy

Being a bit thick in this department, do the speakers just fit in the doors as a direct replacement and the round things replace the little round things further up? The link speaks of 2 speakers 2 inline crossovers (what are these? and 2 tweeters but the picture just shows 4 bits

the tweeters are the smaller speakers and they fit behind the small grille at the door mirror area, the inline crossovers are essentially a cable with device installed at some point within the cable which filters out lower frequencies to protect the tweeter as they are for higher frequencies

here is an example picture, the cyan/turqoise bit on the cable is the inline crossover