I have searched for posts on car speakers and would be grateful if someone in the know would confirm the following:

 

1.The car had the stereo removed when I bought it but I have since installed a Kenwood and the sound comes from all speakers with good volume. Does this mean that the original speaker amps have already been bypassed and that I need not worry about that?

 

2.The speakers sound really crap and need replacing. Should I be looking for 7”X 5” rears and 6.5” fronts as direct replacements?

 

I’m not into funky big bass music so don’t want to spend a fortune on top of the range speakers just looking for decent, reasonably priced replacements. Can anybody make a recommendation?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Steve r

 

 

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Hi Steve - don't know about the amp thing (when I had my stereo installed / upgraded neither did the installer - they're either crap or the amps had already been bypassed / removed) but

 

1) Safe and Sound (link from this site's front page) have a v good rep on this forum. I've never used them but I would if they weren't up in the uncivilised frozen north.

 

2)If you're at Solihull tomorrow, come and listen to mine. Not a ICE show entry but quite a nice sound: JBL fronts (about £90 from memory), Kenwood rears (god knows - £50?), Pioneer detachable tube amp/subwoofer (£120), old Sony head unit / 10 CD changer. I suspect that to get anything audibly better would mean serious money so that's out for me

 

3) Listen, listen, listen. I'm a sad old hi-fi freak and while you can be guided by forums, shops, friends, magazines etc these are only guides. Get a demo first (in car whenever poss (hopefully in the same model)) listen and if you like it you're right. People's ears are different, so is what you like so go with what you like, not the pack!

 

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Steve,

 

I wouldn't waste ur money getting rear speakers as they are only used as "rear fill". Get some decent front component speakers and maybe a small sub tube.

 

Vijay