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Usually I can make up my mind on my own when it comes to sound but should I go with 5.25s or open up the doors to 6.5s. I already have the lows covered with a sub but wondered if cutting up my door is worth the better sound of the 6.5. I am kind of a purist.
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Originally Posted by Tippy
Usually I can make up my mind on my own when it comes to sound but should I go with 5.25s or open up the doors to 6.5s. I already have the lows covered with a sub but wondered if cutting up my door is worth the better sound of the 6.5. I am kind of a purist.
I have the 5.25 in mine (focal components all the way around), with 3 JL subs - and the sound is SWEET. Just don't upgrade your exhaust as well, lol.
I posted install pics in my sig. Let me know if you're going to be in Dallas anytime in the future, and you can hear the system.
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I had the 6.5 focals in a 1999 996 with no sub and they were great. Super sound, decent bass (not like a sub but very nice). If you do go larger make sure you use something like dynamat to back up the speakers and help keep the doors from rattling.
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td - do you just have Focals and a sub without a head unit? And thanks for the offer, may have to take you up on it someday.
lanny - I am sure yours will sound great with the 6.5s as I want the sound but I dont want to take the door panels off and cut the enclosure.
I was hoping someone would say "I went from 5.25s to 6.5s and what a difference". This is the only justification I could make tearing into my car.
It is a no-brainer between the two in sound comparison but the acoustics of the car may equalize the sound difference rendering the extra work unneccesary.
I dont know this and I was hoping someone could chime in for sure.
lanny - I am sure yours will sound great with the 6.5s as I want the sound but I dont want to take the door panels off and cut the enclosure.
I was hoping someone would say "I went from 5.25s to 6.5s and what a difference". This is the only justification I could make tearing into my car.
It is a no-brainer between the two in sound comparison but the acoustics of the car may equalize the sound difference rendering the extra work unneccesary.
I dont know this and I was hoping someone could chime in for sure.
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td - do you just have Focals and a sub without a head unit? And thanks for the offer, may have to take you up on it someday.
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In fact, your crossovers may negate any benefit of having the 6.5 in the doors anyway - since properly set up, the 5.25s should perform identically to the 6.5s in a 4 way system... (that is, the 6.5s would be acting as mid-bass rather than woofer, so the bigger speakers might just be a more expensive yet identical solution). I'm sure Rod at Car Audio Innovations would let you know the real deal - and he's 2 hours behind us Texas folks.
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FWIW, the difference in sound when the subs are off is more than justification to get them. The entire system is more than the sum of its components.
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Tippy- I am using a "master installer" whatever that means and he assures me that they fit in there without cutting anything important but I know that he will have to pull the panel for the dynamat anyway.
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Originally Posted by lanny
Tippy- I am using a "master installer" whatever that means and he assures me that they fit in there without cutting anything important but I know that he will have to pull the panel for the dynamat anyway.
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Originally Posted by lanny
Tippy- I am using a "master installer" whatever that means and he assures me that they fit in there without cutting anything important but I know that he will have to pull the panel for the dynamat anyway.
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Yeah thats true I guess- The mids and tweets are supposed to fit in the dash with no trouble also-? If it were new or near new it would probably bother me more to have the panel removed but since I have a '99 I figure that it cant hurt too much. We'll see on thursday how it all turns out- I figure that I will still need to add a sub even with the 6.5" in in the doors but I am going to try it out to see what I think- dont want to add too much weight you know!
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