Recently I've partially blown (goes in and out of farting) Boston Acoustics RM9 6x9 speakers for the rear of my Prelude. So it looks like I'll be in need of a replacement. I'm looking for a speaker that has a little bit more bass than the average 6x9 speaker as I take my subs out occasionally to transport things or to autocross. So I don't want to be completely bassless for a few days.

Here's the specs that I need in the speaker:
- Ability to handle 75w RMS
- Not too monsterous of a magnet as that area likes to be taken by my trunk springs. Getting rid of the trunk springs is not an option.
- Cost under $150 as there's no point in spending too much on rear fill.
- As stated earlier, have some bass. My Boston Acoustics RM9 had very little bass which sort of annoyed me on prolonged journey's to the track.

The speakers that I'm currently looking at right now:

Pioneer REV TS-D690R - $100 leaning toward this one...
Infinity Kappa 692.5i - $160
Infinity Reference 9603i - $119
Polk Audio db690 - $150

OR there's always the possibility of dropping in 6 1/2" plates and putting a set of coaxials in, but then there's very few 6 1/2" speakers that can handle 75w RMS w/o blowing the budget.

Here's the rest of the system:
Eclipse 5504 HU
Boston Acoustics Pro 5.4 components
Boston Acoustics RM9 6x9's (one is blown)
Alumapro Alchemy 10" x2

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With all PG or Monster interconnects

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TimeRacer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Recently I've partially blown (goes in and out of farting) Boston Acoustics RM9 6x9 speakers for the rear of my Prelude. So it looks like I'll be in need of a replacement. I'm looking for a speaker that has a little bit more bass than the average 6x9 speaker as I take my subs out occasionally to transport things or to autocross. So I don't want to be completely bassless for a few days.

Here's the specs that I need in the speaker:
- Ability to handle 75w RMS
- Not too monsterous of a magnet as that area likes to be taken by my trunk springs. Getting rid of the trunk springs is not an option.
- Cost under $150 as there's no point in spending too much on rear fill.
- As stated earlier, have some bass. My Boston Acoustics RM9 had very little bass which sort of annoyed me on prolonged journey's to the track.

The speakers that I'm currently looking at right now:

Pioneer REV TS-D690R - $100 leaning toward this one...
Infinity Kappa 692.5i - $160
Infinity Reference 9603i - $119
Polk Audio db690 - $150

OR there's always the possibility of dropping in 6 1/2" plates and putting a set of coaxials in, but then there's very few 6 1/2" speakers that can handle 75w RMS w/o blowing the budget.

Here's the rest of the system:
Eclipse 5504 HU
Boston Acoustics Pro 5.4 components
Boston Acoustics RM9 6x9's (one is blown)
Alumapro Alchemy 10" x2

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PG475ti
With all PG or Monster interconnects</TD></TR></TABLE> I also autocross, and I run an Alpine HU and 4-6.5" Eclipse 2 ways, [with the tweets disconnected on the rears] no amps no subs, in my 94 teg all the bass I need. With the Eclipse HU I am surprised you haven't checked out the Eclipse speakers, [or have you?] 94

 

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springs. Getting rid of the trunk springs is not an option.
- Cost under $150 as there's no point in spending too much on rear fill.
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hmm....thats still far to much to spend on rear fill. just disconnect the blown rears and make sure you're front stage is adequate, if not...work on that.

 

Really the only way to completely fix the front would be to make a custom kicks and drill out the doors to put the tweeters in a better position. Plus drilling out the door connectors to run a true 16 gauge wire all the way to the speaker. I'm not willing to do that quite yet, thus the need for rear fill.