Quick question about speakers.
My '99 hatchback has a set of crap 6x9's in the back, and some joke 6.5's in the front.
i just purchased the car and have somewhat of a strict budget that I have to adhere to.
my question.
which would you change first? fronts (components?), or rear..
why? and what sort of speakers would you recommend
thanks in advance!

 

Front, but you have to look at the big picture - what headunit is in the car?

If it's all factory components, you'd be better off doing a headunit first IMO.

 

change the front. dont change the rears ever. they're useless.

 

right now, it's an oem '00 ITR headunit...i'm planning on switching to an alpine headunit eventually.


thanks for the advice..
any opinion on a good set of 6.5 component set that isn't too crazy $$$?

 

any opinion on the lower end MB Quart or Infinity components?

 

i like my mb quart they sound very crisp but i also have one of the high end alpine head unit which has one of the best sq rating

 

All speakers are going to sound like **** on a **** reciever...get a deck first imo

 

seems like the consenus is to get a better head unit first then worry about speakers.
i'm probably going with an alpine head unit. any recommendations for a good head unit w/mp3 capabilities? thanks

 

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alpine cda-9815

 

agree ^

 

just checked on the alpine site.. there is no 9815..
what about the 9833?

 

check ebay
thats where i got mine

 

I just got the CDA-9833 also......from ebay.

 

have you installed it yet?
what sort of speakers are you using? are you running it off straight head unit power or with an amp(s).
i'd like to run off the head unit for now. any speaker recommendation? iheard that a lot of the better speakers need crazy power to run them.
thanks.

 

right now my speakers are powered by my head unit but i have a 90wX2 amp that will be powering my mb quarts.

my mb quarts power range is 60-120w

 

so if i am running on alpine headunit power alone, i probably won't get that much of an improvement over my current factory setup?

 

the alpine headunits power should be enought to power the speakers, alot of the higher end head unit will have a small amp built into it for example the alpine cda-9815 has a built in amp that takes direct power to the battery

if you get one of those headunits your speakers should sound better than factory!

 

CDA-9815 has been discontinued

look into
Alpine CDA-9831, 9833, 9835

go to this website to get more information
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com...D=611

check ebay for cheaper prices


Modified by GSR515 at 3:51 PM 5/3/2004

 

i think the 9833 is what i'm going to be looking into..thanks for everyone's help. now ij ust need to figure out which 6.5 components to run

 

you've got PM