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4x10’s anyone?

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Topic: 4x10’s anyone?

Posted By: chevyman26
Subject: 4x10’s anyone?
Date Posted: April 30, 2004 at 9:22 AM

one of the stock rear ceiling 4x10's is blownin my 99 tahoe. It was already blown when I bought the vehicle, and it only had the factory radio. I have replaced the factory deck with a Alpine CDA-9873 and will soon be replacing all the stock speakers and adding an amp or amps. I'm going to use MB Quarts in the front and rear doors (all are   6 3/4"). Herein is the problem - MB doesn't make 4x10's. The best ones I can find are the $99 Pioneers. Not to dis pioneer at all, but I have had to use these in a couple of other vehicles, and I was not impressed. Does any company make any good 4x10's? Oh yeah- I won't use any audiovox or urban audio or any of that other crap you can buy at Kmart.

Thanks for any input!  



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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 30, 2004 at 10:15 AM

Most higher end companies stay away from 4X10's as they tend to not have the most predictable frequency response curves and their SQ can vary from one to the next.  I agree you should steer clear of Pioneer, Pyle, Boss, etc.  If you can find a pair, Eclipse made a nice sounding 4X10 coax, model 8403.  I don't know if they are still available...

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Posted By: chevyman26
Date Posted: April 30, 2004 at 10:29 AM
Thanks for the info. I'll look around. -- Another queston-- would you consider using a different size speaker (like maybe a good 4" with a baffle) in this case? Or should I just keep looking for the 4x10's? It's my wifes daily ride and she won't let me do anything that changes the stock appearence of the vehicle.  Otherwise I would cut it out a bit and use a 6x9 with baffle.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 30, 2004 at 10:35 AM
Metra makes an adapter plate model 82-4000 designed to adapt a 6X9 to a 4X10 opening, but it may not work well in your case as it might force the new speaker to extend beyond the factory "grill" covering.  With a little work you could build your own adapters and put 4X6 (which tends to be more stable in the midrange than 4X10) or 4" or probably even 5-1/4" into your factory openings.  Or heck, just go listen to some locally available 4X10s and if they sound OK, put them in!

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Posted By: chevyman26
Date Posted: April 30, 2004 at 11:01 AM
ok- thanks for all the info.  I wish it were as as easy as just going to the local shops,  but it's at least 2 hours to the nearest decent stereo shop from where I live.

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Posted By: Lifesavermobil
Date Posted: April 30, 2004 at 11:21 AM

I've had alpine coax 4x10's forever, cannot remember the model #, in an extended cab S-10. Think they were/are great. I'm in the process of switching to all 4" because the system is old and the 4x10s have always over powered the front 4x6's. I'm putting 2 in each pillar where 4x10's are for the rears. 2 in the dash and 2 in the kick panels for the fronts.



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Posted By: Sweekster
Date Posted: April 30, 2004 at 12:36 PM
Eclipse still makes a 4x10. It's a 3 way model but it should sound a lot better than what you got going now.

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: April 30, 2004 at 1:35 PM
Eclipse does indeed make a 4x10", model# SE8403. Personally if you have MB Quart going in everywhere else, I would make a nice baffle board and fire a basic 4" coax MB Quart back there and limit it's frequency range with either a cap or amplifier with a crossover.

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Posted By: Chad7n7
Date Posted: May 02, 2004 at 1:17 AM
HA!! Rob is the man, I like his idea very much, I am also fond of running all the same components in a setup, in which your case i understand that you were trying to, but didn't have the right light bulb running in the head, lol, but I think Rob has a very good suggestion, would be the way to go to me, could make all the difference, all quart=very clean, one set of mismatched sounds=pioneer 4X10's, hmmmm, wouldn't be satisfied!!

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