Need Door Speakers
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: July 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Topic: Need Door Speakers
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Subject: Need Door Speakers
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 8:04 PM
Mine are shot, one is totally gone, and I was wondering what I should go with? I have 5 1/4's in the front (2) and 2 6x8
's in back. I was looking at the Sony Xplodes in Walmart, are they any good? They also carry some Pioneer ones as well. Any info is greatly appreciated, thanks guys.
Kevin
Replies:
Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 8:15 PM
how much are you willing to spend and are you powering them with the deck or a seperate amp? i would stay away from the sony's, actually walmart alltogether.
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Pioneer PEH-9660mp
Mb Quart PCE-216 biamped
JL 12W6v2
Sony XM-4026 amp for tweeters
Kenwood KAC-7251 amp for mids
JL-4100 amp for sub
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 8:25 PM
I didnt want to spend alot, I had a walmart gift certificate so I was looking at those. I am running 2 10's off of a 245 watt 2/3/4 channel amp, figured I could run the speakers off of that as well maybe? I dont know, I dont have that much knowledge about these systems, thanks.
Kevin
Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 8:29 PM
well, the sony ones are garbage like the rest of their stuff out. so if you are dead set on going to wally world for them, then get the pioneers.
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Pioneer PEH-9660mp
Mb Quart PCE-216 biamped
JL 12W6v2
Sony XM-4026 amp for tweeters
Kenwood KAC-7251 amp for mids
JL-4100 amp for sub
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 9:23 PM
Should I hook them up to the amp? I think the 5 1/4 had a 130 peak wattage.
Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 9:39 PM
what are the specs on the amp? of course you want to hook them up to the amp, but will it power the sub as well. you want the front and rears on seperate channels
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Pioneer PEH-9660mp
Mb Quart PCE-216 biamped
JL 12W6v2
Sony XM-4026 amp for tweeters
Kenwood KAC-7251 amp for mids
JL-4100 amp for sub
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 9:45 PM
Two subs actually, two Blue Thunder 10's, the amp I was wrong, it is a Kenwood 280 max watt, 4/3/2 channel. Here are the 5 1/4's and Here are the 6x8's that I was looking at.
Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 10:35 PM
um yeah, i hadnt actually looked at the speakers. i dont see how they can be rated at 280 watts max when the rms is like 50. anyways, you should actually just use the deck to power the doors and amp to power subs unless you are willing to get a another amp for the subs. i would suggest the latter.
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Pioneer PEH-9660mp
Mb Quart PCE-216 biamped
JL 12W6v2
Sony XM-4026 amp for tweeters
Kenwood KAC-7251 amp for mids
JL-4100 amp for sub
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 10:38 PM
As long as that isnt to much for the deck, I just want somthing better then stock.
Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 10:39 PM
you would probably be best off buying your equipment from ebay and get decent stuff for the same price. forget the rear speakers. use your gift certificate to get an edited cd from goddy world
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Pioneer PEH-9660mp
Mb Quart PCE-216 biamped
JL 12W6v2
Sony XM-4026 amp for tweeters
Kenwood KAC-7251 amp for mids
JL-4100 amp for sub
Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 10:42 PM
search around ebay for a pair of boston accoustic coaxials that are used and an amp for your subs. look at kenwood, alpine, mtx, jbl. you will find all you need used, what exactly is your budget?
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Pioneer PEH-9660mp
Mb Quart PCE-216 biamped
JL 12W6v2
Sony XM-4026 amp for tweeters
Kenwood KAC-7251 amp for mids
JL-4100 amp for sub
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 10:47 PM
Well...I think im gonna go with those Pioneers because its a $100 for all 4. As for another amp for the subs, I have wanted one for a while but just havent had the extra cash to do so.
Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 10:54 PM
alright, the deck will be fine to run those speakers so dont even worr about another amp.
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Pioneer PEH-9660mp
Mb Quart PCE-216 biamped
JL 12W6v2
Sony XM-4026 amp for tweeters
Kenwood KAC-7251 amp for mids
JL-4100 amp for sub
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 11:03 PM
Thank you for the help bud 
Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 11:08 PM
no problem man. do stay away from the rest of the stuff there.
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Pioneer PEH-9660mp
Mb Quart PCE-216 biamped
JL 12W6v2
Sony XM-4026 amp for tweeters
Kenwood KAC-7251 amp for mids
JL-4100 amp for sub
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 06, 2005 at 11:18 PM
Oh I know 
Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 09, 2005 at 3:27 AM
Personally, I also wouldn't buy any speakers without an amp to run them. Any speaker that can take decent power (even 50 watts RMS at 4 ohm), will sound many times better on even a cheap amp. You can probably get a used 4 channel amp that puts out 50 watts X 4 RMS into 4 ohms used on Ebay for less than $100. And you won't have to turn up the head unit to max volume to make the speakers sound decent. Also, the speakers won't blow from the head unit amp clipping. -------------  Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 10, 2005 at 12:30 AM
What I have hooked up to the subs is a 4/3/2 channel 280max Kenwood, they are 2 MTX Blue Thunder 10's, I was planning on using that for the door speakers and getting a single channel amp for the subs, thats probily what I will do when I find a descent sub amp.
Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 10, 2005 at 12:45 AM
Sounds good. Just make sure the wattage matches up and the amp has the right kind of crossover. ------------- Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 12, 2005 at 5:40 PM
How would I go about wiring these speakers up to an amp? Do the speaker wires go to the amp and then to the speakers instead of just going straight to the speakers? Thanks.
Kevin
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 12, 2005 at 7:39 PM
You should use a Line Out Convertor to get rca outputs from the speaker outs of your factory deck (if thats what you have). Send the rca outputs of the LOC to the amp for the main speakers. These Blaupunkt speakers are alot better then those Pioneers. https://www.crutchfield.com/S-k0inQe9ywIC/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=51800&I=023TSX542 If you have to buy from Wal-Mart I guess those Pioneers will be ok.
Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 17, 2005 at 11:28 PM
I bought the Pioneers from Wal Mart, I know I know, its what I did though, anyways, anyone have any diagrams to hooking up stock door speakers to an amp? Thanks.
Posted By: kfr01
Date Posted: February 17, 2005 at 11:32 PM
I'm not quite sure what you're looking for. Observe polarity and the load on the amplifier and you should have no issues. Do you have a specific question?
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Posted By: kevinjensen68
Date Posted: February 18, 2005 at 9:52 AM
I was just confused on the wiring for the stock speakers, there are two wires that go to each speaker from the deck, instead of putting them to the deck do you just run them to the amp? Thanks.
Posted By: kfr01
Date Posted: February 18, 2005 at 11:50 AM
Yes. One speaker per channel. Positive to positive. Negative to negative.
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New Project: 2003 Pathfinder
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