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09-24-2018, 02:24 PM | #15 | |
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So are you running that Alpine tweeter in the factory tweeter location? |
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I like the stealth install look, so I have everything running in factory locations, which is certainly not ideal, and is why I mentioned the off axis response earlier. The factory locations fire pretty much straight up into the windshield. The factory wiring is a bit confusing. I ended up dumping most of the factory wiring except for the doors, and ran new wires from the crossovers in the rear of the car to the dash for my current speakers. If you are wanting to only replace the dash 3.5, you can run it full range with pretty much any of the speakers in this thread, as long as they are 4ohm, the factory wiring will put them in parallel with the tweeter in the dash and you'll end up with a 2ohm load on the head unit. The doors are powered separately off an amp in the rear of the car that takes the high level front signal and repeats it. you could also try to reuse the cap on the factory speaker, IIRC it is glued to the side of the housing. I don't recall its specs, but if you did this you'd have the same "crossover network" at the factory speaker did, just with a better speaker.
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I'm honestly not sure, depends a little on the listener, some people like their highs super bright.. leads to listening fatigue though in me at least. You can pull the spec sheet from parts express, they drop off in response off axis around 4k to 5khz. Obviously with a cap they will drop off faster, and let the factor tweeter do the work. Ears are very sensitive to that range. If you want a simpler install, you could buy a 3.5 coax set and replace both the factory 3.5 and tweeter at the same time. There are lots of options for these on sonic eltronix and crutchfield. Then in the future if you want to upgrade, you could rotate those to the rear. Some note though, if you do this you might want to choose a higher sensitivity set as you'll be bumping from 2ohm to 3 or 4 depending on the speaker you choose. also the factory 3.5 wiring in daisy chained to the tweeter, so if you pull the tweeter you need to use some wire to bypass its harness, see this thread, its got a good picture of this https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37386
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I briefly saw that thread when I was researching. I'll go that route if I replace the door woofer and the tweeters. I'll see if replacing the 3.5 will be sufficient for me. =)
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@Chimera, I think you weighed in and suggested the Daytons when I was deciding on parts around 4 years ago. Glad I went with the Dayton's, they sound great and are still kicking -- and the price is right.
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@Chimera I see in a thread from a couple of years back you suggested JBL GTO 628's as door speaker replacements. That model is discontinued and their current ones (GTO 620, GX600C) are 2.5 and 2.3Ω...would you consider those acceptable for use with the factory amp?
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Just to throw in my 2 cents .. of really no experience besides researching about speakers and stuff over night ..
Of the 2 you suggested I THINK this would be the better speaker. https://www.crutchfield.com/p_108R40...fx.html?tp=105 I say this because it has better sensitivity (92 vs 88), lower impedance 3 vs 3.5 (stock is 2 in the doors, thus 3 will be louder than 3.5 but quieter than the stocks 2), wider frequency range 75-21k vs 150-10k Hz, and closer to stock (33 watts) RMS/peak watts 35/105 vs 75/300. ----- This is what I would like to test out personally: Dayton Audio DSN25F-4 1" [ https://www.parts-express.com/dayton...#lblProductQ&A ] Dayton Audio ND90-4 3-1/2" [ https://www.parts-express.com/dayton...4-ohm--290-208 ] Infinity Primus PR6512IS [ https://www.amazon.com/Infinity-PR65.../dp/B073QXD1XF ] - or - Infinity Reference 6522EX [ https://www.amazon.com/Infinity-REF-.../dp/B01FUZV7ZG ] ← 2.7 ohms vs 3 ohms .. don't know how much louder the 2.7 would be. Kenwood KSC-SW11 [ https://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-KSC-S.../dp/B00BO8O9XQ ]
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@Bonburner I'm actually using the 5.25" versions of the Reference in my Yaris running off only an Excelon HU (tuned the gains, placement, and distance of all speakers), which is why I'm considering them for the FR-S. The stock 3.5" speaker is a 4-ohm speaker, iirc, so the 3-ohm would definitely be louder than it.
But it seems like more people have experience with Daytons, so I will most likely go that route. I can always put them in the rear for rear fill duty should I replace them. |
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Hi, JL C-series is pretty fair but if you want to delve deeper into it, I'd recommend reading this: https://liamscar.com/best-car-speakers-for-bass/. It explains all the basics, also you might wanna compare prices.
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i've specifically ran the peerless hds nomex, and the dayton esoteric series. both i run without a low pass crossover.
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