Will spending only $200-250 on speaker upgrades be worth it?

[xbreed]

Originally Posted by brianlo622

That is a very misleading statement, especially if you are leaving everything else "stock". Higher-end speakers are usually more power hungry, and underpowering a set of speakers will not give you the result you want.

Now, if you do install an amp to power these new speakers, you will have to deal with issues such as resonance and such, and at that point, sound deadening becomes more critical.

You are correct. I replaced my speakers with a component set added a sub and amp and couldnt be happier. I did dynomat the doors around the speakers and the trunk also. I had the car like 2 weeks before I replaced everything. Stock system was so horrible it was driving me crazy. But now it sounds so nice. Didnt even have to go crazy on the amp. I got a 600 watt 4 channel pushing the sub and the doors.

[Rabble]

I replaced the dash and rear speakers with some 2-ways and the door subs with some low profile 6.5 subs, everything else is stock.

I wouldn't say it improved anything other than the fact that sound is now Crystal clear all the way up to max volume.

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As most of you know, the factory amplifier only amplifies the door speakers. The amplifiers input comes from the front speakers. The amplifier is wired in parallel with the front speakers. I disconnected my factory amplifier and installed an aftermarket amplifier with the factory door speakers and the sound was way better than with the factory amplifier. I'm assuming that the factory amplifier boosts the bass but I found it overwhelming and not clear at all. Even with the bass turned all the way down on the EQ.
I was still not satisfied with the sound from the aftermarket amp and stock speakers so I decided to try Kenwoods 7" component speaker (KFC-XP184C) According to crutchfield they don't fit but they fit perfectly with the included speaker adapter. As the name suggests, they are way bigger than a standard 6.5 speaker and therefore the bass is deeper. I tried them with my Sony amplifier and then with a Kicker amp and they sounded good but I realized that I always had to turn the gain all the way down. I then tried them with only the factory head unit and they sound great.
I made a amplifier bypass harness, disconnected the 3.5 speakers in the dash and it sounds great. The bass is clean and deep. I don't recommend running the door speakers with just the head unit as the door speakers are only 2 ohms and I don't recommend running all three, dash speakers and door speakers, off the head unit because that would lower the ohms and could damage the head unit.
Here are some pics of the 7" speaker for comparison and also installed in the door. Also a pic of my amplifier bypass harness.