6x9 vs Components.. what about both?

[Sawyer_E30]

Hello,

I found these on the bay, which consist of the very good brand Infinity, and they have gone down the root of components with the midwoofer being a 6x9 rather than the usual 6.5"

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INFINITY-KAPPA-1. ... dZViewItem

Ingenious or sacrilege??

[Sawyer_E30]

Bump

[mrLEE30]

6x9's seem to much maligned on this forum, cannot think why as they sound ok to me!

[ImysE30]

I agree, 6x9's are very effective, give good treble and bass

[Sawyer_E30]

Yeah I've noticed this as well.

Especially if you like your music fairly loud!

You get the usual "why do you need it that loud?" "Are you showing off, are you council?"

No I just feel inside the music!

[mrLEE30]

personally i think 6x9 are a good compromise, otherwise you would need 6 to 8 inch speaker to reproduce the bass and mid range, but such a wide speaker is difficult to fit in most cars, so a squashed 6x9 works with the space available.

I have also heard a lot of people saying the rear parcel shelf is a bad location for speakers, one said i would need to be sitting in the front seats facing backwards to get the effect, well maybe my elder ears can hear things these people cannot as my current build in progress in my tin top is rear 6x9 and front 5.25 both driven by amps and a simple sub in the boot, i am even slowly writing a wiki on how i got the 6x9's in without cutting any metal, and i think they sound very good, given i will not win any prizes for sound competitions, but i do know a thing or two about sound and tone (as a guitarist of more than 20 years and spent many hours setting up for gigs in awkward shaped rooms) so personally i think 6x9's are the best suited speaker for the average car audio enthusiast.

mrlee

[Rodderz]

Hello,

I found these on the bay, which consist of the very good brand Infinity, and they have gone down the root of components with the midwoofer being a 6x9 rather than the usual 6.5"

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INFINITY-KAPPA-1. ... dZViewItem

Ingenious or sacrilege??

That looks like a lot of speaker for the money!

[Sawyer_E30]

That looks like a lot of speaker for the money!

I was impressed with it too.

Might have to be a treat for next month. If I do get 'em I'll tell you what there like. Can't be any worse than the overpriced and hollow sounding crap I bought 3 months ago!

[hongkongfuey]

i've got infinity 6x9's in the rear shelf, someone before me butchered the metal, so i put in 10mm mdf shelf and my shelf, they sound good to me, i have components in the front too and a sub in the boot

[bobbin1982]

im still trying to figure out how to mount speakers in my touring as i have no parcel shelf and no speaker pods

[Sawyer_E30]

At present I've got JBL at every corner, even the sub!

(sub is now pioneer )

[secondtimelucky]

Bobbin1982: Iv got a couple of sets of rear pods if your interested, would mean you only need to run the wires, if bmw havn't done it for you already like they usually do

[CHR1S1990]

tbh im not the richest person in the world being a student and only 19 but ive never settled for anything less than pioneer! bought a pioneer head unit recently on ebay for 40 inc P&P, some 6x9's for parcel shelf brand new for £20 3 way 360w IIRC? and components in the front with tweeters on mirror pods...sounds amazing!!!!!
you do really get quality with pioneer

in my first car (fiesta) i build a sub for the boot - 1 x 1200w 12" and 2 x 1000w 10"'s, both pioneer again for under £100 off ebay.

set it up in a day, and had the neighbours round complaining from 5 houses down!!

[secondtimelucky]

and had the neighbours round complaining from 5 houses down!!

LOL iv literally just had the same thing happen to me, no more than 10 minutes ago
but with only 450w of 8" sub

[Sawyer_E30]

My sub got me in trouble the first time I went to work with it. 1000wrms is a bit naughty I guess. Pioneer style!

[ImysE30]

My sub got me in trouble the first time I went to work with it. 1000wrms is a bit naughty I guess. Pioneer style!

I got one fitted in my cabby, full blast with the hood down

[Sawyer_E30]

Imy! What did you think of the above mentioned component things?

Wait how long is your lunch break???

[ImysE30]

Done my work for today, 30 mins left

Can't access the link at work (it's blocked)

Infinity is a good brand, i had some Infinity Kappa subs and they were awesome. Go for it

[Sawyer_E30]

Done my work for today, 30 mins left

Can't access the link at work (it's blocked)

Infinity is a good brand, i had some Infinity Kappa subs and they were awesome. Go for it

Bloody part-timer!! lol just kiddin'.

Although you are a full time Zoner!

I'll see what my funds are like by the end of the week.

[ImysE30]

Done my work for today, 30 mins left

Can't access the link at work (it's blocked)

Infinity is a good brand, i had some Infinity Kappa subs and they were awesome. Go for it

Bloody part-timer!! lol just kiddin'.

Although you are a full time Zoner!

I'll see what my funds are like by the end of the week.

I work till 5pm but play badminton at 5 so leave early. I work Flexi hours

Let us know how they sound if you get them

[Sawyer_E30]

I work till 5pm but play badminton at 5 so leave early. I work Flexi hours

Let us know how they sound if you get them

I LOVE badminton!

[benjy]

What size amp would you recomend to drive these 6x9's??

[Sawyer_E30]

What size amp would you recomend to drive these 6x9's??

Not much to be honest mate. A good quality 2 channel job'll sort ya.

[Sawyer_E30]

What size amp would you recomend to drive these 6x9's??

A head unit would probably drive these quite well tbh, but as said earlier a quality amp'll do it nicely.

What music you thinking about putting through 'em??