Simple Upgrade question
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Road Warrior
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Simple Upgrade question
My stock system for the most part suffices at 65mph for me. Yes...I know an amp will help. Yes....I know you get what you pay for. My question is: If I just replace the stock 5.25 speakers with a better 5.25 speaker, would I get any worth while better sound? I have a $80 gift card from Best Buy. Was just going to buy some Kicker or Alpine speakers with it.
Thanks,
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Anything is better than stock so it will be better, at least in the garage. Going down the road will be essentially negligible. An amp and good 6.5 speaker will make a huge difference.
IMO anything less than amp and decent speakers isn't worth doing.
IMO anything less than amp and decent speakers isn't worth doing.
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Originally Posted by BigDawgQC
My stock system for the most part suffices at 65mph for me. Yes...I know an amp will help. Yes....I know you get what you pay for. My question is: If I just replace the stock 5.25 speakers with a better 5.25 speaker, would I get any worth while better sound? I have a $80 gift card from Best Buy. Was just going to buy some Kicker or Alpine speakers with it.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Put that gift card into some Infinity Kappas at Best Buy and set that unopened box next to your sled as and incentive to save $$ for an amp.
Think Best Buy has the Kappas for $119.
Just don't think ur gonna get any significant gains from a 5.25" speaker swap so try not to throw good money at a "possible" or "minor" improvement.
T.
I would definitely move up to a 6.5 even on a budget speaker. Kappas are a good suggestion as the other cats have mentioned. Even a small amp will make a big difference, might as well spend a tad more and get a good improvement out of it!
Tourer
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I was running kappa speakers with a little $80 SS pn2.350 and it sounded pretty darn good! do some searching and you could be up and running for $250. In fact westtexasranger has this set up with wiring and adapters for sale in the audio classified section for $250
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Road Master
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"Simple Upgrade" yea, that's what I told my wife when I started my audio upgrade, lol. We, probably like most people, started by thinking about better speakers, then read about "Stage1" upgrade then "Stage ii" until we saw the price of stage II, then the dealer said we would need. $500 upgrade to the charging system on top of that, lol. I said for that kind of money there has to be some better or at least less expensive after market stuff out there. Then I got caught up in the Rokker(self promoted) hype. Luckily I ended up in the audio section and got some killer advice(still do) and believe I spent $$$$ very wisely. Listen to these guys here, they have the experience and money invested in the advice they give.
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My stock system for the most part suffices at 65mph for me. Yes...I know an amp will help. Yes....I know you get what you pay for. My question is: If I just replace the stock 5.25 speakers with a better 5.25 speaker, would I get any worth while better sound? I have a $80 gift card from Best Buy. Was just going to buy some Kicker or Alpine speakers with it.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Use the gift card to buy a set of Kicker KSC674 speakers.
These adapter rings for $22 bucks
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPEAKER-ADAP...-/121358701848
And this amp for $105 Bucks.
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/lp/pl...fbtRoCfwjw_wcB
You will also need this wiring kit for $20 bucks:
So $150 Bucks + your gift card from best buy and you have a night and day difference in your system. Stay away from the 5.25 speakers. Trust me.
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