Changing Speakers with the JBL system...

[Dracon]

Question...

I have a '04 SE Sport with the JBL system and am thinking about changing the stereo. It sounds a little muddy to me - I have the bass at 0 or -1 and everything still has to much bass and nothing sounds clear... I really like the look of the dash, so I'm going to keep the JBL headunit, but I'm thinking of changing out the speakers to some Infinity Kappa 693.5I all the way around. Or possabily have the Kappa 693.5I's in the read deck and put some Kappa 63.5I's in the doors. My question is if the factory jbl headunit will power these okay until I get an amp, or what they'd sound like if I didn't put an amp to them.

I do like bass, I just also like to have my highs clear and crisp. anyone have any opinions on these 6x9's all around or if I should have 6c9's in back and 6 1/2 in the doors? or what they'd sound like without an amp?

Thanks,
Nathaniel

[WortownSolara]

definatly do the 6x9 in back and 6.5" in the front, your bass will go down a bit because of the heavier cones. But the bass, mids, and highs, will be more accurate because of the heavy rigid cones on the new speakers. You should be fine as long as you dont blare them. Under powering is the number one cause of blown speakers, but those speakers are effiecient enough to run through that unit. I still suggest getting an amp, but it wont hurt to do it in steps.

Marc

[Dracon]

thanks! Can I ask why you would go for the 6 1/2's in the doors? - I'm not trying to argue, I'm really courious...

also, do you think that not having rca's to go to the amp will cause it to sound noticably worse than having rca's? I know I can get a converter, but I was still wondering if it will sound bad...

oh, I also have an Alpine MRV-F340 that's 55X4 that I could use, but if I do put an amp to them I wanted to get more power to them like the Infinity Reference 7540a that has 111x4 but the Infinity had a THD at Rated RMS Power of 1% where the Alpine is 0.08% any thoughts on this???


thanks again!

[Callen]

thanks! Can I ask why you would go for the 6 1/2's in the doors? - I'm not trying to argue, I'm really courious...

also, do you think that not having rca's to go to the amp will cause it to sound noticably worse than having rca's? I know I can get a converter, but I was still wondering if it will sound bad...

oh, I also have an Alpine MRV-F340 that's 55X4 that I could use, but if I do put an amp to them I wanted to get more power to them like the Infinity Reference 7540a that has 111x4 but the Infinity had a THD at Rated RMS Power of 1% where the Alpine is 0.08% any thoughts on this???


thanks again!

I heard that the 04 models have 6x9's all the way around... My want to stick with that.
Also I don't quite believe this myself but I heard that the remote wire gives an audio signal from the HU to the amp (someone please comment on this).

[Dracon]

oh, one more question... I know there ar 6x9/s in the door, but the specs for the stereo say - 8 speakers in 6 locations. Are there also tweeters in the door? or are the 6x9's 2-way speakers and they're calling them two speakers?

thanks?

[retarded]

The tweeters are on the corners for the dashboard. Anyone know the size of the tweeters on a 04 solara?