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Old 12-20-2002, 09:06 AM   #1
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How much of an improvement are new speakers>

Kind of a generic question. I bought a 01 Civic, so far Ive put in a panasonic 250 watt cd player. Just wondering if I spent maybe 150 bucks for new speakers, would these speakers be a big improvement over the factory ones? Im asking this because I once bought really good Cherwin-Vega speakers for my 86 Audi Quattro, and they were not an improvement over the old factory ones, in fact, the Vegas were worse. Just wondering how good the factory speakers are on this car. (They dont seem that great to me.)
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Old 12-20-2002, 09:45 AM   #2
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YES! omg... it was such an improvment. quality is sooo much better.
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Old 12-20-2002, 09:59 AM   #3
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Re: How much of an improvement are new speakers>

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Kind of a generic question. I bought a 01 Civic, so far Ive put in a panasonic 250 watt cd player. Just wondering if I spent maybe 150 bucks for new speakers, would these speakers be a big improvement over the factory ones? Im asking this because I once bought really good Cherwin-Vega speakers for my 86 Audi Quattro, and they were not an improvement over the old factory ones, in fact, the Vegas were worse. Just wondering how good the factory speakers are on this car. (They dont seem that great to me.)


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lmfao.. i had an 86 audi also.. it was a fun as hell car.. it was my first car.. i beat it to DEATH adn it still got like 200K miles... i was young and stupid.. id rev the car to 5k in nuetral and slam it into gear.. lol adn it lasted so long it used to leak EVERYTHING, oil. antifreeze. tranny fluid... it was SUCH a piece..
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Old 12-20-2002, 10:48 AM   #4
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its cause audi has suppiroir quality to most car manufactors
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Old 12-20-2002, 11:47 AM   #5
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new speakers are a huge improvement. OE ones are paper/cardboard and are basically crap
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Old 12-20-2002, 04:49 PM   #6
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I have an 86 Audi and a 95 Civic and replacing the Civic OEM speakers will be noticeably better right away.

The Audi's from the 80's usu. shipped with a 8-10speaker Blaupunkt setups right from the factory so were at least 1 step above average..

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Old 12-24-2002, 02:52 AM   #7
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replacing the speakers definalty will help....just so ur aware the factory speakers are made by pioneer. i think i blew one already..fauckers. any way go with JL or infinity...there excellent for the money

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Old 01-10-2003, 09:39 PM   #8
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depends the quality of the speakers. I'm thinking about changing out my stock speakers really soon, any suggestions on what to get. I know i wrote that long essay thing, but any personal ideas.
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Old 01-18-2003, 09:13 PM   #9
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New speakers make ALL the difference. I hightly recommend an amp too. As for speakers...I have Alpine Type R's in the front and rear powered by a V12 Alpine amp...Ohh ya! The amp glows blue when on....SAWEEEET. Go for Alpine R's! A little pricey though
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Old 01-21-2003, 11:10 AM   #10
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I've got JL speakers and an Alpine head unit, and well, it rocks (esp after I added 2 10's in the back).
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Old 01-21-2003, 12:55 PM   #11
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My friend has a 2000 Civic and I think the stock speakers are pretty decent. If youre gonna replace them spend more than $150 on them or dont bother. Ditto Krz2fer- I have JL speakers and an ////Alpine head unit + 2 Xtant 12's and 2 Xtant 6001A series amps.



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Old 02-13-2003, 09:25 AM   #12
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I went with Polk Audio mids and highs...for a sub i got a MATTS 12" which i had to send out. So now i have a 12" MTX, surprisingly enough the MTX sounds hella better than the MATTS. I was very impressed with it, even though it only cost me 75$ for the sub itself, plays very well.

I bought a SONY cdplayer for my car, only reason why i went with SONY was that at the time, it was the only Mp3 player on the market. I tell you what though, MP3 rocks for cars. Just so much easier having a disk with 5-6 different cd's on it.
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Old 02-17-2003, 10:58 AM   #13
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get a crystal audio component set
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Old 02-18-2003, 04:38 PM   #14
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If you like good bass for little money the pioneer is good. If you want the best of the best, i say infinity. Either which way, put in a bass blocker (high pass inline filter) and this will keep you from blowing the speaker in the future.
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