My 1977 Buick regal came stock with 6x9's in the rear deck...ive gotta replacem...what are some good budget 6x9's in the $150 and under range?

Are you opposed to putting in a 6.5" component set instead?

Also, have you upgraded the fronts? Are you running an amplifier?

Are you opposed to putting in a 6.5" component set instead?

Also, have you upgraded the fronts? Are you running an amplifier?

Well in this car....there are no fronts...sort of

The fronts are in the dash...those little 3 1/2 or 4x10's...and they are pretty hard to get to and dont really make a contribution to the sound

A component set would be nice...but would require some brackets...i think

But what are the advantages of a component set over a coaxle(however u spell it) speaker...im kinda on a budget now...i do have an ampthough!

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/Pr...ProductID=13546

6x9 components

How big is your amp? Ever thought about scrapping the rears altogether and custom mounting a set of components in the front? It would definitely sound a lot better.

Those old car doors would be so nice to work with for something custom.

i think I AM A try the 6.5 components...a set in the doors...and a set in the rear deck...

the door set would be a custom install...

The old school setup in those was 6x9 in the deck, a set of 10" subs IB between them, and as much as you could get in the front ....meaning the 4" dash (or 3.5 whatever they were) you put coax or tweeters in there and 5.25 or 6.5 in the doors.

I know you guys will say old school (sorry) but back then you put 6x9 in back for midbass because you could not get enough out of 5.25 and usually not enough out of 6.5. Same problem I have in my car now, you got nothing above your subs in the say 80-180Hz range. I have 4 doors with 5x7 in them and it does not work, but yes I have a lot of sub too. Maybe with some high dollar 6.5 you can. If you use 6x9 that are not bright (tweeters are mellow, usually coax not 3/4way) your front stage will work fine. 6x9 can hit that range easily and if you are not building a full on SQ rig they will sound fine for that fill way in back. A lot of those old cars people just ran tweeters in front if they didn't want to hack the doors. Most 6x9 were too deep for car doors, or they worked well in front.

I agree the front stage is where your quality needs to be, just that IMO many average 6.5 and smaller speakers people tend to buy can't keep up with good powerful subs in that range or make any bass without subs when you need even more. For SQ anyway, you usually need the subs pretty low and mids to pick up in that. But thats just my .01. I would never put anything smaller in the rear deck than 6x9 unless I had to...its free midbass the bigger you go and near every car I have ever had was lacking there for SQ when I had big subs. In fact for a while kenwood had 7x10s and I put them in boats one set after another, they worked really well with or without subs. Not huge SQ but great bass and great for that app.

That is just IMHO and what worked at the time because some people will not agree...and I still run up on that same problem more since most cars today have smaller than 6x9 speakers in them. Good 6x9s can make bass and this guy said he had a budget. That is why I plan to try 8s in my front doors soon, the same cone size as 6x9. But if you can't make 80Hz and up in front, you have to do it someplace else like in a rear deck. Now there might be certain music you don't need much midbass, then it does not matter.