Front door speakers

stani540 · Post by **stani540** » Tue May 08, 2007 11:35 pm

im looking to upgrade my front speakers in the polo as they pop when its not even that loud now, but i want to keep my standard system as i have a single cd and a cd changer!

first question what size speakers do i need for the front doors to fit were the old ones will come from!?

second question can anybody recomend any decent speakers at a reasonable price

anybody got pics of upgraded speakers in the polo?

(PoLoBoI) · Post by **(PoLoBoI)** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:17 am

17 cm mate could try 16.5 but dunno bout them and price wise try halfords i got mine from ther for 40 pound but are 350w peak which are loud and are wired up to me standard gamma unit and cd changer

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:15 am

mine are 16.5cm - they are a nice fit. I upgraded mine to Encounter speakers, which have a 250W peak, but I have them running off an amp so they are much more powerful.

It will be difficult to use uprated speakers on the gamma, as its max output is 4x20w. To run a 250w speaker will put quite a bit of strain on it

MaxZ · Post by **MaxZ** » Wed May 09, 2007 11:59 am

definitely 16.5cm, try and get some componenets for better quality

stani540 · Post by **stani540** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:04 pm

im a complete audio newb so if i wanna run the speakers off my standard head unit what should i look for!

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:15 pm

Personally, I would have it amped. The GAMMA HU has preouts on it - you need an adaptor from www.bluespot.co.uk to get the leads for it to work

loud · Post by **loud** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:57 pm

yea i replaced my front and rear speakers with 16.5cm JBL numbers, huge improvement on the standard speakers

PD · Post by PD » Wed May 09, 2007 3:55 pm

My drivers side speaker has started to pop some times it doesnt work at all. i think its the connection. I need to get the door pannel off. it looks like the privous owner has already tried. Any one got any tips for taking the door pannel off. sorry slightly off topic

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed May 09, 2007 3:59 pm

Have a search on the forum - its been talked about loads

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed May 09, 2007 4:22 pm

alexperkins wrote:mine are 16.5cm - they are a nice fit. I upgraded mine to Encounter speakers, which have a 250W peak, but I have them running off an amp so they are much more powerful.

It will be difficult to use uprated speakers on the gamma, as its max output is 4x20w. To run a 250w speaker will put quite a bit of strain on it

The peak may be 250w Alex, but I bet if you gave it a full 250w it would last a few seconds before smoking and then failing

The ONLY figure to pay any attention to is the RMS figure.

stani540 · Post by **stani540** » Wed May 09, 2007 4:54 pm

i think mines a beta head unit does that make a difference? literally all i wanna do is change the speakers for an upgrade as mine pop

can anybody recomend any that would be fine run off a standard HU or tell me what i need to look for?

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:55 pm

ModifiedMadness wrote:
The peak may be 250w Alex, but I bet if you gave it a full 250w it would last a few seconds before smoking and then failing

The ONLY figure to pay any attention to is the RMS figure.

Exactly as I said peak. I think mine are about 150W each on the RMS and ive got a 300W amp running them

BETA headunits dont have a preout unfortunately. The reason they pop is usually due to the headunit - factory fit speakers are fairly durable. The popping is because the signal gets so distorted where its amplified, all you get is nasty sounds

It happened on my old BETA

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:09 pm

What speakers are you running Alex?

For decent 150w RMS components you'd be looking at a fair bit of Â£Â£Â£

I mean to put in to context, the new ones I'm getting retail for Â£550 but I will not be paying that much for them

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:17 pm

Sorry i was a little out

Mine are 75W RMS and 240W Max. Theyre encounter CM-65s. In my opinion really good little speakers. The bass is sometimes an issue, but quite rare it causes a problem.