94Q OOOPS... shouldn't have leaned on that....

[I_build]

Just replaced my fuel pump, and my dear assistant decided to lean on my left rear unprotected speaker cone.... I wasn't ticked off that bad because the right rear cone was ripped from something being shoved into the trunk.

Anyhow now they both sound like heck... what would be the best route for a fix. Send them out to be refurbished? or possibly just replace the 6X9's with another brand and use the same BOSE amp to power them. The amps sounded strong (when the speakers weren't ripped).

If using a different brand 6x9 powered by the BOSE amp is acceptable... are there any recommended 6x9's?

If refurbish is the way to go... would anyone recommend a site?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Rex]

Search for some posts by Jeff Williams he's using some aftermartket with the factory amps. I think about anything "decent" would suffice. I'd reco Pioneer for some good $75 speakers.

The refurb is a bit pricey, but I think that includes refrubing the amp, not sure if there's a speaker only refurb??

The sound my be slightly lower, as the aftermarket speakers will most certainly be 4 ohm and the old ones were 2-ish, thus drawing more power from the amps.

[I_build]

Thanks... But I need some more help. I bought Pioneers from Best Buy. They were 4ohm, and the Best Buy tech warned me that I would'nt be happy with the way they sounded. I remeber the mention of sounding slightly lower, but I thought Fading to the rear speakers might help. I hooked them up and they sound really bad. My Bass is significantly less, and it sounds treble bound. I'm assuming this has to do with the increase in ohms from 2 to 4. I thought that the ohms were a gauge like the diameter of a pipe. The higher the ohms the smaller the diamater. I thought I read also that the ohms relay back to the amp the amount of power that should be sent... IE the smaller the pipe... the less the amp thinks that it can push through the pipe the less the amp produces. Was wondering if there is anything I could do to drop the ohms from 4 to 2? and whether anyone would think that would help if possible? These were not cheap pioneers, and they produced plenty of bass and sounded good at the store. Any help (short of buying 2 ohm speakers) would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Jesda]

You could buy an aftermarket amp to wire into the head unit. There's some wiring you can do to change the impedance but I dont know how that would affect sound quality after all that.

[Rex]

I really shouldn't be that bad. Makes me think there may be something else going on here.

Are you using the existing amps, or are you sure you aren't trying to run them off the signal feeding the amp? That would be very low and seem like there's little to no volume.

[I_build]

Bassicaly I disconnected the amps from the factory bose speakers (right off of the 2 prongs that feed the speaker coming from the amp) then I took those same 2 wires and slipped them over the prongs on the pioneer speakers. 1 was a large clip and 1 was small for polarity. My other car is a 96 Maxima also with the bose system and it now makes my q sound bassless and tin-e.

model tsa6961r

Also, sorry if I misstated, but the volume seems fine if you like alot of tin-e highs, it's the bass that is missing and when the bass is turned fully up it sounds like it's breaking up and strugling.

Ive hooked up systems before, but never messed with these types where the speakers are individually amplified.
Modified by I_build at 6:33 PM 4/4/2005

[PoorManQ45]

The bose speakers, specifically the rears, by their nature were really dedicated to bass/mid-bass at higher volumes. Whereas aftermarket multiple driver speakers are designed for the whole frequency range, and usually have a center mount "pole" for the mid and/or tweeter. This reduces cone area.

Anyway, I recommend getting a pair of high efficiency speakers. Something on the order of 92~100dB. The higher the better, as long as they're from a descent company.