What Speakers Should I Install?

slvr19
slvr19 Posts: 1
edited October 2011 in Car Audio & Electronics
What are the best speakers to install in a 1997 Crown Vic LX?
Post edited by slvr19 on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • Vital
    Vital Posts: 747
    edited October 2011
    How much money are you willing to spend?
    2008 Nissan Altima
    Kenwood DNX 5140
    Arc Audio IDX and XEQ
    Polk Audio SR6500 active and SR124-dvc sealed
    Polk Audio PA500.4 and PA1200.1
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2011
    slvr19 wrote: »
    What are the best speakers to install in a 1997 Crown Vic LX?

    Scanspeak Illuminators. Theyre $700 for a pair of mids, $250 for a pair of tweeters and youll have to build a sealed enclosure for them to go in to. And youll have to have an active crossover because they dont come with one of their own.
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited October 2011
    "Best" is in the eye/ear of the beholder. There is no definitive "best" anything, it's all subjective. When you ask a question like this, the answers will always be what folks think is "best" to them in their system.Their suggestions may or may not be "best" for you.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2011
    Yeah there kinda is. There may not be a single best that everybody will agree on but it'll be down to 3 or 4 at the most if its people that have actually heard lots of different brands. Scan and Morel will always be at the top with the occasional Dynaudio, Focal or Seas.
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Vital
    Vital Posts: 747
    edited October 2011
    MacLeod wrote: »
    Scanspeak Illuminators. Theyre $700 for a pair of mids, $250 for a pair of tweeters and youll have to build a sealed enclosure for them to go in to. And youll have to have an active crossover because they dont come with one of their own.

    i think Focal Utopia Be No.7 is a better choice for his 1997 Crown Vic. :)
    2008 Nissan Altima
    Kenwood DNX 5140
    Arc Audio IDX and XEQ
    Polk Audio SR6500 active and SR124-dvc sealed
    Polk Audio PA500.4 and PA1200.1
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2011
    Nah, they're just more expensive. :wink:
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dorourke07
    dorourke07 Posts: 298
    edited October 2011
    you need to get a set of pyle 6x9 that you can crank to "11" with metallica as you run from the cops for something you didn't do!:cheesygrin:
    Mains - LSi9's
    Center - LSiC
    Surround - pair of TL3's
    Amplification - Parasound 2125
    AVR - Onkyo 706
    CD/SACD - Onkyo DV-SP506
    SUB - MartinLogan Abyss
    55" Panasonic Viera TC-P55GT30 3D
    Bluray - DMP-BDT310 Panasonic
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • arun1963
    arun1963 Posts: 1,797
    edited October 2011
    Meh!! Bullies :razz:

    Thought about posting first up in this one, but then walked. Seriously though, its funny the kind of questions people ask.

    Here's a guy who wants to install 2 each of 12" + 8" + 6.5" + 3" + 1" drivers and is desperately trying to figure out how to hook it all up. Why does he want to do this? Because he can, he has the space / placement and he feels that this way he is covering all 10 octaves with drivers best suited for each range. Here.

    This is one in which I got really worked up. :redface: Mindsets are stronger than steel!! Here.

    Then of course you have questions like:

    SQ of amp A vs amp B Here I've actually met this OP. He had just installed his p-99 and it was my first shot at tuning a p-99. I told him to upgrade his speakers and focus on tuning. But he's a nice young kid who wants plug and play good sound. Easy meat for one of the larger audio distributors here. I think he blew up a couple of grand on a sinfoni amp and rainbow mid with the hat tweet.

    What I really found funny was guys comparing the Sinfoni to a Tru. Full blooded, Italian, velvety smoothness vs the clinical sound of the Tru. Damn these amp makers have even ripped off the voicing characteristics of speakers and stuck them on amps :
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2011
    We all started out not knowing crap.

    I cringe when I think of some of the installs I did back when I was 17 and 18 and had no clue so I cant bang on anybody too hard.
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • KaosTsoc
    KaosTsoc Posts: 372
    edited October 2011
    slvr19,
    The best speakers.... Hmmmm. Lets see.. That question, and the answers you will get will be pretty subjective. The best way to find out what the best speakers are, would be to go to an audio shop, and listen to severl different brands. The only person who can determine what sounds best, is you. Plus depending on what you are willing spend will also determine what you can get. My vote would be Polk Audio MM6501, or the MM651, or maybe the Dxi. Most of all the major audio brands like kenwood, pioneer, alpine etc all make good speakers, and sound pretty good. But again it will be subjective, because you may like the kenwoods over the alpines, and like the polk audio over the kenwoods or what not. What Mac says about the best thus far (Scanspeak) he is right. However if you are going to spend that much money, you had better make sure you install is top notch. Hope this helps..

    Thanks.
    2006 Prerunner Access Cab
    5 Speed 4 cycl 2wd

    Audio:
    Pioneer P860 Head Unit
    Polk Audio MM6501
    Alpine PDX F-6
    Two SR124(SVC)
    Alpine PDX M12
    Kinetik HC2000 battery and Sleeve
    200 Amp Mean Green High Output Alternator




    Need a DJ, photobooth, or both for rent?

    http://photoboothdallas.org
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • arun1963
    arun1963 Posts: 1,797
    edited October 2011
    Mac, empty out your PM box
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • arun1963
    arun1963 Posts: 1,797
    edited October 2011
    Do you have the one with the B&O stock system?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    edited October 2011
    No, markjason has the one with the Hormel Corporation SPAM sound system. I hear that it sounds quite tinny...

    P.S. Reported!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter