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[corks67]

Hi - not sure if is the right forum for this question, sorry if its not - im not chasing absolute doof-doof loudness, but hopefully a resonable sounding setup at lower volumes. music listened - world music (peter gabriel real world groups, 80 pop stuff - New order, depeche mode, some industrial)



Couple of questions for a pending installation into a 02 mazda 323 sp20 hatch budget is limited at the moment - so im going to be putting a set of 5x7 in the front doors , leaving the stock 5.25 in the rear doors and driving both from a head unit.

head unit will be either a
http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/prod...model=CDE-9881
orhttp://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/p...?model=CDA-9883



I'm just scratching my head abit over speakers

i could get reasonable 2 ways coaxials like
http://www.mbquart.de/en/produkte/ca...php?nr=dkg_168
or the
http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/prod...?model=SPR-57C

tho both of these at 87db efficency , might be abit insensitive for running them from a deck (16-18w rms)

so ive also looked at these which are 92db efficient http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/p...?model=SPS-57C2


or at a pinch these (90db), tho im a bit dubious of cheap 3 ways
http://www.eclipse-web.com/integrated/se8375.html

again any suggestions or help would be appreciated



thanks dave

[Schplade]

Can you not fit an amp into your car? An amp is useful for clarity not just loudness.

Also have a look at putting splits into your car.

[ben1990]

fusion make excellent 5x7 2ways, with good efficiency for the power of a headunit (15-20w rms, dont believe what it says on the front, if they really did put out 50w per channel then we would need to run a 10 gauge wire straight to the battery just to run it)
they are fusion encounter series 5x7"s cat no. EN-FR572

[Winno]

corks67, on Aug 22 2007, 07:53 PM, said:

Hi - not sure if is the right forum for this question, sorry if its not - im not chasing absolute doof-doof loudness, but hopefully a resonable sounding setup at lower volumes. music listened - world music (peter gabriel real world groups, 80 pop stuff - New order, depeche mode, some industrial)

A man after my own heart - love that music!

Can't go wrong with a quality Alpine head unit.
Infinity also make some nice 5x7's etc.
The other option is to get a quality spacer and fit some semi decent 6.5" or 6.75" components in there instead.

[bassman6]

in support of schplades post, i would really recommend getting an amp just to power speakers. i own a '93 mazda 323, and i could not believe the improvement the amp made on stock speakers made (until i blew all the speakers and had to upgrade... but thats another story)

a simple 2 or 4 channel amp (depending on what speaker setup you're going to use) will make a massive improvement. like schplade said, it improves clarity, not just power/volume. its like running your car on a high octane fuel as opposed to the ethanol blended stuff. it will still work but it can do so much better if you give it the right juice