Sound-speaker guru needed!

[David C]

Originally Posted by tarkus

I'm sorry, but I really have to disagree on this point. I changed the door speakers in my 2nd gen Yaris 3 door hatchback to a pair of Clarion coaxial 2-way speakers and the sound now really kicks ass. Some of the best money I spent on this car. Certainly not perfect sound, but really good all the same, with strong bass. I rarely turn the bass up on the radio more than 1 or 2, or it can actually get too much.

Now before you think I'm a crazy fool, I would point out that I'm an electronics engineer with a good few years of experience in professional audio. So I completely understand the merits of the approach you're recommending, and agree it will ultimately provide some excellent sound.

However, as well as being an engineer, I'm a cheapskate :-) So just changing the door speakers was my own low budget approach. I think both approaches have their merits, depending on how monry you want to spend.




Sent from my phone with Tapatalk. Please excuse any typpos.

I'm not an audio engineer, so I won't try to argue on your speciality. I agree with you that you can only get better sound by using better speakers, that's a fact.

As you pointed, if your end goal isn't to reach a nice and deep sound experience inside your car (boomy and clear, without going crazy expensive or comp level), then swapping two of the 4 doors speakers with mid bass ones and wiring them in parallel with the front speakers to help drive them to a better output level (if desired/needed) and using the front door speakers as mid range, and tweeter up front, then properly tweaking the signal sent to each speaker by using the head unit settings and physical crossovers could get you a nice sound for cheap. However you may not be able to recreate that level of sound clarity when you start driving on the free way due to road noise and poorly sound proofing of the Yaris. Even with my setup you can start loosing some of the end of both high and low range with you drive past 100km/h. That's why sound proofing would help a lot too.

Did you upgraded the door speaker wiring when you changed the speakers ?