Hey guys

I have a 2000 Mustang GT with the Mach Audio system and recently installed a Alpine Type X 12" subwoofer in the back (didn't fit very well).. an alpine PDX 1.1000 Amplifier, and An Alpine 9887 Headunit. I had the Sub and Amp Removed and sold them.. I didn't want all that weight anymore, and it didn't fit right.

Anyway, on to the point...

I want to upgrade the speakers! The speakers I have right now can hardly handle bass at all. If you have a song with a lot of low bass these speakers sound like a fart. The horrible noise comes from the lower speakers (the kicker panel?) The ones enclosed in the door (not the tweeters)

But anyway, I like Alpine and JL Audio.. but have been told that Diamond audio makes some serious stuff for speakers. I just want to know what is the absolute top of the line 100% greatest best most awesome SET of speakers you can buy? I don't care about price here I just want to know what kind of three piece set can I buy to replace the crappy stock speakers I have right now, and who has the best speakers out that you have heard.

Thanks guys!

 

Bump?

 

Diamond audio is nice. I just installed some Alpine F1 6 1/2 compents in a customers car (tweeter was 2 1/2" in a 3 1/2 housing so mounting the tweeter was kinda of hard to find a good place) but for the "deal" he got on the speakers($300 per side, not a pair) they didnt sound that good for $300. I have heard alpine type r's sound better. I like my bostons but speakers is something everyone has there own opinion on, what sounds good. I would say got to some of your audio shops around you and listen to the different types of speakers and get what you think sounds good.

 

i would look into boston acoustics they are pretty nice, infinity if you are looking for musical quality but if you want overal loudeness alpine makes some prety sturdy speakers

 

The 2 top end models from MB Quart are my favorites.. I just installed some JL Audio components in my son's vehicle and I was impressed as well. I also put Boston Acoustics components in his car and they sound good as well. Focal and Diamond make nice speakers as well. I have been a big MB Quart fan for a long time though, and as impressed with the JL's that I put in, I still think the quarts sound better.

The key is power and tuning though. You want a good sounding speaker with good power handling, then put a lot of power to it. Getting your crossover dialed in to match the music you listen to is critical as it will reduce the amount of distortion you hear as well as greatly extend the life of the speakers, especially if you listen to deep bass music a lot. Having some equalizing capability is, in my mind, a must as well. The best speakers in the world are still susceptible to vehicle acoustics, source unit quality, and recording quality. If the source is crappy you will only hear crap. Your vehicle might have natural resonant frequencies in the 1000-3000 hertz range, which is typically a sensitive tone for your ears. Being able to compensate for those things is important. There are a number of good EQ's on the market. Personally I am using a Rockford Fosgate 360.2, partly because I can adjust the EQ with my bluetooth phone, but also because it has awesome factory integration capabilities, and in my truck I wanted to keep the factory head unit.

In my mustang (2006) my plan is to go JL audio, just because in that style mustang they have a 5x7 and a 8" sub in each door, so I will replace that with a 5 1/4" component set and an 8" mid bass driver, and JL makes a nice setup that works well together. If MB Quart made a 8-5-1 component set I would do that, but the biggest they make is a 6-4-1 set.

Years ago I was a professional in the audio business, and it was always a given that your non-subwoofer speakers did not really require a lot of power. I have found from experience that this is not true in a car audio environment. If you could get a good set of components and put them in the perfect enclosure, eliminate road and engine noises from the cab of the vehicle 100%, and put a really high quality 5 watt amplifier on your highs with about 50 watts of power to a subwoofer, you would have an incredible sounding system. But in the real world, you do not have that ability, so you compensate with power. Add to that the thousand watt subwoofers and 140+ db systems, and having 25 or 50 watts of power per speaker is just not balanced. Use at the least a 125 watt per channel amplifier, and speakers that can handle it, and you will not only get loud and clean sound, you will also have the dynamic headroom to get some very nice midbass snap and sharp highs.

 

I love my diamond hex 3-ways and if you have the means I high recomend them......

What kind of music are you listening to? are the tweeters playing at all? How did you wire the deck into the mach system?

 

+ 1 stick with diamond. Never had a problem and i love the bump