Re: Front Speakers for 1997 Jeep Wrangler ?
 

Take a look at the speaker. If it is just a bigger speaker with a small
cone glued to the middle of the speaker, it is not a separate unit, it
is just a whizzer cone. The only real way to have separate speakers is
if there are separate voice coils, magnets, and speaker cones. You
should be able to see a separate set of wires running from the larger
speaker to the smaller one.

Real tweeters tend to be a waste of money in an automobile unless they
are aimed straight at your ears or at a reflective surface such as the
windshield so the high frequency sound can bounce off the windshield to
your ears.

Clarion is OK for automobile use and may be good enough for your tastes.
There are better brands, but in a Jeep you are not overly likely to
be able to hear them anyway.


Kate proclaimed:

> I went to the audio store not long ago asking about replacing my stock
> speakers the guy in there recommended Clarion. He said that they have
> seperate woof and tweets even though they ae all in one unit. He also said
> that they would be more weather resistant, considering the application that
> Jeeps are usually subjected to.
>
> Kate
> 2O|||||||O6 Rhooooobekwan
> "Micah" <mgoodenbour@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1162610379.673101.95170@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com...
>
>>In my defense... I'm speaking here as someone who has run professional
>>audio systems for about a decade rather than one with the "fartcan
>>exhaust, neon lighting, and rap music with 18 subwoofers in a Civic"
>>mentality... I appreciate quality of sound over volume.
>>
>>Smaller speakers, as a general rule, will produce higher pitches.
>>(Consider that tweeters average a diameter of an inch and subwoofers go
>>up to around 18") There's nothing inherently "better" about 5 1/2"
>>speakers over 4"x6" speakers. My jeep has 4x6s with some pretty heavy
>>duty bass blockers attached in the front to handle the high end, 5.5s
>>on a soundbar with mid-level bass blockers to put out the mid-range,
>>and 6x9s in the back to put a little low end in the mix. All the
>>speakers are Rockford Fosgate, they put out a clean crisp sound in all
>>ranges.
>>
>>I wouldn't waste my money on adapters to put bigger speakers in place
>>of the 4x6s, personally. If you have big speakers all around you may
>>find yourself with a rather "muddy" sound.
>>
>
>
>

Re: Front Speakers for 1997 Jeep Wrangler ?
 

> Clarion is OK for automobile use and may be good enough for your tastes.
> There are better brands, but in a Jeep you are not overly likely to be
> able to hear them anyway.

Hence my suggestion to use inexpensive speakers and cheap truck boxes so they
can be replaced when deluged. I'm on my third set. We get extreme humidity
here sometimes with week long rainy spells. My last top had algae on it in places.
Drain plugs are your friend if you park so the front is angled down so they work!

Re: Front Speakers for 1997 Jeep Wrangler ?
 

> Clarion is OK for automobile use and may be good enough for your tastes.
> There are better brands, but in a Jeep you are not overly likely to be
> able to hear them anyway.

Hence my suggestion to use inexpensive speakers and cheap truck boxes so they
can be replaced when deluged. I'm on my third set. We get extreme humidity
here sometimes with week long rainy spells. My last top had algae on it in places.
Drain plugs are your friend if you park so the front is angled down so they work!

Re: Front Speakers for 1997 Jeep Wrangler ?
 

> Clarion is OK for automobile use and may be good enough for your tastes.
> There are better brands, but in a Jeep you are not overly likely to be
> able to hear them anyway.

Hence my suggestion to use inexpensive speakers and cheap truck boxes so they
can be replaced when deluged. I'm on my third set. We get extreme humidity
here sometimes with week long rainy spells. My last top had algae on it in places.
Drain plugs are your friend if you park so the front is angled down so they work!

Re: Front Speakers for 1997 Jeep Wrangler ?
 

>
> Regardless of what Crutchfield says, I still want to know from the actual
> experience of the people on these groups. Usually, that info and input is
> very informative.

No matter what you choose, put a baffle behind the speaker. The dash
speakers have nothing behind them, offering little bass response without
some sort of enclosure. The angle of the dash speakers is pretty bad
for sound quality. If we had ears on our knees, they'd be perfect.

FWIW, I've called my Wranglers "the Jeep" and "the car", but never "the
truck". <G> My Tacoma and the other pickups I've owned were/are "the
truck"...

Now, if my Jeeps were Scramblers...

Re: Front Speakers for 1997 Jeep Wrangler ?
 

>
> Regardless of what Crutchfield says, I still want to know from the actual
> experience of the people on these groups. Usually, that info and input is
> very informative.

No matter what you choose, put a baffle behind the speaker. The dash
speakers have nothing behind them, offering little bass response without
some sort of enclosure. The angle of the dash speakers is pretty bad
for sound quality. If we had ears on our knees, they'd be perfect.

FWIW, I've called my Wranglers "the Jeep" and "the car", but never "the
truck". <G> My Tacoma and the other pickups I've owned were/are "the
truck"...

Now, if my Jeeps were Scramblers...

Re: Front Speakers for 1997 Jeep Wrangler ?
 

>
> Regardless of what Crutchfield says, I still want to know from the actual
> experience of the people on these groups. Usually, that info and input is
> very informative.

No matter what you choose, put a baffle behind the speaker. The dash
speakers have nothing behind them, offering little bass response without
some sort of enclosure. The angle of the dash speakers is pretty bad
for sound quality. If we had ears on our knees, they'd be perfect.

FWIW, I've called my Wranglers "the Jeep" and "the car", but never "the
truck". <G> My Tacoma and the other pickups I've owned were/are "the
truck"...

Now, if my Jeeps were Scramblers...