Violent-J said:
Whats wrong with 6x9s in the parcel shelf? thats what I've got, 600w of goodness
I've heard some Infinity's (about £50 from Halfrauds and the £100 ones) and they do sound good. Very good for the money. Vibe QB69's are awsome as well (they are a rectangle shape) and they are specifically supposed to be used instead of a sub.
However, 6x9's drag the sound stage of the car towards the back, it doesnt feel natural and so you wont get good sound set up.
In my Zetec S the previous owner put in some 6x9's (in a stealth shelf) and i couldnt be bothered to take them out so kept them in the car and they were pretty good (they were crappy Sony Xplods), the quality wasnt amazing but they stopped my subs drowning out any treble. With a bit of tweaking of both the sub gain levels and the mids the sound set up wasnt bad.
Some people on Talkaudio claim that if you have a sub in the boot and 6x9's in the parcel shelf then you wont expect the 6x9's to last long because the sub(s) will kill them (subs moving the air around and mucking up the 6x9s' sound). Some have even claimed that even when the 6x9's werent connected the sub(s) would blow the 6x9s.
I've never experienced 6x9's dying on me and neither have my friends who have similar set ups to me.
I guess you have a 3 door 106 but i would have throught that there should be rear speakers in your car, they are likely to be on either side of the parcel shelf. They are bound to be pretty shoddy though.
If you have a small budget then go for better door speakers upfront and 6x9s in the rear.
If you are looking for decent quality then go for conponent speakers upfront (106 doors only hold a coaxial speaker so you'll have to go for component speakers that have little brackets to fix the tweaters next to the wing mirror adjusters, ask fox for pics of his if you dont know what i mean). You'll have to amp up the components to get any decent quality.
Then maybe in the future put a sub in the boot.
I know Pug 106 boots are small but a I fitted an 8" active sub for my mate a couple of weeks back. It was a Sony Xplod one and to my amazement it was pretty good for its' size and didnt take much space up at all. it was a litt'e 'boomy' perhaps but that might have been down to the fact that my mate didnt want to properly set up the gain and just set it to about 3/4's and left it.
When i had my subs in my 106 they would actually make bits of the trim rattle. Seriously, once i found a rattle and sorted it out about half a day later i would find i had another.
One option is to fit sound insulation. I've never used it myself but i hear that Dynamat is probably the best. It is quite pricey though.
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