sleeperZ96BT

im looking into replacing the speakers in my 96 Z. i have some BA 2 way 6 1/2 up front and OLD *** phoenix gold speakers in teh rear that suck....i was thinking of getting components up front and some 6 1/2 inch mid woofers in the rear. how does this sound as a setup and what are you guys running??
brian

LS1 RULZ

I just switched from Infinity Reference components to Boston Acoustics Rally components. The BA's woofer seem to handle loud mid-bass better than the Infinity's did.

sleeperZ96BT

are you running BA woofer only in the rear LS1 Rulz? or BA components up front and nothing in the rears?
brian

PaulN64

most would agree that you really only need a front stage which means spend the money on the front components. In my case with my DVD setup, I went with front and rear components since I need full range for my rear fill also. But if you must have a rear fill, then I would suggest some midbass drivers. As for which brand, you are going to have to demo different brands and models and see which one appeals to you...though Focals are some great speakers

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1997 Camaro Z-28 SS #0728

Flowmaster, Hooker Header tips, BMR strut tower brace, lower control arm and relocation bracket, Optima Yellow Top battery, Granatelli lowering springs, KYB AGX shocks, Lakewood panhard rod, Bear bump steer, 17 x 9.5 Z06 rims

Audio/Video:
Head Unit ----- Pioneer AVX-P7000CD
Master Unit --- Pioneer AVM-P9000R
DVD Player ---- Pioneer XDV-P9

Front --- Focal Polykevlar 165K2 w/ TN-51 tweeters
Rear ---- Focal Polykevlar 165K2
Sub ----- Lightning Audio 10.2.4
Amp ----- Phoenix Gold XS6600

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LS1 RULZ

I'm only running the Bostons up front and an Alpine Type-S subwoofer in back.

NO rear speakers for me thank you.

sleeperZ96BT

im thinkin of maybe running the focal utopia mid woofers (6.5 inch) in the rears.....$165ish....any thoughts? im having a hankering for some bass as its gonna take me a bit to finish out my brahma/orion setup...
brian

PaulN64

I hope you are talking about the size and not the price for a Focal Utopia. If you are then, yeah. You will need the 165W.

dreamer1q

I run Bostons up front and in the rear of my vert. Sounds very nice, and has the clearity to turn it up so I can hear it with the top down at 80

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Arrest ME Red 1994 Camaro Z28 Convertible
just a chip and a muffler, well maybe some headers

First run EVER
R/T - .675 (on a pro tree)
60 FT - 1.943
1/4 - 13.969 @ 98.77

The Red Rag

Brian Demeter

CDT Audio Eurosports 2-way components up front and CDT CL-6 coaxials in the rear. Two Infinity Perfect 10's in a Milhouse box from www.subthump.com. Arc Audio and Phoenix Gold for amplification. Kimber 4VS speaker wire. Monster interconnects. Currently, I'm running an Alpine CDA-7998 for the source. This may change to an Eclipse CD8062.

The CDT Audio speakers are so clean, detailed, airy, with terrific midbass. No harshness or fatigue. I've used Focal Utopia & JL Audio XR, and these are in a league far and above everything else, IMHO.

sleeperZ96BT

the focal utopia 6.5 inch midbass only are $165 at the zeb.......
brian

rthompson

A/D/S 236im coaxials up front... sound fantastic, going to run Adire Components as soon as i can afford them (and as soon as they come out)

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Ryan94ZA4

My system is pretty basic as I wanted to keep T top storage and reduce the amount of added weight. Here is what I have:

Diamond Audio Hex series 6 1/2" component set up front.
Diamond Audio M3 coaxial 6.5's in the back.
Diamond Audio M5 10" sub in JL Stealthbox
Xtant 3300 amplifier
Sony 1HD head unit going in this week; have Alpine 7894 in currently.

I agree to spend the most money on your front components as your rears should just provide an ambience or reflected sound.

Ryan



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1994 Z28 A4, Vortech, Borla with EBorla, TPIS 52 mm TB, Hooker shorties, Electromotive SDI, LS1 brakes, AAM 3.42 rear, more.

guyomatic

I love my Infinity Kappa's and My Sub can pump pretty good in the Stealth box

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96 Z, T-tops,M6,K&N FIPK,HPP+,160*,Borla Cat-back,52mm BBK TB, TB by-pass,Edelbrock shorty headers,Granatelli MAF,Accel Extreme wires,NGK TR55's,FireBall Coil
94 Taurus SHO(For sale in Toronto)
92 ZX-7

Audio:
Alpine Head Unit, MP3
Hifonics Z700 amp
Infinity Kappa 6.75" 2-ways
Kaption SPL 10
Kenwood KDC-C565FM 10 disc changer
Optima Yellow top in rear