Good 8" speakers for doors, After much debate, I have found a great set of 8's for doors Options

[DGolden32]

I looked everywhere, both in car audio and home audio sites/companies and have found what i believe to be the best set of 8\'s for the buck the will ACTUALLY fit with no modification. They are home theater speakers, so they are very efficient (50watts max rms, sensitivity 84dB @ 33hz) and can reach high enough to do well in a 2 OR 3 way setup. And its 4 ohm, which is a bit harder to find in home theater speakers. I went ahead and found what i think to be a good tweeter match too. I would put a HPF on the tweeter at around 4.5-5k if the included crossover gives too strong of a midrange.

8\" speaker/sub
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.c...tnumber=299-098

Just put a set of these tweeters on the same wires and be done with it

http://cgi.ebay.com/JBL-P26T-POWER-SERIES-...#ht_1691wt_1059

This post has been edited by DGolden32: Mar 16, 2011 - 1:10 PM

[DGolden32]

I will be honest i didn't think to check marine products, thats an interesting find! hope the magnets will fit though... strontium magnets get pretty big and our doors are notorious for not wanting to accept 8's for that reason.

Forget the specs? That doesn't make sense. There is no shop in this world that will let you listen to a bunch of different speakers in your car before you buy them. Hearing them on a wall or in a "sound room" does absolutely no good either. The specs are an undeniably important part of buying your next speakers, provided you know what to look fort. Look at the Vas, Qts, Qes, and the Fs (which Parts Express gives you) to calculate what type of enclosure the speaker works best in and subsequently know whether it is optimized for sealed/ported and how large the air space needs to be. i go ahead and treat my door as IB (infinite baffle) and look for a speaker that does best in a 3+ cubic foot *sealed* enclosure.

The 8's i found work best in a 6.127 cubic foot sealed enclosure. thats infinite enough for me. Oh, and they are NOT inefficient. 84 dB at *33 Hz* is def on the better side of average for an 8" that can play theoretically up to 4k

On the specs thing, i work at a shop in Auburn and have been for about 5 years. I compete in MECA SQ (Modified class) and have had actual experience with parts express no name brand speakers on two occasions. So far they have done extremely well, allbeit with a bit more in depth crossovers than just allowing the midbass to roll off naturally and putting a simple 12dB/octave HPF on the tweeter (which is actually how almost all coax speakers are set up).

Have you heard both or even one these marine speakers in the celi? because it sounds like you're goin off specs too.

This post has been edited by DGolden32: Mar 16, 2011 - 1:00 PM

[dgbldr]

I will be honest i didn't think to check marine products, thats an interesting find!

No comment

Oh, and they are NOT inefficient. 84 dB at *33 Hz* is def on the better side of average for an 8" that can play theoretically up to 4k

Not really. The page you posted says "SPL: 84 dB 1W/1m". Doesn't say at what frequency. Industry standard is 1kHz. Yes the eff is max at Fs, and maybe they do specify it at Fs, although they don't say so. And once you put it in he door the res freq will change.

BUT... even assuming all of those things, 84 dB MAX efficiency is VERY poor. The Pioneers are 92. That's a HUGE difference. I can confirm they're loud with the factory amp.

Have you heard both or even one these marine speakers in the celi? because it sounds like you're goin off specs too.

Yes I did and no it doesn't sound like I'm just flapping my mouth Both and others as well. Currently have the Pioneers in my car.