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Front door speaker replacement question

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Good morning. I want to replace the factory speakers in my lower front doors. I think the originals are just subs. Do I replace with subs or can I use a standard three way speaker?
 

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Man, after reading down the posts in some of the build threads, I think I’ll just keep the factory speakers.
 

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The main front speakers serve as midbass and have all other frequencies cut. You can bolt in whatever you want…only the passband will play.
 

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Thanks!
 

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I did the front doors and posted in the other forum. For a budget install, I am very impressed with the sound quality with a powered sub filling out the low end. As mentioned, the doors do not have any appreciable low bass and that certainly should not be a goal.
I used Powerbass 6x9 drop in midbass, FaitalPro 3" mid with separate low pass filter, Kicker 1" Ti tweeter with inline cap,
 

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I did the front doors and posted in the other forum. For a budget install, I am very impressed with the sound quality with a powered sub filling out the low end. As mentioned, the doors do not have any appreciable low bass and that certainly should not be a goal.
I used Powerbass 6x9 drop in midbass, FaitalPro 3" mid with separate low pass filter, Kicker 1" Ti tweeter with inline cap,
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Not understanding you saying the front doors not having any appreciable low bass and that should not be a goal?
 

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Thanks for the replies. I ordered the door speakers and center dash from Crutchfield. Will update after I install. I’m not an audiophile, just want clean tunes.
 

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Not understanding you saying the front doors not having any appreciable low bass and that should not be a goal?
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..with replacement of the stock speakers using the stock system.
 

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..with replacement of the stock speakers using the stock system.
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Still missing your point. Are you saying the doors should or should not be playing low bass?
 

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Still missing your point. Are you saying the doors should or should not be playing low bass?
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I'm saying if you are just replacing the stock speakers, you aren't going to find much that will produce low bass with just a driver replacement. The 6x9 is a midrange driver. I'm not even sure the stock system passes low frequency to that driver.
 

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Cdubya said:
I'm saying if you are just replacing the stock speakers, you aren't going to find much that will produce low bass with just a driver replacement. The 6x9 is a midrange driver. I'm not even sure the stock system passes low frequency to that driver.
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The stock 6x9 is a midbass in the 14 speaker version. The midrange and tweeter are higher in the door.
 

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The stock 6x9 is a midbass in the 14 speaker version. The midrange and tweeter are higher in the door.
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You need to reread what I wrote that you initially responded to. You are not getting low bass by replacing the 6x9 in the stock system. Like I said, I replaced with midbass, midrange and tweeter. There is not significant low bass and that shouldn't be the expectation with a stock speaker swap in the front doors.
 

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