cam kidd

If I were to replace my two rear back seat speakers with some quality speaker like Alpine, would it sound off and weird with the rest of the stock monsoon system?

and are those two by the back seats subs? what brand is the best for those two rear seats that will fit?

ghettocowboy248

you get the best sound quality when you dont mix, but some people cant afford to replace everything at once. or didnt want to change out the factory but have to because a speaker goes bad. some people dont even really notice the difference when they mix.

yes, the 2 by the back seat are subs. its really a personal preference as far as whats best.

V8ImpSS

mixing brands isn't necessarily a bad thing to do. generally you want all the tweeters in the car to be the same, the big cone drivers blend together better. as far as the subs, their's guys on here running the kicker 6.5"s and im sure you'd find the model # somewhere on here.

Why are you replacing the rear speakers? rear's are there soley for fill. the front is where the music really comes from. i build alot of car audio systems and most don't have rears even if the customer is dropping 15 grand. rears are a total waist of $$ IMO, of course theres always someone who will disagree, but most knowledgable car audio guru's would agree

cam kidd

my right rear is blown and buzzing, so might as well change the both backseat rear speakers..

V8ImpSS

honestly i would unplug them both and see if you miss them before spending the cash. but a decent inexpensive speaker to replace the old ones isn't a bad idea by any means. I would rather just put that money into a nice set of front components which will give way better results

cam kidd

but arent those subs the ones that give the bass to the car? I don't wanna cut off base haha

z28clark

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I think there is some confusion. OP is talking about sail panel speakers right? V8 is talking about the rear hatch speakers.

As far as your original question, I have alpines in the door, cdt subs from kee audio will be here tues ( factory was shot) and vr3 ( previous owner, walmart brand maybe??? Idk) speakers in hatch with a 10" bazooka tube in hatch ( again, previous owner) and I think the system sounds decent. Cranked high and it's pretty clean considering it's all being powered from the monsoon amp.

cam kidd

The cdt subs are the ones that go by the backseats?

z28clark

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Yeah, from the research I got there are only a few brands that would work right with the camaro still running a monsoon amp. I think kicker makes one as well, hopefully I'm not disappointed!

V8ImpSS

Oh if it's your factory subs that are blown then yea replacing those is the way to go. But if it's the rear full range speakers then my suggestion holds true

stingrayj

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I replaced all of my speakers last year (slowly and one by one) with CDTs last year since there were all shot. I did the sail panel subs first since they were the easiest to access. It was better but the bass wasn't exactly impressive. I did the door speakers next. Much improved overall including the bass. Noticed the rears were buzzing so I replaced them finally and was rather impressed with how much more they added overall. In other words, don't half-*** it. I understand that money may be an issue, but if you just change 1 or 2 you may not get the full effect of a full upgrade. I got the base CDT package and for "the average listener" it is more than sufficient even off of the stock monsoon amp.

I upgraded to an Alpine HU too and that also made improvements to the overall sound quality and power.

cam kidd

stingrayj, can you tell me what size and what ohm (specs) are the rear subs that you got?

i think these will work: (non-sponsor link removed)

but do you think walmart might have any that will fit?

V8ImpSS

walmart won't have a 6.5" sub...your best bet it those CDT's or the Kicker's are popular on here, or JL also makes the 6w3 but its the most expensive out of the 3

cam kidd

the kicker's are cheaper?