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Originally Posted by Cunningr (Post 633839)

This kinda how i went but used a adapter for power into the factory harness, power tweeters with hu amp, rca to alpine amp in frunk, made adapter for speker connect back into dash and doors, ran speaker to sub in footwell. Head unit acts as a DSP mid channel gets balanced on the amp between 3 inch dash and 6.5 inch doors. Low channel sub. I cut none of the factory wiring.

I did run a 6 channel from a cabriolet if you trim a tab plugs in no problem, gives you some balance control, i ran my hertz 6.5 with it fir a while with coaxial in dash. Sounded pretty good.

I think the factory door speakers are 4 ohm wired in parallel for 2 ohms and seems the dash was either 4 or 6 ohm. Fell apart though.

Thanks all for the good support given here, much appreciated.
Just found a set of Hertz woofers that I bought 5 years ago but never became installed.
Could the 6 channel cabrio amp be enough for feeding these ?
Just assuming that the HU to these are a big no-no.

The alternative would be to keep boxster door speaker and amp. This would be the easiest way to avoid cutting in cables.

Third alternative would be to use the door speaker money saved and buy a new amp that can feed the Hertz woofers.

Now to many options and not really sure what would give a reasonable good sound. I do not need the deepest bass tones. Think it will just make every loose part in the car to rattle more than ever

I have two weeks now before I will see the car again, gives plenty of time to source all the cabling alternatives and front speakers. Then when back again, I can test all alternatives above.

Will it be enough? Sure, it's just not going to be that powerful, and you need to make sure you match the impedance so wire correctly. Just dont expect much with the factory amp, it just doesn't have much power.

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Originally Posted by spongebob (Post 633858)

I agree the factory amp will work but not jaw dropping. Albeit depends on what type sound your looking for, with the 6 channel on the four channel set up you can use the fader to adjust the bass mix some. If you just looking for better sound loud enough for cruising it works.

I used a second set of door speaker boxes off ebay to cut up and molded in some .5” mount rings to install the hertz drivers. Plugged it back into factory harness. Door panel fit back over.

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Originally Posted by spongebob (Post 633857)

Sorry, coaxial speakers

So you mean Tannoy style speakers not coax cable......... thanks for clarifying.

So in other words, full range speakers (also called 2 way speakers)
https://soundcertified.com/component-vs-coaxial-speaker-differences/

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Originally Posted by paulofto (Post 633893)

So you mean Tannoy style speakers not coax cable......... thanks for clarifying.

Hmm, googling Tannoy gives this:

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1619016211.gif
Not really sure about the sound from them but could easily be installed on the roll bars.

Googling Coax speaker :

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02/Coax1619016418.gif

Think I will stick to the Alpine that I just ordered.

The alpine is what is called a full range or 2 way speaker (3 way also but that just depends). Or for the rest of the world just call it a car speaker.

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Originally Posted by spongebob (Post 633897)

Tannoy make all kinds of speakers but they basically invented the type of speaker you show at the bottom, coaxial. Take a look at Absolute Sound or any high end audio publication and you will see Tannoy receiving all kinds of accolades. In England some people call all speakers ‘Tannoys’ like they call all vacuum cleaners ‘Hoovers’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannoy

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Originally Posted by paulofto (Post 633944)

Thanks, now well educated about the speaker types :)

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Originally Posted by Stl-986 (Post 633895)

So in other words, full range speakers (also called 2 way speakers)
https://soundcertified.com/component-vs-coaxial-speaker-differences/

Thanks for the link. Really great info provided. Understand that there is no easy way out in this game. Now just trying to figure out the best way to mount a component set in the door

the 5 1/4 sub from a component set mounts exactly in the door, no modifications needed. The tweeter you will need to surface mount, there isnt any room righ up enough to do it flush mount.

Personally I wouldn't bother with the tweeter though.