let me first start off by saying that I know absolutely nothing about
car audio, I'm asking this for a friend who doesn't have working
internet at the moment



my friend bought a used 95 saturn, and the speakers are shot (one
motorboats like crazy, one just makes hissing noises, etc). he's looking
to pay about 400 for a new set, no subs. he says he's not going for
anything fancy, just a decent replacement.

he asked me to figure out what he should buy, but I really have no idea
what to look for or where to look. can someone help me out and give
suggestions on brands, or tell me what stores I should go to?

thanks in advance


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- Quartz -
there are 10 types of people in the world: those who get this joke, and
those who don't.

Speakers are a very personal preference. Best thing to do is run down to a few
local stores that sell car audio and ask them what sizes of speakers fit that
car. Don't ask the sales person about prices or what he/she thinks is good.
Get them to turn on whatever speakers they have that will fit your car and
without looking at them, list listen to them and note the two that you like
the best. Then see how much they cost, if you picked the more costly one as
choice #1 ask yourself if it sounded that much better then choice #2 to pay
the price difference. Do this at 2 or 3 different stores, so that you can hear
a few different brands of speakers. Once you have your top two or three
speakers choices, factor in the cost difference vs sound quality, and you'll
have your answer as to what is best for you.



In article , Quartz
wrote:

let me first start off by saying that I know absolutely nothing about
car audio, I'm asking this for a friend who doesn't have working
internet at the moment



my friend bought a used 95 saturn, and the speakers are shot (one
motorboats like crazy, one just makes hissing noises, etc). he's looking
to pay about 400 for a new set, no subs. he says he's not going for
anything fancy, just a decent replacement.

he asked me to figure out what he should buy, but I really have no idea
what to look for or where to look. can someone help me out and give
suggestions on brands, or tell me what stores I should go to?

thanks in advance

Also, is that $400 going to include installation, or is that strictly for
the speakers? Speaker installation may take a chunk out of that if you get
them at certain places. If you and your friend are not uncomfortable taking
the door panels off on some random Saturday to install new speakers, I would
factor in installation to that cost as well. I would recommend doing it
yourself though. It's interesting what you can find when you start tearing
your car up. And actually the money you save on installing it yourself
could be put towards some deadener. www.sounddeadenershowdown.com

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- AUSTIN BECKER
"Captain Howdy" wrote in message
...
Speakers are a very personal preference. Best thing to do is run down to a
few
local stores that sell car audio and ask them what sizes of speakers fit
that
car. Don't ask the sales person about prices or what he/she thinks is
good.
Get them to turn on whatever speakers they have that will fit your car and
without looking at them, list listen to them and note the two that you
like
the best. Then see how much they cost, if you picked the more costly one
as
choice #1 ask yourself if it sounded that much better then choice #2 to
pay
the price difference. Do this at 2 or 3 different stores, so that you can
hear
a few different brands of speakers. Once you have your top two or three
speakers choices, factor in the cost difference vs sound quality, and
you'll
have your answer as to what is best for you.



In article , Quartz
wrote:

let me first start off by saying that I know absolutely nothing about
car audio, I'm asking this for a friend who doesn't have working
internet at the moment



my friend bought a used 95 saturn, and the speakers are shot (one
motorboats like crazy, one just makes hissing noises, etc). he's looking
to pay about 400 for a new set, no subs. he says he's not going for
anything fancy, just a decent replacement.

he asked me to figure out what he should buy, but I really have no idea
what to look for or where to look. can someone help me out and give
suggestions on brands, or tell me what stores I should go to?

thanks in advance

[stores]

hm, ok.

so, any advice on what are worthwhile stores? we live up in the burbs NW
of boston MA... does circuit city know what they're doing? best buy?


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- Quartz -
there are 10 types of people in the world: those who get this joke, and
those who don't.

Also, is that $400 going to include installation, or is that strictly for
the speakers?

I'm pretty sure just the speakers. we're all pretty handy, and have done
work on our own cars before.

but that's a good question, I should ask him about that.


--
- Quartz -
there are 10 types of people in the world: those who get this joke, and
those who don't.

In article ,
Quartz wrote:

let me first start off by saying that I know absolutely nothing about
car audio, I'm asking this for a friend who doesn't have working
internet at the moment



my friend bought a used 95 saturn, and the speakers are shot (one
motorboats like crazy, one just makes hissing noises, etc). he's looking
to pay about 400 for a new set, no subs. he says he's not going for
anything fancy, just a decent replacement.

he asked me to figure out what he should buy, but I really have no idea
what to look for or where to look. can someone help me out and give
suggestions on brands, or tell me what stores I should go to?

thanks in advance

Do you really want to spend $400 on a car that's way overdue for
self-destructing? Pick up some low power speakers at Crutchfield and do
a self-install. It won't pound but it will sound good and clean for
$150. You might have to stretch the door speaker baskets with a heat
gun but it's otherwise an easy installation.

I just spent 400 bucks on my audio system for my 91 Saturn that cost me
50 bucks, hehe. My Saturn has four 6 1/2's all around. In my opinion,
I would get a cheap amp from ikesound or profileaudio, get a set of
components for the front a pair of 2-ways for the rear..

What I got: 2 400 watt Profile amps, one 2 channel for the subs, one 4
channel for the speakers = 100 bucks for the pair
Pair of Kenwood 50 watt RMS components = 85 bucks
Pair of Polk DB 650's 60 watt RMS = 85 bucks
2 10" subs in an enclosure from a friend, bartered 50 bucks worth of
stuff.
My old Sony cdx-mp30 HU 50x4 still cranking.
50 bucks worth of wire, in line fuses and lots of electrical tape

Hope to have it all hooked up this weekend, amps are on the way........

I have a '93 Saturn and just purchased 4 new speakers for it. I don't
know that much about the '95, but I suggest you go to
www.sounddomain.com, if for no other reason, they will quickly show you
what speakers are an exact fit for that car. They also have better
prices than Crutchfield.

I bought Polk audio and Pioneer. All four cost under $200, including
shipping.

Now, here are the problems: Saturn's use this odd GM standard of 6-3/4"
speakers. 6-1/2" will fit, but require an adapter. There's many
companies making speakers for this size, so why not get exact fit?
Unfortuantely, Sound Domain refers to these as 7" speakers, but the
manufacturers call them 6-3/4". GM also has this bizarre type of speaker
connector that you won't be able to figure out how to remove by looking
at it. I just cut them off. So you should plan on getting new connectors
to go with the speakers. Pioneer includes these, Polk does not.

Another problem I found is that the stock speaker wire is 22 gauge, and
if you aren't familiar with wire gauges, that's like telephone wire, NOT
home speaker wire, which is normally 18, 16, or even 14 gauge. Smaller
gauge is fatter wire. I plan on rewiring soon.

Quartz wrote:
let me first start off by saying that I know absolutely nothing about
car audio, I'm asking this for a friend who doesn't have working
internet at the moment



my friend bought a used 95 saturn, and the speakers are shot (one
motorboats like crazy, one just makes hissing noises, etc). he's looking
to pay about 400 for a new set, no subs. he says he's not going for
anything fancy, just a decent replacement.

he asked me to figure out what he should buy, but I really have no idea
what to look for or where to look. can someone help me out and give
suggestions on brands, or tell me what stores I should go to?

thanks in advance