Value for money Speakers

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:33 pm

I've been looking at the price of speakers and I've seen some which look absolutely great but expensive.
What 13cm speakers are considered the best "bangs for your bucks"?
I've got a sub, so I'm just interested mainly in high and mid reproduction.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:51 am

I have 13cm JBL in the fronts which cost me 40 pounds and sound really nice, I think JBL is a good make.

reynolds_p1 · Post by **reynolds_p1** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:44 am

I found some lovely kenwood 2-ways in a car down the scrappy - Â£5 the pair, make my doors sound much better! go for a scavenge in your local scrappy and see what people leave in thier cars when scrapping them, its quite surprising!

piper1st · Post by **piper1st** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:36 pm

well ... i had a wee look for you ... and this what i came up with ...

Pioneer TSG1318 ... 13cm, Dual Cone,130w Max, Power Blade Cone, Shallow Basket D [Aperture size: 5.25"]

Â£12.40 inc VAT (usually Â£30) ...

my mate used them in his corsa (YUK!!) ... but they were pretty good from what i can remember ... you can't go wrong with pioneer for this price though ...

i found them on: http://www.bassjunkies.com

good luck

ross

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:06 pm

I had those in my 480S and they did not sound that good, maybe it was the head unit as they went with the car when i sold it.

piper1st · Post by **piper1st** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:25 pm

oh well ... forget my suggestion ...

but i do recommend the web site ...

480_rocket · Post by **480_rocket** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:51 pm

Those are bad speakers IMO. I've been looking at something like these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/130mm-Car-Audio-S ... dZViewItem

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:23 pm

I bought a set of Pioneers a few years ago (hmmm, time flies...), they were TS-E1395 3-way 160W 13cm speakers and fitted into the doors by cutting 2 little holes in the plasting inside the door (at the back of the speaker, out of sight!).

I love their sound! But it's all relative, just don't think I could have found much better for the money they costed. The type I bought is probably replaced by 1 or 2 successors by now...

dave · Post by **dave** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:55 pm

Personally i would go for a set of Infinty components or coax's. they produce amazing sound quailty, both mid range and tweeterage, for the cash.

Dave

vins480t · Post by **vins480t** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:27 am

http://www.halfords.nl/shop/productdeta ... _id=105240

â‚¬24,95 at halfords
sound nice in a renault clio on a "dolphin" pioneer

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:12 pm

piper1st wrote:well ... i had a wee look for you ... and this what i came up with ...

Pioneer TSG1318 ... 13cm, Dual Cone,130w Max, Power Blade Cone, Shallow Basket D [Aperture size: 5.25"]

Â£12.40 inc VAT (usually Â£30) ...

my mate used them in his corsa (YUK!!) ... but they were pretty good from what i can remember ... you can't go wrong with pioneer for this price though ...

i found them on: http://www.bassjunkies.com

good luck

ross

Funnily enough, these are what I have in the back!

vins480t · Post by **vins480t** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:25 am

Brasco wrote:
Funnily enough, these are what I have in the back!

where did you put them? in the side wall?
the main thing i found with the original volvo speakers in the side wall that they are so damn flat nothing else fits there

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:14 am

vins480t wrote:
Brasco wrote:
Funnily enough, these are what I have in the back!
where did you put them? in the side wall?
the main thing i found with the original volvo speakers in the side wall that they are so damn flat nothing else fits there

Yeah, these fit fine in there. They were recommended on another thread as one of the few that would fit...

lee · Post by **lee** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:45 pm

Try and stay away from Infinty. Although they are good and well priced they are not up for life as they say. The voice coils are weak and tend to overheat alot.
I would personally recommend:

For components MB QUART. These are of good quality and go all day long at the right price.

For 2/3 ways PIONEER TSE range. These are an excellent range of speaker. When this topic came up some time back I recommended this range to a lot of people on here who took that advice and haven't looks back.

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:25 pm

I've got 13cm Pioneer TS-1346II Dual cones and for Â£25 for the pair i don't think i could have found much better!

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:51 pm

I got hold of some MB Quart QM 130 KN-S.
They seem well made but they're a bit lively... might be because my amps just kaput and so have no sub atm