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was looking at autobarn today and they sell these carpeted 6x9 speaker boxes that sit on your rear parcel tray.... sorta the same as a sub box but alot smaller....

they are around $70 a pair and im thinking i probably could make some cheaper then that....

would anyone have any measurmants and instructions on how to make a good style of box.... when sat in properly the speaker sorta angles up towards the roof a bit.....

any help/tips would be greatly appreciated.....

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  • 4 weeks later...

no point in low passing 6x9's if you have a sub...mine atm are running normal (no high/low pass) along with my sub, sounds pretty good. with my new splits up the front it sounds a hell of a lot better, but my rear speakers are nothing special.

i didnt know that 6x9's were made like subs, by that i mean to run in sealed/free air...can you port/bandpass them aswell for something different?

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I'll say it again; the acoustic suspension of 'most' 6x9s is not designed to run in sealed enclosures. The result is that you will not attain optimum bass at best and you'll damage the speaker at worst. :P

On the flipside (once they're installed correctly) and for those of you doubting the bass output of 6x9s, remember the bottom (main) cone is 6x9". That is only marginally less surface area than an 8" subwoofer so they can thump quite hard..

I'll say it again; the acoustic suspension of 'most' 6x9s is not designed to run in sealed enclosures. The result is that you will not attain optimum bass at best and you'll damage the speaker at worst. :(

On the flipside (once they're installed correctly) and for those of you doubting the bass output of 6x9s, remember the bottom (main) cone is 6x9". That is only marginally less surface area than an 8" subwoofer so they can thump quite hard..

Yea my first system i had 6X9's amped in the rear parcell shelf with the low pass filter and running around 50hz at the time and they produced some pretty good bass for speakers that were $100. But you can't go past a sub for convential bass and its a lot tighter, easier to tune and better quality sound is my 2cents. Good set of splits tuned right and a sub in the rear, no real need for rear speakers is there. The sound of them is shooting up and from behind you, your ears face forward when your in the car (unless there is something we dont all know about :wassup: ) so unless you were to fade them to the front more and just run them as a high pass i can't really see the need for them.

But in saying that you do what suits you and what you like the sound of, its your system and thats what counts at the end of the day. :P

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