Opinions on Polk Audio Speakers?

[VXNIT]

Any deck reco's? Do some decks come with amps built in them or are all seperate? I sam definately not looing to shake the car. I thought that a new deck, four new speakaers to replace the stock ones and maybe a small woofer..Very intimidating issue since I am a car audio idiot. Keep the suggestions and opinions coming folks. Much appreciated and helpful.

[tom4bren]

There are decks available that put out 200 Watts. That should be more than sufficient for your needs.

A trip to Circuit City (or Tweeter or your fav electronics store) should be on your agenda before you purchase anything else. They should have a whole bank of car audio stuff on the wall. You can listen to different ones then pick the one you like the look/sound of in your price range. Don't make it more difficult than it is. You got good speakers, why not just install them with the stock stereo. If you don't like the sound, then buy a new stereo. If you don't like the sound, get an amp & subs.

I'm still running stock radio & speakers. When the speakers blow, I'll upgrade. When the CD changer dies, I'll upgrade.

You don't need to impress anyone but yourself. Don't put anything in that is more than you need/want.

[IndianaVX]

take a visit to crutchfield.com there is alot of information there to learn about stereo installation, even has video, and suggestions for our trucks as far as sizes of stuff.
plus they have a pretty good selection of products. their catologs, (if they even have them anymore) were always good for browsing over, and over....lol.

i too had an infinity system in my scirocco, and found that infinitys NEED power, and lots of it, to make them sound good, and even then, the sound always kinda sounded
"metalic" or "tinny". polks are good stuff.

[djkymar]

Im running Polk db6500 6-1/2" component speaker system with Pioneer DEH-P6900UB. You will notice HUGE difference between stock speakers and stock head unit. I have it for 4 month so far and im really happy. Speakers produce great clear sound, highs and middles, sound really nice and plus 2 12` subs give all the bass i need. Im also planning on changing my rear ones and im probly will go with polk again to match up.
just my 2 cents

[MZ-N10]

the best plan is to follow toms suggestion and just try the speakers on the stock deck. theres alot of people on here that are car audio junkies, so hopefully they'll chime in soon.

i wouldnt suggest you changing out the rears unless you absolutely have to. the rears require you to take off most if not all the interior panels.

[MrCrowley]

To me not only is the sound system a good upgrade, but the VX is waaaaay bad for speaker boxes. After upgrading my brothers 1991 celica way back in the day, I had a chance to see a real manufacturer speaker box desing. This thing had hard plastic and molded "live sound" boxes with wadding, etc. and port openings- 4" front and 6.5" rear. I ripped them out of the car when we had to part with it (died a horrible SCCA rally death with almost 300,000 miles. lol) I am attempting to turn, twist, etc them to see if I can find a way to install them in my truck.

The point is- before you even go shopping for speakers, I would research how to either dynamat, sound box, etc. the new speakers that will be installed. In the back, there is absolutely nothing for sound. Just a metal bracket to hold the speaker which is basically a freestanding, suspended, open-air speaker setup. Even if you did a sound setup before aftermarket install, you would have better sound, and would only have to trim slightly for a deeper, slightly larger diameter aftermarket speaker. I personally hack- sawed the rear metal bracket in two pieces vs. one so I could have 4 6.5". In the front, the tweeters are fine, but the thin plastic/thin metal door with no box leaves much to be desired as far as a place to mount the bottom speaker.

Oh yeah, good luck if you decide to do the rear. My advice- whatever you do, do it all at once, and schedule plenty of time for the job.