How much will upgrading my rear speakers help the sound quality if I go from my stock 45watt speakers to a 240watt pioneer set with the same stock preamp and stereo unit? Will I need to get an amp an/or head unit to really notice a difference?? Thanks for the help.

 

Hey, Dugg. Welcome to the forum.

Your system will definitely sound better with aftermarket speakers even with the stock set-up, but don't expect it to blow you away. I would suggest replacing your front speakers instead. Rear speakers are mainly just for "fill". All of your treble should be coming from the front as if you were at a concert, which may be why it's called "staging." Get some quality fronts and look into some of those 3/4" or 1" tweeters. You will be amazed at how much those little bitty tweets can liven up your whole system. Besides they are only like 5-10 bucks and you can run them off your stock head unit.

Remember- front stage, rear fill.

Good luck.

 

Thanks for the help, I'm definately gonna look into it!

 

should i buy some tweeters for my 03 lx?
if so, where and how should i mount them?

 

The closer you mount them to the woofer the better staging you will get. Tweeters are very directional so if you can point them toward your ears you will be better off. If you were to draw an imaginary line from the magnet of the mid to the magnet of the tweet and then a 90 degree angle straight out from the center of the two that area will be your best sound stage. It is also a good idea to try to keep the speakers in both doors as close to the same distance away from you as possible which is why people love kick pods. If you measure to your head from one kick the the other this is ver close compared to your factory location.

 

Very true... I prefer mine to be a little away. Its mainly preference. In fact, what LevIII said is what caused man manufacturers of component sets to be able to mount your tweeter over the woofer. Hell, some just complelty gave up on making coaxials and sticking to the mount overs.

 

Even though my car comes with stock tweeters in the A-pillar (YUCKKKK) I am putting 2-way coaxs in the doors and losing the tweets all together.