6.5" Speakers

[1987cp]

Is the Dual brand still any good? I'm familiar with the name from their old mid-priced turntables made by United Audio.

[torquelover]

Dual is a low-priced enty-level item. A bottom feeder, if you will. Isn't this a name Sony used in car audio? I don't believe they are the same. It's weird that someone else would pick up the name so soon, though.

Focal FTW. The only thing I thought about swapping my Boston Acoustics Proseries for. This was in the early/mid nineties, however.

[Nathan in MI]

Dual is a low-priced enty-level item. A bottom feeder, if you will.

Is that what Dual has been reduced to? Sad, it used to be good stuff.

[87_crown_vic]

my illuminites that are lit up door speakers are Dual speakers. sound better than the audiobahns i had. i have 6x9s and the 6.5s in my car that all light up

[gadget73]

Insignia stuff is generally crap, however they screwed up and produced one really decent home speaker. It was sold for a long while for 40 bucks till people realized it was decent, I think its up to like 80 bucks now. Its a little thing, 5.25" woofer with a coaxial tweeter in a smallish but very solid cabinet. Sounds damn good for what it is. I have a set in my workshop. The bass response out of that little speaker is actually impressive./

[saiyaneye]

Gadget, if you want cheap raw drivers look at. I am thinking about getting two of these 8" woofers for midbass drivers in my LTD and mounting them in the kick panels or rear deck.

[fordktpjoe]

Sheesh...all this talk about changing speakers, adding amps, who's got the better set.....I just wish my stereo worked!

Don't know if it's the stereo, the amp, the antenna, or what. (premium sound system)

[1987cp]

Does it at least power up?

[fordktpjoe]

Well, it'll power up, but no sound, except for the occasional pop or click. no static, nothing.
hit the "scan" or "seek" buttons, and it just keeps rolling, like it can't pick up anything at all.

I checked, and yes, the antenna is hooked up, and is seated in the socket good...seems like I should at LEAST be getting the steady hiss of static shouldn't I?

I usually just leave it turned off since it doesnt work anyway. But occasionally, when it's really cold outside, I get in and start it up, and the stereo is "magically" on! Not "working" just powered up. wtf?

Just went and tried the tape player...it works....kinda. Sound comes out of the drivers side speakers only. adjust over to pass. side and...silence..front or rear. Really staticky too, and tinny sounding, had to turn treble all the way down, and bass all the way up.

And MAJOR apologies for Whoring/Hijacking someone elses thread!

[86GmLsCoupe]

My friend has that exact same stereo in her 91 Mark VII LSC and it does the same thing as yours. I replaced a bad antenna motor so I know that's not the cause, and she uses the tape adapter which sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. I think it's something in the radio itself or perhaps a bad ground.

[fordktpjoe]

yeah, I want an aftermarket CD player, but don't want to hack the dash up (was my grandmothers car), and don't know how to go about wiring it with the factory amp. I am not so good with electronics, and I don't trust the Circuit City or Best Buy folks, anyone had any luck with 'em?

[1987cp]

I'd consider just getting a decent aftermarket CD head unit and installing it in the stock location, and rewiring the speakers so you know you have good connections to stuff. Then you'll have your CD deck, and if you still get weird sounds, you'll know that it's the speakers!

[85crownHPP]

have you checked the fuses???

You can make your own threads for the subject if you like.

[351wcrayz]

I have a Kenwood CD player, and Advance/Wal-Mart sells an adapter for $9.95 that REALLY simplifies the wiring, has a color code an everything, it is made by Scosche.

As for the cd player, my Kenwood had a metal sleeve that was supposed to fit the factory location, but it was like .00000000001 to big, so I removed it, and it works perfect now, even looks factory...Not slicin an dicin here, like 20 minutes total for the wiring...Good luck.

[gadget73]

The stock radios are known to die like that with age. The capacitors dry up and the tuner quits working. Does the tape deck work? Usually that functions even when the radio has pooped out. If the tape deck works, you can rule out amplifier and speaker issues. Probably a replacement one from the junkyard will fix you up.