| There's nothing quite like the sweet sound of your | | | | better than these. At the lowest end, an aftermarket |
| favorite music coming clearly through your car's audio | | | | speaker will have better quality cones, domes, and |
| system. Unfortunately, the stock speakers in most | | | | wiring. Paper may still be used in the cones and |
| older or inexpensive cars really are nothing quite like | | | | domes, but it will be treated and stiffened to provide |
| that. Unless you happen to get a new car with | | | | better sound quality and more durability. |
| expensive factory audio upgrade, you're forced to | | | | If you can spend a little more money, you can get into |
| listen to tinny, crackling distortions that drive any music | | | | some more exotic materials such as carbon fiber or |
| lover nuts. | | | | specially designed plastics. This type of speaker will |
| To get a complete stereo system upgrade worth | | | | give you even more range, durability, and have a higher |
| paying for, you normally need to spend a few | | | | threshold for power if you choose to add amplifiers to |
| thousand dollars to replace everything from the head | | | | your system down the road. |
| unit, the power wiring, speaker wires and speakers. | | | | Going up one more step, you can get speakers |
| And of course you would be adding aftermarket | | | | designed for stock speaker replacement that will have |
| amplifiers, speaker enclosures and other accessories. | | | | a special configuration that puts two speakers, typically |
| That's a big project and a large bill to pay all at once. | | | | a mid-range and tweeter, into the same space as a |
| There is some good news though. You can get a | | | | single speaker. And if you have a compatible vehicle, |
| huge improvement in sound just by replacing the | | | | you can even get tweeter and mid-range speaker kits |
| factory speakers that came with your car. The cheap | | | | that have the tweeter in a separate enclosure for you |
| speakers that come with most cars are made with | | | | place in an appropriate spot in your car. |
| the lowest quality material and construction methods to | | | | It may seem like overkill to spend much money putting |
| keep the costs down. You will typically find weak | | | | good speakers into your car without replacing the |
| paper cones, poor wiring, and brittle glue holding it all | | | | tuner or adding amps, but you will notice a big |
| together. These materials degrade quickly after much | | | | improvement with just this one change, and it paves |
| use since an audio speaker is really a moving part in | | | | the way to upgrading your system incrementally. By |
| your car, but the cheap ones are not very | | | | replacing the speakers first, you're able to enjoy better |
| mechanically sound. | | | | sound immediately while you take the time upgrade |
| Even inexpensive aftermarket speakers will sound | | | | the rest of your system. |