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Mar 9, 2009 | 04:54 PM

dachy

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C6 door woofer question ?

Can someone confirm these numbers for 2005 C6 non Bose :
8" woofer in non Bose
10" in Bose

All I could find in searched archives were posts were 10" Bose system was mentioned

I already replaced fronts 3.5" and rears 5.25" speakers, but the real problem I have is with the driver side woofer, it's probably blown .. making strange noise.
Thnx in advance!

Mar 9, 2009 | 04:55 PM

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Can someone confirm these numbers :
8" woofer in non Bose
10" in Bose

All I could find in searched archives were posts were 10" Bose system was mentioned

I already replaced fronts 3.5" and rears 5.25" speakers, but the real problem I have is with the driver side woofer, it's probably blown .. making strange noise.
Thnx in advance!

Yes, self-powered 10" in the Bose system, 8" powered by the Delco amp in the non-Bose system.

Mar 9, 2009 | 05:14 PM

dachy

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Thank you very very much !!!

Would you happen to know the max depth of this 8" ?

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Mar 10, 2009 | 07:40 AM

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Thank you very very much !!!

Would you happen to know the max depth of this 8" ?

You've got a good 3.5" of mounting depth there. But if you're thinking of putting a real sub in then think long & hard about that. You'd need to run a separate amp as the stock amp doesn't put enough power out for even the least power hungry aftermarket sub. Additionally doors make for lousy sub enclosures.

Mar 10, 2009 | 09:09 AM

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Are you happy with the results of changing out the 3.5" and 5.25" speakers? I am thinking of doing that also. I have the Bose system and turn the bass down below the 1/2 mark, so I don't think I need to mess with that.

Mar 10, 2009 | 01:13 PM

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Yest I am happy, it's the least expensive way to improve the sound in our cars.
I followed this thread posted by "TheKomoman" and his advise really helped me decided: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1562485130-post2.html
If you don't want to spend too much money, it's worth a try. Most members here went with Eclipse SE8233 and Eclipse SE8353

I have one more question to "TheKomoman" ... can you please advise of which 8" speaker / woofer to use ? I don't want to use any "power hungry" sub as you mentioned, but I have to change my 8" due to it's damage and I don't know which 8" speaker to buy .. 1-way, 2-way ? what frequency response ? etc.
Your help is greatly appreciated !! Thnx !!

Mar 10, 2009 | 01:17 PM

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I have one more question to "TheKomoman" ... can you please advise of which 8" speaker / woofer to use ? I don't want to use any "power hungry" sub as you mentioned, but I have to change my 8" due to it's damage and I don't know which 8" speaker to buy .. 1-way, 2-way ? what frequency response ? etc.
Your help is greatly appreciated !! Thnx !!

Honestly I have no idea because my level of interest in what the stock speakers are is nil! You might want to post a WTB thread and see if you can pick up a stock 8" cheap from someone that replaced their system. I don't think you'll get a dramatic improvement of any sort using an aftermarket speaker so I'd try a stock replacement.