I just installed a Joying 8.8 head unit in my ‘99 vert. Love it! Looks great ,and has tons of features. My problem is the factory Bose speakers. They just don’t sound good. I’m asking for opinions on upgrading my speakers.
thanks to all.

 

if you're gonna do it, do it right!

get some quality components for the doors that are powered by their own amp. get a sub (or subs) for the hatch/trunk in a box with its own amp. no need to run rear speakers although some folks still choose to leave them in there. (not me) there's lots of options to choose for many budgets.

i find it to be very satisfying to have clear and powerful sound behind my music.

 

Fitted Focal 3 way speakers years ago, sound so much better.

mounting boards

Fitted to door, small piece on the right side had to be trimmed back.

Fitted

 

you have many, many options,
ditch the "sub woofer" in the door (which is about the size and weight of a small paper plate) and the tiny little amps, and drop in a metra adapter -- they're all over amazon-- let's you put in your choice of a 6" speaker + 2.5". Many people do this.
IF you want to go nuts, I tried 6" subwoofers in the doors initially (REAL subwoffers), but was missing a lot of frequency coverage in the mid range. Since then, I've replaced them with woofers. Morel hybrid mw6 MKII Morel Hybrid MW6 MKII Hybrid Series 6-1/2" woofers at Crutchfield and
audiofrog gs25 Audiofrog GS25 GS Series 2-1/2" midrange car speakers at Crutchfield in the doors using the metra mount. The frequency response on these speakers is incredible, the range is superb.

But frankly you don't need to spend anywhere near what I did to get better sound -- the stock speakers are such ****, any decent speaker is going to be an improvement . just get a set of reasonably 6.5's and 2.5's and you'll be fine. Add a subwoffer in the cargo area, you're great. My advice-- go on crutchfield, use their chat feature, get some recommendations on 6.5" and 2.5/3.5", and pick a set, and then shop around (amazon is usually cheaper than crutchfield). If you do not have an amp, you'll want as efficient a speaker as possible (which you typically do anyway).

HEre's a thread I started a while back on this, lots of good ideas (and a TON of threads on this by the way): recently replaced entire audio -- what speakers did you put in your doors? - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion

For the rear-- I think I have hertz, but frankly, they do pretty much nothing.

 

while I'm at it .. here's the metra mount I was referring to.
get rid of EVERYTHING audio in your doors-- crappy tweeters, "woofer" and the deck-of-cards sized amps, and grab a pair of these:

you can fit a 6.5" and easily a 3.5" speaker in that mount (maybe even a little bigger). Bolts right in, no drilling/cutting required.

 

Hey curious your opinion on this. Get one of those high-power decks that have a 400w amp built in, two way component in the front doors and two 6.5" subs in the back original speaker location. If I stuff and seal the original cavity it might do ok? I don't want a separate sub and amp, box, wires, etc.

Or am I just wasting my time and money with 6.5 inch subs?

Right now I mainly listen to podcasts on my phone (upside down in the cup holder)

 

by the way, here was my original install.. i DON't recommend putting sub woofers in the doors unless you can figure out a better way than I did to cover the frequency range, but this gives you an idea of what you can fit in the doors. I've since replaced the kicker sub woofers with morel hybrid mw6 6" woofers, and put a subwoffer in the cargo area (and generally cleaned things up :-) )
New install, with new 8" kicker subs in Door - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion

 

see my other posts.. DONT do subwoofers in the doors. I did it.. and I was running hertz speakers with very broad frequency range -- you loose a LOT of frequency response. highly recommend just getting decent 6" woofers / mids in the doors. Even without a sub, you'll get decent bass response, and toss in a subwoofer down the road. Even one of those slim line, self powered sub woofers -- super easy to install.

 

No, I am thinking 6.5 subwoofer replacing the rear speakers (c5 hatchback, not frc/vert). 2 way component in the doors.

 

I like your set up. I might give it a try. Thanks