Would a car audio system sound very poor if it had a good bass tube+ amp but standard car front speakers?

Question

getting a decent bass tube and amp. wondering if the sound system will sound rubbish if my midrange speakers dont match in quality.

Answer 1

It really depends on your car's speakers.
If your car has a 'high end' factory stereo set-up, then you'd probably be fine
If your car doesn't, then you probably won't be.
Newer cars have better speakers, so anything made before about 1998 without a premium factory sound system wouldn't sound too good.

Answer 2

Metalman56 covered it pretty good. The fact is without a sub, you won't have a car that will "shake with music and bass" . so you need a sub. as for 3 way vs 4 way, it is a preference and you need to listen to them, its kinda like asking which is better the red car or the blue one... If you are truely after sound quality, i would recommend getting a round speaker for the 4 main speakers. if your current speakers are 6x9 there are adaptor plates available at a good car audio shop to fit a 6 1/2" round in that space. a 6x9 will give more bass but sound worse than a 6 1/2" but the lack of bass is a non issue when added a sub, because the bass frequencies will be "cut off" from the mains anyway, and redirected to the sub. If you want to start off slow i would get a 4 channel amp, a sub and 2 new speakers up front, i recomend a component set with a seperate woofer and tweeter. with these components you would uses the deck to power the rear factory speakers, then 2 of the channels to power the new front speakers and the other 2 channels would bridge to power the sub. this will give full frequency sound at a budget price. If you decided to add more power and more volume, all parts would still be usable, just buy two new speakers for the back and power all speakers with the 4 channel amp, then add a new mono amp for the sub. If you go this route, just make sure the sub can hold plenty of power for a future upgrade. i would look into a 50x4 up to a 75 x 4 amp, and around a 400-600 watt sub. This would be a nice system without major electrical system upgrades.

Answer 3

you need to balance the power to get a good sound at high volumes. Some cars do come with great standard systems, but many dont, just get the measurements of the speakers that are in your doors (they are ususally a standard size) then buy replacements.

I personally prefer alpine for cost and sound, plus my sister has an alpine cd player in her car that is very old (easily over 10 years, maybe nearer the 15 mark) and it has never missed a beat in its time, thats quality you dont get elsewhere, my pioneer head unit is terribly faulty.

Answer 4

not really hey it all depends on how u do ur connections do u have a amp running on the speakers itself? if not try to get a small one that u can use jus for that & it will make a differance in the voice that ur sound will give off!

Answer 5

As long as you get a decent sub and amp then your car audio will sound good. mine did and i had standard speakers and a pioneer sub

Answer 6

what car you got?
if it is new or a 2nd hand one that is about no older then 3 years old the it should not be a problem.
but you should still get new speakers to maximise the sound quality

Answer 7

depends on what make the speakers are but i would if there is room put 3 ways in you may have to modify the doors but it sound good when done

Answer 8

you could get away with keeping any rear door/shelf speakers but as the driver listens mainly to the front speakers i would recomend to upgrade them to the best you can, to be honest i would also recommend amping them up as well.

Answer 9

well in my car i have all stanard speakers in the boot i have 1 12" sub and a 10" sub and when i crank up my tune they sound sweet and my car is 1993

Answer 10

if they don't sound good now they wont sound any better with a Good bass tube an amp.