Aftermarket Or Factory Car Speakers

So you love your music, and you play it all the time whether at home or more often than not in the car, but do you know the difference between music and great sounding music, or does it make a difference to you how good your music sounds?

Often modern cars have an option to upgrade all the audio equipment, this will often increase the quality of the audio (or video) especially when the volume is turned up. However If you haven't upgraded any of the factory fitted equipment in your car it's likely that you haven't experienced good sounding music. So the question is do you want to hear your music how it should be played. If so you will need to go aftermarket.

Most people are unsure about upgrading the sound system because they are concerned it will be too complicated, either fitting or compatibility. However with speakers the only thing you really have to look for is the mounting size and depth. The rest tends to take care of its self. The size of the speakers will depend on the size of the "holes" left from the previous speakers. They usually 5.25" but can be 4" and 6.5". The depth is the amount of space between the door card wall and the car door wall; this will vary from car to car.

The Price of the car speakers will be dependent on the quality of the equipment (and the sound you want to produce) however often you don't need spend loads to get a significant improvement. Factory speakers often run at around 5-15watts per speaker (20watts if you have the upgrade) however you can buy a cheap pair of speakers for 20 that will produce around 50watts, doubling or tripling the power handling capabilities.

If you still have your factory fitted headunit (stereo) installed the new speaker would be under powered however this wouldn't affect the quality of the audio being played (it just means it wouldn't be as loud.)

More information on car audio and car speakers is available from audio assault

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