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Sony 6 1/2” 3 Way Speakers $19.99 Was $59

Providing smooth and delicate highs, to deep and powerful lows, these Sony 6.5” speakers offer an awesomely versatile sound. A perfect replacement for worn standard speakers, these Sony XSGT1638F speakers provide high-fidelity reproduction, allowing you to hear the music the way it was meant to be heard. These speakers have a massive sound capability of 260W, however they only require 40W RMS to operate. This means that these speakers are not only great for amplified configurations, but can also be driven by almost any aftermarket or standard head-unit without an issue. These speakers also have a frequency response range of 50Hz to 24kHz, a wide array of sound ensuring that everything between bass and treble is as clear and crisp as it should be.

The Sony 6.5” speakers Use a Classic 3-way Axial design. The Woofer cone is constructed from HOP/Aramid fibre for smooth mid-range frequencies and the PEI Tweeters delivers clear high frequencies.

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  typhoonadventure on 21/10/2014 - 04:11

  avoid sony speakers for cars, unfortunately the quality is very low as they focus on making them look pretty, we've had a lot of these come and go through the shop and these are only really good to replace speakers, not upgrade them.

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    tanksinatra on 21/10/2014 - 09:21

    +3

    yeah they are pretty average, but for $20 they replace dead OEM speakers effectively.

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      ironpaw on 21/10/2014 - 09:32

      +1

      Depends on the car. THe Clarions in my car would be waaay better then this…

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    MasterScythe on 21/10/2014 - 09:37

    +9

    I genuinely disagree.
    I'm big into car audio (and even use it to make boomboxes and the like, as well as some bookshelves at home).

    entry level Sony speakers have one major complaint; they lack bass output. Not entirely; but enough.
    The tweeter is very bright, but the mid-range is also pretty smooth and sweet I feel.

    They only need about 10W RMS or so to sound 'loud' too (perfect from a stock head unit).

    From what I can tell, sony have been clever with these. They're cheap; so they'll be assuming the customer is doing a simple 'speaker swap' in stock locations, with no treatment.

    With speakers mostly down at the drivers feet; the loud tweeter brings clarity upward, the mid-range makes your door-skin shake, giving the illusion of very low bass, and to top it off, they do it all happily from whatever deck is ALREADY in your car.

    I put a pair of these in a Pulsar (replacing twin cone stock's) and its a huge upgrade.
    I also have a pair of these in a 91db Tri-path powered portable boombox, and can easily rock a parking lot with them (bass blocked at 12db rolloff @ 80hz, box tuned to 95hz).

    If we were talking the original $59? You'd try and get some Kicker or Kenwood (the two best 'bottom barrel' speakers IMO), but at $20? It's a steal and I'll be buying 3 pairs for future projects.

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  Mixhael on 21/10/2014 - 04:24

  So which brands do you recommend?

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    adn on 21/10/2014 - 09:24

    alpine

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    ironpaw on 21/10/2014 - 09:33

    Focal, Morel, Alpine…but there's plenty more companies that makes good speakers

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    MasterScythe on 21/10/2014 - 09:41

    +3

    Avoid alpine like the plague, same with Focal, same with MBQuart.
    basically any of those 'super amazing sound quality' speakers are to be avoided; because they have a significant asterisk next to their performance, indicating WHY they sound good; which you're unlikely to follow.
    Please read on.

    If you're going to add a true 100W RMS per channel amplifier to your car, then ignore this advice; but you're looking at speaker brands that claim up to 91db\m\w and test at only about 88db. Powering these from your stock headunit is going to be horribly quiet; and when you crank the MOSFET amp up high, you'll hear distortion.
    The sony's are genuinely about 90-91db\m\w, and as such, get loud and are quite the nice improvement from stock twin cone speakers of older mazda and nissans.
    Pioneer is OK, Kenwood is my pick for 'cheap cheap' stuff.

    Come on people; think before you post.
    The guy asking about "Are these $20 speakers good?" isnt going to be running Focals @ 150wRMS with active Equalizer\line driver….

    Interestingly; I have 2 sets of those $29 'Audioline 2 way' speakers @ jbhifi in a boombox tuned at about 85hz (25w RMS each from a Yamaha T-amp) and holy hell; they're pretty damn amazing; just proves you HAVE to demo speakers; sometimes china 'being cheap' still lands a gold nugget somewhere. (i tried them originally because they had a sale at $8)

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      ironpaw on 21/10/2014 - 16:14

      He asked for what I recommend. He didn't set a budget. Not everyone on Ozbargain lives on ramen and eneloops you know…

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        adn on 26/10/2014 - 01:53

        agree. do it once. do it right.

        buying cheap overhyped gear will require constant replacement due to poor performance or over driving. Might as well pay for decent gear and take it to the next car.

        so you have a boombox in your car?

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  WatchNerd on 21/10/2014 - 05:20

  +2

  I replaced my 2006 hilux door speakers with these 1 year ago & there is a slight improvement. Don't expect any bass from these.
  Combined with my pioneer 12" slim sub, they cop a flogging and I am surprised how good they are for $20.00. I will upgrade eventually though.

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  lowndes8 on 21/10/2014 - 08:44

  +1

  Yep i had these quite rubbish, spend more $$$ and get something decent or wait for JB to have there usual 30% off car audio sale

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  mysterymarty on 21/10/2014 - 09:43

  I also have these and one of the two max out under pretty low bass so I had to dial back the bass in the car speakers and up the subs to compensate and even then the one with issues struggles to handle it.

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    MasterScythe on 21/10/2014 - 09:50

    If you red the description;
    "These speakers also have a frequency response range of 50Hz to~"
    Did you bass block the lower frequencies? preferably a 12db rolloff at about 65hz? If not, your speakers are receiving frequencies below their capability and copping excessive cone movement. That'll be why they 'bottom out'.

    About a 600uf capacitor would do the trick.

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      mysterymarty on 21/10/2014 - 09:54

      these are being run off the sony headunit not the amplifier with a high pass filter on the car speakers at 60Hz.

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        MasterScythe on 21/10/2014 - 10:01

        Head unit high passes are usually a 6db rolloff; then take into account any bass boost you might have.

        So if its 0db, and you have +3 to the 'bass' this might be another 4db or something.

        When you throw a 6db rolloff into the mix, you're probably not getting down quick enough; once it hits 60hz, its likely only just at 0db again.

        Though you have a sub and a proper head unit; if you havent had the time to tune them all properly yet, then I'd expect you to need to cut bass etc. out, yeah.

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        mysterymarty on 21/10/2014 - 10:07

        I actual have the bass taken down in the head unit EQ because of this issue and increased on the amp only powering the subs. no idea why's it just one of the two speakers causing it and really can't be bothered at the moment pulling the front door panel off to replace it.

        In all fairness I do have 2 other sets of these speakers in the boat and another car and they have no issue apart from lacking some base. but their headunits push pretty much no power to them 10 RMS if lucky but sound decent.

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  typhoonadventure on 21/10/2014 - 11:04

  Alpine used to be great, unfortunately this is a lot like other items like powertools for example, you can have a company producing a great product for a while then it just falls flat.

  At the moment its a better option and much cheaper to pickup last waves of Massive Audio in australia if your local car audio shop still has any left, I recently picked up CLK sets for $20 a piece at car toys in adelaide which will blast these out of the water.

  If you are also budget conscious and prepared to pay another 20-40 for standard price find your nearest jaycar and see if you can get any precision response, a long time ago these were the best bang for buck you could get in australia then they changed manufacturers or something, then went to vifa audio branding and sucked hard, the new wave of PA is not so bad, they wont have the crown they once did but i've whacked these in several customers cars and built a few boomboxes out of them and they still kill these sony ones quite a bit for their budget, failing this pick up a cheap set of pioneers at jb's upcoming audio sales, but as usual from someone who knows their car audio and you'l hear this a bit, avoid the big name brands you find at jb hifi / AB's.

  You want brands that car audio shops specialize in, not whats had a ton of money spent on the box and speakers aesthetics.