Completely Stupid Speaker Question

[Gpers]

Ok....I'm gonna ask it anyways. I'm finally in the process of upgrading my Infinities in my 97 Eclipse GSX. I noticed in brochures I have for the car they refer to an 8-speaker system. Where the heck are the "8" speakers. I know of 2 in the dash, 1 in each door and 1 in each rear quarter. That's only 6. Where are the other 2?? Is this a mis-print? Are there 2 I dont know of? I have had the car 8 years now and have all the options possible....but have no clue about the 2 speakers I can't account for. Am I crazy??

 

[DrunkPenguin]

there are 2 places for speakers in my 97 gst that never had speakers. they are in the lower part of the dash. 1 is to the right of your glove box. maybe the gsx have speakers there? mine had the grills, but were empty. you could probably get 4 or 5 inch speakers in there.


johnny

 

[Gpers]

I never noticed grills there before.....I will have to look later. I thought I combed the car pretty good looking for where there could possibly be 2 more that aren't obvious. I just want to make sure before replacing them that I get the right amount.

 

[carwizard1]

I've got 3 awd's (1-2g & 2-1g) and they all have the Infinity sys. they are 6 speaker systems. I'm pretty sure none of them have 8 unless someone put more in on there own. Like I did.

 

[Gpers]

I was going to put 8 in...but didnt want to over complicate things....and I wasn't sure considering the size of the car....maybe I wouldn't even notice the difference between 6 and 8. :laugh:

 

[DrunkPenguin]

it shouldnt be too complicated. ive had those peices apart and they actually have nice metal speaker cutouts in there to hold speakers. i guess at the last minute they decided to ditch 2 speakers in production? ive been thinking about putting something in there, because my rears really over power the fronts.


Johnny

 

[Gpers]

Well this will be an experience for me. I used to have a boyfriend to help me with this...experienced in the car audio installation stuff. Now...I have a boyfriend that can fix anything...but is not experienced with car audio. So this will be a learning project for the both of us. When we are done with mine...his truck is next.

 

[MindBlowin03]

I highly doubt there is actually 8 speakers in the car. They usualy count tweeters as speakers from the factory. So if you have 6 actual speakers, but the rears have tweeters in them, they may count that as 8.

 

[Gpers]

Gosh thats awefully silly....but I see your point.

 

[MindBlowin03]

I know it seems silly, but I know thats how it is in my buddy's Trans Am. They claim 10 speakers but there are only 8 actual speakers with 2 tweeters mixed in.

 

[luv4turbos]

I know when I took all mine out I dont remember seeing tweeters in any of the speakers. I even took the fabric off the front of all the speakers.

 

[fr33b1rth]

technicly. tweeters are speakers, and my 1994 Eagle Talon DL (1.8L Base model. no options) had a 6 speaker setup. 6.75" in front doors, 4" in dash, 6.75" in rear

 

[Defiant]

In the Infinity system, the rears are counted as two each because of how the cone is added to them or some other audio-ripoff jimcrackery. Two teeters in the dash, two in the doors, and then four in the rear, eight.

I know, I don't believe it, either.

 

[DrunkPenguin]

so my 6x9s are now 3ways and my door speakers are 2 ways. count the dash tweeters and my subs and im rockin a 14 speaker system!

i like this marketing bullsh#*




John

 

[MindBlowin03]

so my 6x9s are now 3ways and my door speakers are 2 ways. count the dash tweeters and my subs and im rockin a 14 speaker system!

i like this marketing bullsh#*




John

, didnt think of it that way. I have 4-way Pioneer 6x9s in my car. Thats 8 in the rear alone.

 

[Gpers]

Hmmm...very interesting. Silly. But interesting. Now all I need is the weather to break. *sigh* Thanks everyone for replying. I believe my partially learned brain comprehends. :laugh: