Good 8" speakers for doors, After much debate, I have found a great set of 8's for doors Options

[DGolden32]

I looked everywhere, both in car audio and home audio sites/companies and have found what i believe to be the best set of 8\'s for the buck the will ACTUALLY fit with no modification. They are home theater speakers, so they are very efficient (50watts max rms, sensitivity 84dB @ 33hz) and can reach high enough to do well in a 2 OR 3 way setup. And its 4 ohm, which is a bit harder to find in home theater speakers. I went ahead and found what i think to be a good tweeter match too. I would put a HPF on the tweeter at around 4.5-5k if the included crossover gives too strong of a midrange.

8\" speaker/sub
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.c...tnumber=299-098

Just put a set of these tweeters on the same wires and be done with it

http://cgi.ebay.com/JBL-P26T-POWER-SERIES-...#ht_1691wt_1059

This post has been edited by DGolden32: Mar 16, 2011 - 1:10 PM

[Culpable04]

magnet will fit, but did you read this on the highlights ?

The driver's parameters are optimized for sealed box speaker applications.




I've had a set of these for over 2 years now, love their sound, and yes it's a midbass, but if tune properly yields great notes, and honestly for a door application it doesn't get any better than that. before this one I had a slightly more powerfull woofer made by kicker and which was also optimized for sealed box applications, the rattle was unbareable, it sounded awful mainly because the door was falling apart with every song, even with the power level turn to the lowest the woofer was still too agressive for a door application.

they fit nicely, just need a mild trimming of the plastic bracket, no mod require for the door frame.

Kicker

[DGolden32]

magnet will fit, but did you read this on the highlights ?

The driver's parameters are optimized for sealed box speaker applications.

yes, but as i just posted the sealed enclosure they need is over 6 cubic feet. That is infinite baffle for an 8", you could install these in the ceiling in your house. Besides, if you take the parameters for any purposefully designed IB speaker, it will be optimized for a sealed enclosure. just a HUGE one. And with an Xmax of 7.5mm, i'm confident this will play 35hz with some strength. Just please invest in some energy absorbing mat : )

This post has been edited by DGolden32: Mar 16, 2011 - 5:51 PM