Car Speakers. Here you can find information on all the different types of car speakers that are available to be used in a car and explanations on how power ratings are related to what you hear.

It is important to get the right speakers for your system design

If you plan to drive your speakers with a low-powered factory receiver, you need highly-efficient speakers. Check out the speaker sensitivity to find the most efficient speakers for your vehicle. (For instance, Car Speakers rated 3 dB higher than another will require half as much power to produce the same output.)


You're not confined to Car Speakers with high efficiency ratings, of course. Low efficiency speakers can sound great. Since high sensitivity speakers often achieve their ratings by boosting deeper bass notes, low efficiency speakers might be preferable for listeners who demand highly accurate reproduction.

Also, if you use your factory receiver, get Car Speakers with a minimum RMS power rating of 2-5 watts. A low-powered receiver may not be able to drive less-efficient speakers properly, causing distortion. If you like your music loud, you'll want speakers that can handle a substantial amount of continuous power. When using an amplifier, make sure its RMS wattage is within your Car Speakers power range (preferably, the upper third of your speaker's recommended power range).

2-Way, 3-Way, and 4-way Speakers

Most speakers are 2-ways, or coaxials with a single tweeter mounted above the cone of its woofer.

If you like more detailed vocals and midrange frequencies, a 3-way (a triaxial) adds a midrange driver for improved clarity. A 4-way adds a super tweeter for even more detailed high frequencies. (Some 3-way speakers use a super tweeter instead of a midrange.)

Component Car Speakers

The separate woofers, tweeters, and crossovers in a component system give you better power handling and performance than most 2- or 3-way speakers. Also, you can improve the stereo imaging in your car depending on where you mount tweeter separates. Installing components usually requires some cutting of metal or other procedures that can be more time-consuming than simply replacing factory speakers with similarly-sized models.

The example below are the Alpine Type S coaxial Car Speakers which produces 250w of peak power and 50w RMS. This is one of the top of the line coaxial speakers available today. You can find these speakers on the both of the links provided.

Rainbow Component Car Speakers

Here we have an example of a component speaker. As you can see the woofer to produce the base is separate from the tweeter which will produce the higher frequencies. By separating the high and low frequencies the sound will become a lot clearer and you can place the tweeter wherever you like to give a better sound imaging.

Above is the rainbow acoustic component speaker. This is one of the top of the line component Car Speakers and can often cost thousands. These speakers can also be found on the links provided.

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