Speaker upgrades :

[John Owens]

Right guys I'm on to pick the brains of those of you who have done this . As we all know standard speakers in calibras are pretty cack & I like my sounds so who's done what & what d'ya recommend ? Cheers.


Praise the Lowered !

[Callyman]

I've got Vibe Lightair 6's in the front


And Vibe Blackair69 6x9's in the rear


All four are run from a Vibe Blackbox Stereo4 4 Channel amp


The sound and power is brilliant.

[Mark1]

Herezt ES300 subwoofer.
Herezts ESK165 Mids and tweeters
Herezt EP4 4 channel amp 700W

[John Owens]

Callyman , that looks a good system
What I'm really looking to do is to put speaker upgrades in behind the originals . Ill fit my amp & sub in the boot for bass .

[Callyman]

Just get the speakers then.

[crinklebender]

I also have full alpine system in the van, alpine stuff in cally.. Also have PA, vintage hifi and various studio monitors pretty fussy about the sound coming together tight.. even if the gear is costly it has to time together or the sound is not great. This can get costly to fix.

its hard to find a budget 6.5 which does the damage.. once road noise is high... so you need something like the hertz 100 RMS cones mark uses. The main problem in the calibra though is the kick from the door speakers is swirling around the footwells and has lack of focus. I got round this in the van by installing the mids above the windscreen.

in the calibra it was fixed by a single 6 by 9 vibe which just fits in the stuff holder in centre console. they can take 100 watts steady with the kick frequencies. the kick range stay right in the centre of the car and the sound is tight club sound now.

Disconnect the tweeter from this middle speaker as the doors will handle that. the door and mid speakers may phase clash but you can tune this by filtering kicks out from the door speakers..

[pappasmurf]

I use JL Audio speakers, amps and subs. They sound quality is excellent.

[sealeysonic]

its not hard to fit 6x9`s in the rear behind the OE grills....and a sub in the back lol

sony tweeters in my old cally



6x9`s in the rear...i made some better brackets for the top...and filled the gap behind with sub box wadding to quieten things down like road noise.

[D-Man]

6x9`s in the rear...i made some better brackets for the top...

Why didn't you install them using 3 of 4 standard holes, like on pic below (stolen fm cc.com)?

[kirsty]

its vibe stuff we have in the cav 6000 watt sub (3000 watt each) and a 3000 watt amp
also vibe speakers inside

[sealeysonic]

god...bet thats loud !!