Okay, so you all know, in addition to having an oil addiction, a bike riding addiction, and a shooting addiction, I have been an avid audiophile for years. In addition to Home audio, I used to design and install mobile audio systems for friends (back in the days when you had to run thiel/small parameters for box design on a calculator). For those who may wonder my present main home system is (front to back) a Pioneer Elite Transport- Bel Canto 1.1 Dac, Adcom GFP-750 Pre-Amp, Sunfire Stereo Amp, Manepan 2.7QR speakers, stereo Velodyne ULD-12 subs, all tied together with wireworld cables. I believe I have an idea of what sounds pretty good (given that everyone has different taste).
So fast foward to the crummy stock system in the LC. My wife says, no replacing the head unit, no sub enclosure, want it to look stock. So I am on a mission to find some drop in replacement speakers that 1) sound decent (almost all the new auto speakers are to bright in my opinion), 2) are shallow enough, and 3) are efficient enought to run off the stock head unit. After spending months looking I finally found some speakers that work. Elcipse entry level speakers (I found the discontinued 2 ways which are not as bright as the new 3 ways) which run about $100 pair, sound good, are efficient, and fit in the stock holes with no modification (slight trim in rear doors). I (had) installed the 5.5" in the front and 4" in the back. A great improvement and I highly recommend.
Cary
So fast foward to the crummy stock system in the LC. My wife says, no replacing the head unit, no sub enclosure, want it to look stock. So I am on a mission to find some drop in replacement speakers that 1) sound decent (almost all the new auto speakers are to bright in my opinion), 2) are shallow enough, and 3) are efficient enought to run off the stock head unit. After spending months looking I finally found some speakers that work. Elcipse entry level speakers (I found the discontinued 2 ways which are not as bright as the new 3 ways) which run about $100 pair, sound good, are efficient, and fit in the stock holes with no modification (slight trim in rear doors). I (had) installed the 5.5" in the front and 4" in the back. A great improvement and I highly recommend.
Cary