zerocover

My front right speaker has just died on me, and is now sitting in front of me. I pulled the door apart and found it had a good signal going to it, the speaker just no longer works (internal short?).

So now the big question is where can I find a replacement speaker.
The part number is A 203 820 11 02 no one seems to sell them and I refuse to spend money at the dealership. I'll go aftermarket before I do that (I can replace the tweeters with something much nicer if I do that).

My car is the standard audio 20 system so I don't want to go crazy with the speakers. I have a nice 4 channel amp in the garage but I refuse to go down that route again. I wish I could go with the infinity references (I've always liked them) but they are 2 ohm . Anyone know of really nice set of speakers that are as sensitive as the stock ones?

phister

I have a full set of OEM speakers, all 4 door speakers and the tweeters. You can see pics in my for sale thread that's linked below.

Glyn M Ruck

If you don't want to stay OE then Polk make quite a nice direct bolt in replacement. The Infinity's are nice but you need an amp happy with that 2 ohm load - close to a dead short.

The failed speaker's voice coil has probably gone open circuit.

Phister - I can't see your for sale thread link.

zerocover

I've always like the smooth sound of the infinities. But this time around I'm thinking of either the polk DB 6501, the CDT CL-61A (I hear very good things), or the phoenix gold RSD65CS (the sensitivity a bit low though). Of the lot I've only heard the polk's, they are pretty good I think very close to the infinities as far as my ear goes. I can't even find the others in a shop, but as long as they have silk dome tweeters they can't be that bad.

zerocover

Does anyone make MB specific speaker adapter rings?

MIKESV8

Stealership, and don't go with phoenix gold. If those are your choices, go with polk

phister

Sorry i was posting on my phone. Can you see it now glyn?

zerocover

Has anyone tried the Infinity Kappa 60.9cs? The W204 guys seem to like them, the sensitivity is very high and they have the nice star tweeter adapter for easy install. These are all good things. Last time I heard them I thought they were a bit harsh but I'll have to take another look.

Glyn M Ruck

No

Glyn M Ruck

Matthew Polk's designs sometimes get an unfair rap from the more fashion concious than sound concious car audio bunch. They have a nice balanced sound in a car at a reasonable price.

I can't stand overbright systems in a car. Especially when you are sitting right on top of the tweeters in our W203.

MIKESV8

+1 the infiniti's are too bright and i was never a fan of them. therefore, we never sold them. i'm still waiting for the thread where someone puts "hey guys, i just want the best sound i can get for my car, so i'm thinking about going with Dynaudio components, morel woofers, and a genesis amplifier. i absolutely can't stand mainstream speakers for SQ."

Glyn M Ruck

Dynaudio's products are excellent.

phister

It should be link that says MORE STUFF FOR SALE!!! in my signature.

zerocover

Not on a C-class lol. I love the way dynaudio systems sound, I dont want to put forth the effort to tune them, esp when I'm thinking of getting rid of the car. I just ordered a set of ID CTX 65C. The forums love them and I've been so impressed by the 8" ID sub I put in I figured why not. We shall see.

MIKESV8

those image dynamics are pretty good for the money (i hope you paid around $200 for the set?) i believe they're rated at 100RMS and 89db.

MIKESV8

+100

zerocover

$150

Glyn M Ruck

Now it's there

jtalbert

I am looking into new speakers too. I know a new HU Would make the new speakers sound the best but for now would putting speakers like the Polks sound much different than stock?

My big question is, you said thy are direct bolt replacements. I went to Polks website and it said all the speakers should be installed professionally.

So is there any modification's that would need to be done ? I have an 04 C240.

Thanks.

Glyn M Ruck

The Polks sound great with the Audio 10 HU. The big difference over standard is definition.

No mods required right down to tweeters with little Polk logos. Phone Polk.

phister

polks are great... I love my components. I have the DXi6500 in front and DXi650 in rear door.

zerocover

So the new speakers just got in.

Where did everyone mount their crossovers? Is the wire going to the tweeter and to the woofer the same signal stock?

Also the speakers are very heavy

phister

i mounted my crossovers inside the door under the armrest theres a little pocket that fits it nice and snug.

zerocover

I've got the speakers installed and all I can say is wow the tweeters are amazing, I'm hearing things in songs I've only heard with high end headphones.

The mid-bass however is very much so lacking. I hear the speaker needs time to break in but something is not right, the tweeters can get ear splittingly loud but the woofers are blown away by the stock units.

I'm wondering if I may have wired something wrong. I was under the impression that the Green wire was + and the Green with brown stripe is -. Can anyone confirm that?

phister

thats correct.... you might have to tune the amp or the crossover. Mine was the same so I tuned my 4 channel amp and now my highs and mids sound so much better.