ABBYSDAD

I have 2 way Rockford Fosgate 6X8's in my 2014 F150 FX2 with the Sony and Navigation. I'm looking to replace the speakers on my 2014 Expedition with similar speakers. The HU in my Expedition only has treble and bass adjustments. My F150 has treble, mid and bass adjustments. Here's my question. Should I put the 2 ways in the Expedition and buy 3 ways for the F150? I am planning on adding a four channel amp to my F150 for the door speakers. Nothing crazy just 50 watts rms - 100 watts peak per channel.

Who has 2 ways and who has 3 ways in their F150s? Pros? Cons? and why?

kobayashi maru

Oh man my mind went to a dirty place when I clicked on this. Sorry I don't have enough experience with car audio to be helpful.

Wyo11Scab

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2 ways for both. 3 ways to me are i gimmick

Masejoer

Component quality and design of each speaker matter. 2-way or 3-way for coaxial don't matter. 3-way can make sense for huge tower speakers (tweeter, midrange, and subwoofer), but for the most part, 2-way is plenty for even very expensive, highly tuned full range speakers.

In general, for drop-in door speakers, just look for whatever speaker has the most cone surface area and excursion, and your front soundstage will dip lower into the frequency range. Most other differences with coaxial vehicle speakers will be no different than a simple EQ adjustment.

ABBYSDAD

for the most part, 2-way is plenty for even very expensive, highly tuned full range speakers.

Interesting. Any suggestions? Not looking to break the bank. The ones I have right now are great IMO. Reason I ask is I'm not sure my Expedition has a factory amp. So I'm thinking of putting the ones I have in my Expedition and get something a little better for my F150 which is going to get a Memphis Audio 4 channel amp.

Toshbar

You actually want a 1 way.



Plus a tweeter.

I put a set of JBL GTO8608C in the front of my '05 w/ Audiophile and love them. The set includes component speakers, crossovers, and tweeters. Way better than 2 or 3 way speakers. They are 2 ohm, so they work very well with lower powered factory head units, but can handle 4ohm aftermarket amps too.

crankinaway

Do most 2-way/3way 6x9s have built in crossovers or do you need to look specifically for this? Or does that factory HU take care of it?

Toshbar

They are built in, but they aren't real crossovers. It's just a capacitor inline with the 'tweeter' so that no low-end signal reaches the tweeter cone.

Hook the wires from the door up to the speaker terminals and the speaker will take care of the signal distribution.