Audio noob here! Quick question...

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I have the 17 Si Coupe... Can I just swap out my door speakers (using the factory wiring) without having to run an amp to them? In another words with the head unit be enough to push a good set of door speakers? I know I would not get 100% out of the speakers, but the stock sound system blows and I want a better sounding speaker, but nothing thats $2000 either.
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Yes.
You should spend a little extra for gasket tape and speaker foams to get more out of them, especially if you don't plan on fully sound dampening your doors. It's like an extra $30 for a big difference in mid bass response

Plus, the leftover tape is great for shoring up trim pieces for rattles
 

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In addition to the above...

So long as you have the wiring adapters, mounting brackets, and the correct size speakers; they are generally plug and play. But better speakers, while certainly an upgrade, aren't miracle workers for so-so audio quality. Keep your expectations reasonable.

I did a quick and dirty test with some awesome sounding Klipsch bookshelf speakers that I connected to the rear speaker wires in my 2019 Sport Coupe. It's really tough to make anything sound bad through those. But, somehow, it was awful.

And while there may be a difference between the fronts and rears so far as the amp is concerned (how the signals are processed); you could probably A/B test any new speakers by simply connecting them to the factory wiring for the rears. For me... they were really easy to access versus taking the panels off the doors.

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I assume your 2017 si coupe has the 10 speaker "Premium" :rofl: Audio system.

One of the major issue that I hear with that system, is that the Sub's high end cut-off is too low, and the door speakers low end cut off is too low.
So you hear very little from the Sub, and you hear a lot of low frequency bass from the side speakers. Turn the volume up, and those cheap door speakers rattle, and the bass drives the cone to limit, so they cannot reproduce the mid.

Assuming you cannot easily alter those cut-off points, you might get far better sound by upgrading the door speakers to ones that can better handle the bass.
Bigger diameter if possible, higher power handling, but certainly not the cheap sub $20 door speaks that Honda consider to be PREMIUM Audio components.

The front center speaker is not too bad, but the door speaker cannot handle what gets passed to them, if it is at any volume, or you turn the BASS slider up past midway.

Fully sound dampening your doors will help a lot as well.
 
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I assume your 2017 si coupe has the 10 speaker "Premium" :rofl: Audio system.

One of the major issue that I hear with that system, is that the Sub's high end cut-off is too low, and the door speakers low end cut off is too high.
So you hear very little from the Sub, and you hear a lot of low frequency bass from the side speakers. Turn the volume up, and those cheap door speakers rattle, and the bass drives the cone to limit, so they cannot reproduce the mid.

Assuming you cannot easily alter those cut-off points, you might get far better sound by upgrading the door speakers to ones that can better handle the bass.
Bigger diameter if possible, higher power handling, but certainly not the cheap sub $20 door speaks that Honda consider to be PREMIUM Audio components.

The front center speaker is not too bad, but the door speaker cannot handle what gets passed to them, if it is at any volume, or you turn the BASS slider up past midway.

Fully sound dampening your doors will help a lot as well.
I am also going to replace my door speakers. I assume using a very efficient will help boos volume and dynamic range? Makes me wonder what the efficiency rating is on the stock speakers?
 


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I am also going to replace my door speakers. I assume using a very efficient will help boos volume and dynamic range? Makes me wonder what the efficiency rating is on the stock speakers?
Whatever you get with a $10 wholesale speaker :rofl:
 

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Whatever you get with a $10 wholesale speaker :rofl:
That's what gets me about the car industry. If you are going to have an upgrade option charge another $150 for quality parts. I don't think anyone would gripe about a small amount of money on a 25 thousand dollar car.
 


 


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