5x7", 4x6" which speakers work for the stock pod? Options

[horizontally-opposed]

^ Man, how cool is that? Makes me miss working with big systems as a "sound guy" for live performances, but nothing so dramatic as that. Even then, though, there is simply nothing like a big system. Or even a smaller one for a live performance. At least, nothing that I have gotten to experience.

I guess my question is simpler: How much of a loss in sound quality for, say, a JL Audio 6.5-inch "bass" speaker in a 914 door between using the supplied JL grille and hiding the speaker behind perforated basketweave—mimicking the factory setup for the 928?

I imagine there is going to be some loss of sound from the JL tweeters and mids in the factory speaker boxes due to the grilles and the factory "cloth," but interestingly the JL manual's "ideal" suggested layout of the 3-way system puts the mids and tweets in a generic interior right where the 914 has its speaker boxes with the 6.5s in the doors right where they have to go in a 914 door.

[bbrock]

This is only a guess, but I would bet with the engine running and the car motoring down the road and a nice perf pattern in the vinyl, the difference will be minimal since your mids and tweets will be in the speaker boxes. Sound in a 914 is always going to be a compromise.

FYI, I mounted my 4x6 Infinity Kappas in the stock speaker boxes and hooked them up to a modern Blaupunkt Nurnberg head unit tonight just to see how it sounds. As expected, it sounds like (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) Or to put it another way, it probably sounds a lot like the original stereo systems installed in these cars in the 70s. Definitely need an amp and sub to make it palatable. I may add a pair of those foam baffles behind the Kappas to see if they help seal behind the speakers a little better to project more sound.