Replacing speakers advice

Hi,
Do any of you guys have any recommendations for new speakers that will work well with the factory radio in my 2010 Tacoma. From what I have read the factory radio is underpowered and that some aftermarket speakers will sound awful if underpowered. Which makes me skeptical that not all aftermarket speakers will work that well.
Also I was wondering if just replacing the front 6x9s will be enough. Or if its best just to replace the rear ones aswell, and if so is it best to match brands?
Any advice is appreciated

Thanks

 

Replacing the speakers alone will not make a huge difference. It'll sound a little better, but nothing astronomical. Now changing the head unit is a different story. Big difference over the POS stock unit. As long as you're not planning on a system upgrade to include subs, amps, etc. Any decent set of name brand aftermarket speakers will sound better than stock. Paper cones and a magnet that looks like it belongs on a fridge just don't cut it. Pioneer, JBL, & Infinity make nice affordable OEM replacements. You don't have to get $300+ high end speakers. Just don't expect a night and day difference with the stock head unit.

 

I have been considering the Focal Integration ISS 690 6x9 components for the front.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_091ISS690/Focal-Integration-ISS-690.html?showAll=N&search=iss_690&skipvs=T

Looking at the specs, sensitivity is high enough that they should yield an improvement over OEM speakers with the stock head unit, and can handle enough power that I won't need to upgrade again immediately when I do add a head unit and external amp later down the road.

If I'm wrong, I can always take advantage of Crutchfield's 60 day return policy, so no worries there.

 

I wouldn't call it a POS. Not sure what stereo system you have, but the one I have in mine with the CD changer sounds pretty damn good.

 

I'm going through this right now with my Camry, I was working with Cruchfield. I'm not looking to drop a ton on some speakers since I have no intention in changing my HU, I just want a little better sound. My speakers have 141K on them and the drivers side went caput.

I bought some Pioneer TS-A1675R 6.5" speakers with adapters and some Pioneer TS-T110 tweeters, I should have them by the end of the week. If they work out well, I may swap the rears and possibly my Tacoma speakers too.

 

I used to think the same until I replaced everything. I had the regular single CD/AM/FM. No changer, no mp3, etc. I've heard the factory JBL systems are nice too.

 

I just replaced the front speakers with my old school infinity kappa components from 2000 (which was a $300 set back then). In my old car with an eclipse HU with 5 volt preamp, and an amp with 50x4 underrated watts, they were extremely loud and clean sounding, and I didn't worry at all about damage to them.

Installed them in the tacoma with the stock radio-- the upper mids and highs sound good, but the lows sound muddy and awful.. And everyone knows, the low end frequencies are reduced as the volume is turned up and there is no way to cheaply defeat this 'feature' if you want to keep the stock radio. So the sound is all f'd up as the volume increases, since the stock radio is tuned specifically for the stock speakers.

Don't expect much from installing just a set of speakers. Aside from speakers, a basic sound upgrade also entails either replacing the stock radio or using a summing LOC that corrects the response curve to source into an amp. Thanks Toyota.

 

Your kidding right? Tone deaf? You need to ride in a truck that has audio upgrades. I noticed a slight improvement changing out head unit. Noticed a huge improvement when I installed Hybid Audio speakers.

 

You're better off changing just the stock speakers and keeping the stock head unit, if you don't want to drop a lot of money.
If you want it louder, then factory head unit, after market speakers and amp will do you right.

 

I have to agree ... my '06 base ... '10 SR5 ... '14 TRD .. all OEM ... all decent with the proper tweaking ...

 

If you want better sound then start with the head unit. More power, cleaner power, user adjustable EQs and audio settings will make for better sound even with your factory speakers. Changing your speakers with some nice aftermarkets won't net you much gain and in some cases will even come up short since most aftermarket speakers are designed to run at higher power input. Plus, doing that and keeping your factory deck will just be feeding them low power that's crappy quality and doesn't give you enough control over the sound. Crap in, crap out regardless of what speakers are playing it. Once you get an aftermarket deck your next step would be speakers and then finally a nice 4ch amp. You don't have to do it all at once but at once is better since you can match components better to get maximum performance but that should be your upgrade tree if your goal is better audio: Head unit > Speakers > amp > profit.