How can some of the ebay stores sell the SL80's for half the price that Crutchfield sells them for? Are they the same exact speaker? Are they re-mans? I realize Crutchfield includes the installation kit and connectors, but there is a huge price difference.

 

I put the SX85 in the back, and the SX50 in the front... sounds amazing! BA rock!

-danny

 

The ebay stores are not authorized sellers of Boston. Boston has a minimum advertised price that all authorized dealers must adhere to, or they lose their right to sell the equipment. You will get no BA warranty off e-bay. Of course, you could but the things 2.5-3x without coming to the warranted price. Also, the chances of blowing Boston speakers is nil.

 

I've blown my rear deck speakers, so I at least need to replace those. What is the best choice to complement the rest of the Shaker 1000 system?

 

try the SL80's those should give you some awesome sound

 

None. Without serious amounts of digital processing, rear speakers are just a sonic mishmash of garbage.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=269-326
Unless you're using outboard amps or something.

 

i beg to differ, i put in some old DB speeds that are just coaxial 5x7's and they hit alot harder and sounded better than the stockers, but so far i am loving my pioneer 3-ways i have installed

 

I'm glad you like them, but for sonic accuracy, rear speakers are the opposite of what is needed.

Also, on low power, those 3-way Pioneers are nice little speakers. I had some in my F150 off deck power (from a SOny XPLod, no less) and they sounded great.

 

i might just go to BA SL80's in the back and Pro50's up front and run some Pioneer Shallow mount subs for the doors and still wondering what to use on the stock sub box

 

Don't know on that one. I haven't been able to get my hands on the trunk box cheaply yet. I'm still swapping door woofers more often than underwear until I find some that make me happy. Next up, Morel H8.1's or MW265-4's.

 

They might sell them really cheap on EBAY, but what are they charging for shipping? Many sellers up the shipping to crazy amounts to offset the low sale price of the item.

 

They're still 1/3-1/2 the authorized price. Bostaon's dealer pricing is retardedly high. It has always been this way, and that's why they don't sell in huge quantities. I remember selling the OLD pro LF woofers for 700+.

 

Will SL 80's fit a vert? I have BA for my 5.1 system, like them a lot.

 

yes

 

Thx!!!

 

I have some SL-80s in my vert. Great for rear fill. However, I have aftermarket amp so I can't speak as to how they will do running off the stock amp. Keep in mind the stock speakers are like 1ohm, not the 4ohm that these run.

Sorry for the grainy pic, blew it up to show the speaks.

 

Nah, the 6x8's run off the head unit, and they're regular 4-ohm stuff. The door woofers, on the other hand...

 

There are huge savings on car audio online. You don't get manufacture warranty as described above but you often get seller warranties. The value of that depends on the reliability of the seller, of course.

I bought some Diamond audio HEX components from an online dealer and payed like 200-250 less than they normally sell for. They still work fine and it's been like 3-4 years.

 

Ah... I just yanked the random speaker out of the box when I got all my stuff back from the audio shop and read it... Made an assumption about the rest of it. Thanks for the clarification.

Not that any of that junk'll ever make it out of my storage shed.

 

So it's a 5" speaker in the front door (on the stock system), right? A few websites say that it's 6x8, but the hole looks a lot smaller!