FEATURED Kenwood Kfc-P709Ps 6.5-Inch Performance Series Component Speaker System
- 80W Rms 4_ Imp Freq Resp: 63 Hz-24 Khz
- 63Hz – 24kHz Frequency Response
- 280W Peak Input Power
- 1″ Swivel Dome Tweeter
- Injected Polypropylene Cone with Diamond Array Pattern
- Advanced Crossover Network
The KFC-P709PS is a 6.5inch Component Speaker System Featuring an Injected Polypropylene Cone with Diamond Array Pattern and an Advanced Crossover Network.
Best bump for your buck,
After searching for the best budget component speakers, I put my faith in this well known brand, Kenwood. After visiting numerous department stores like Best Buy, Circuit City and the like, and listening to the quality of speakers including Alpine, RF, Pioneer and others – in my honest opinion, THESE ARE THE BEST COMPONENT SPEAKERS for the sub $100 range.
They are clear, not too sharp on the high tones, and they hit the lower frequencies just right. I have them hooked up to an MB Quart Discus 480 amp (Amazon has this listed as: AMP 4X80W @ 4 OHMS 4X160W @ 2 OHMS) and they are perfectly matched for the 80 Watt rms.
They are really capable of producing nice sound, and depending on your car – they can and will rattle the door panels at high volume :p – an inevitable side effect without using sound deadening material.
I guess you could call me an audiophile on a budget…. *but aren’t we all? especially if we’re buying things from Amazon?…
But if you’re on the fence about finding a pair of components in this range.. Really, look no further… You’ll be very very happy with this purchase.
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|Excellent upgrade to 2002 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (non-Bose system) !!,
I purchased 2 sets of this component speaker system to replace the door speakers in my 2002 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (non-Bose system). The Tahoe has never sounded better!
I ended up replacing every speaker in the Tahoe except the two rear pillar tweeters. To my surprise all the factory door speakers and the factory sub were blown. I think the factory OEM el cheapo speakers just deteriorated over time and there was cone separation on all of them. I replaced all the door speakers with Kenwood Kfc-P709Ps 6.5-Inch Performance Series Component Speaker System and replaced the factory sub with Kicker 10cvt8-2 Shallow 8″ Subwoofer 2-ohm 400 Watts.
[FRONT DOORS]
The front door had both factory woofers and tweeters so I used the existing holes to mount each. I had to drill new mounting screw holes in the door to hold the woofers as the factory speakers used a plastic retention clip that was permanently affixed to the OEM woofers. I used this wiring adapter Scosche SHGM03B 1985 and Up GM Universal Speaker Harness to connect the woofers to the factory wiring harness. The factory tweeters were mounted in a diamond shape plastic mount so I used a hole saw and drilled out a hole in the diamond plastic mount where the original tweeters were positioned and dropped in the new Kenwood tweeters. I did not use the factory tweeter wires off the wiring harness, but rather used the included Kenwood passive crossover which connect directly to the Kenwood woofers.
[REAR DOORS]
The front door had factory woofers but no tweeters. No drilling was required to mount the new Kenwood woofers. The factory mounted woofers were mounted with screws and the hole pattern matched up perfectly. Since there were no factory tweeters, I used a hole saw to drill a hole in the door panels and mounted the new Kenwood tweeters directly in the door panel. There was plenty of room under the speaker grille to add the tweeters. I used this wiring adapter Scosche SHGM03B 1985 and Up GM Universal Speaker Harness to connect the Kenwood woofers to the factory wiring harness and connected the Kenwood tweeters using the included Kenwood passive crossover which connect directly to the Kenwood woofers.
[SUB]
Based on some of the reviews here I thought that the sub would be a near drop in replacement. Wrong! Modification to the factory enclosure is required to fit the new sub into the enclosure box. Basically the sub enclosure has a recessed hole where the factory OEM sub drops into place. The new Kicker sub has a plastic ring around the speaker that makes the diameter slightly larger and prevents this sub from dropping into place. I started by using a Dremel tool to try shave off enough around the outer ring of the enclosure .. what a waste of time. I ended up scratching up the enclosure surface (not a big deal since it is not visible) and getting burned with molten plastic shavings while trying to use the Dremel 🙂 I abandoned the Dremel tool and decided to bring out the big guns — a router (Bosch 1617EVSPK 12 Amp 2-1/4-Horsepower Plunge and Fixed Base Variable Speed Router Kit with 1/4-Inch and 1/2-Inch Collets) with a straight bit. With the router I could set the depth of the cut with accurate precision and ensure that I would not cut too deep. If I were doing this professionally I would have built a jig to ensure a perfect clean circular cut, but since I was just doing this for my personal vehicle and I did not care that the cut was less than perfect, I decided to free hand route it. I have attached a picture of the mounted sub in the enclosure on the Kicker sub product page. I reused the existing sub wiring by cutting off the wiring connectors and stripping back the wire insulation about half an inch and then tinned the stranded wire with solder. I then inserted the tinned wire ends to the Kicker spring retention connectors. Positive to positive and negative to negative 🙂
[FACTORY AMP/CROSSOVER BYPASS]
OK, after doing all the work and replacing all the factory components, I learned that there is one more hidden gem in the Tahoe. The Tahoe included a factory amplifier and crossover behind the glove box. This…
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|Great sound, excellent value,
I am running a 35W rms/ch separate amp which makes these speakers “sing” a lot better than the weak 22W rms of most head units. I have my tone controls on FLAT (yes, no EQ needed for good sound) and the provide natural balanced sound, very pleasing. Now, don’t expect thunderous bass (I have a sub for that), but it is excellent sound, particularly at this price. I compared to Polk and Boston, and these were right up with them. I actually purchased a second set these Kenwoods are that good.
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