Avensis 2015 > Front Door Speaker Upgrade?

[Heidfirst]

Anybody done this & if so results? When driving it seems that the front door Speakers very much lose out to the Speakers in the dash - wondering if it is worth trying to upgrade or if the result would be minimal ...

[Konrad C]

Scott, do you mean there is less presence to midrange compared to the bass and treble? I noticed this, and thought about swapping my old JBL Speakers in place. I set the bass to +1 and the treble to +3. For me, any more bass smothers the midrange. Swapping the Speakers to something with a more balanced sound, wll be an good idea. Two way Speakers might be what you need. I think 165mm with adaptors should be a good fit.  

Since my speakers are not too bad and not damaged, I will leave for now.   

 

[Heidfirst]

11 hours ago, Konrad C said:

Scott, do you mean there is less presence to midrange compared to the bass and treble?

No Konrad, when driving it's almost as if there are no Speakers in the front doors & all the sound comes from the dash mounted Speakers - which is strange as when the car is sitting you can hear sound from the doors OK. I have tried playing around with the bass, mid & treble settings, balance, fade & DSP to no avail.

I believe that the oem Speakers are already 2-way. Also, there seems to be a possibility that Toyota changed the speaker mounts in the doors on the 2015 facelift so that kits like  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-Avensis-09-onwards-Pioneer-17cm-Front-Door-Speaker-Upgrade-Kit-240W/381036967334? would actually need more money spent on another set of adaptors.

If only I had an idea of what sort of improvement I might get - last thing that I want to do is spend maybe £100 for virtually no difference whereas if I knew that it would be a noticeable difference then hand would be in pocket pronto ... 

Hence why I was hoping that somebody else may have already done this.