Mk1 C5 Door Speaker Upgrades

[agaafear]

I have just bought a 2002 C5. I find the sound quality off the speakers quite poor and there can be resonance at some frequencies. I removed the grill on one of the doors and can see why - the OEM speakers look like rubbish! I think it's great that you can remove the grille and speaker without removing the door trim - which can be a right bother!

 

Does anyone know what the speaker diameter and depth is for the door speakers. Also, is it just a matter of unscrewing what is there and popping new ones in?

 

Will new speakers improve the sound quality or is it also worth replacing the head unit (standard Citroen unit fitted).

 

Thanks in advance!

[dasault]

Hi aggafear,

its always worth replacing the factory speakers.. usually low grade paper cone type that tend to dry out over the years, and can sound dull and dead.

The frequency response is usually cut off at approx 15-18 khz... most after market speakers run to 20khz or 25 khz on really good ones. so you loose some of the high frequencies... plus the degraded sound as those paper cones get old.

The factory ones are component sets... normally a tweeter on the dash and woofer in the doors.... they don't have a proper crossover network only a diode in the line to protect the tweeter... the after market ones ( the better ones ) have a crossover box that needs to be connected between the two.

Thsi allows proper seperation of the frequencies... so you would need to hide that box inside the doors .

i just bough a 2004 c5 and door speakers seem to be 16.5 cm ... take out the original and you should see its quite shallow... see how much depth you have with the window down and that will give you a max debth to work with. bearing in mind keeping the factory radio and your steering wheel controls.. you will need an effecient speaker 90db or higher as the factory radios don't put out much power.

hope that helps

[agaafear]

I replaced all four with custom fit pioneers Ts1702i - they come with adapters and were extremely easy to fit. Huge improvement in sound. I'd like to replace the tweeters but they're just too pricey.

[agaafear]

The standard fit speakers were - it's fair to say - utter rubbish.

[seefive]

At home I run a Thorens/SME turntable set up through a restored 1971 Philips amp ( built like a tank, in Eindhoven - beautiful) and Dali floorstanders. So it's fair to say I care about sound quality.

 

I've had 3 C5's (mk1 2 and currently a 3), and been perfectly happy with the standard sound sytems - warm, open and as uncoloured as car sound gets. The environment of a car interior will always be a challenge for sound quality..