KFC-6966S 6 x 9 Inch 400-Watt 3-Way Flush Mount Coaxial Car Speaker Easy Installation - Pair

Great sound , great fit, cool design of the speaker and grill cover, and a deal with the price ! Obvious improvement over the stock speakers of a car , the clarity gain and power potential lies within the limits of your vehicle radio system. I recommend aftermarket receiver to get the true potential out of these. Good work Kenwood engineers 🫡

Old speakers: Open circuit (dead) I installed these Kenwood 6x9" speakers in the rear of my old 97 Bonneville. They were slightly too large for the mounting trays on the rear deck so I had to enlarge slightly with my Dremel grinder. Had to remove about 1/8" in the corners and then about a 1/16" around the rest of the opening. Took me about 30 minutes of grinding this plastic material using a metal grinding bit. The old Delco speakers were 10 ohms so I searched for 8 ohm speakers which are very hard to find in 6x9, so I ended up buying these Kenwood 4 ohm speakers. Also, since all they give you is a little pigtail wire off the speakers, I had to do some soldering and crimping after cutting off the old connectors in the trunk. Being an electronics guy, I didn't want to take the chance of overloading (possibly frying) the audio amplifier so I installed a 4 ohm resistor (purchased here at Amazon) in series (now 8 ohm load) to approximate the old loads. The amplifier probably could have handled 4 ohms, but I didn't want to take a chance since I had no specs on it. And... you will notice on the speakers that I added the fiber cushioning gasket which I removed from my old speakers with a razor blade. If you're installing these on a metal surface, I would definitely recommend putting some sort of spacer cushion like these on the speakers to avoid any rattle or unwanted vibrations. So how does it sound? Very good! Good medium-low bass and crisp higher frequencies. It was more work than thought it would be but ya, it was worth it.

The speakers work fine. The bass is good and vocals are clear. The one thing that could be a deal breaker for some is the size/shape. Not all 6x9 are the same. I had to modify ( mangle ) the speaker hole to fit these into my front doors. The speakers are ~2milimeters larger than the factory hole. The screw holes line up fine its just they do not go flush without some modification to the door. Its all invisible and doesnt effect the sound or function of the door so besides the time and annoyance its not a big deal.

Very clean sound . Can do with a bit more bass end it that’s your thing but very clean audio reproduction

To be clear, I'm not an audiophile, so I'm no expert on overall sound quality. But I do know when speakers are dead, and the read deck speakers in my trusty 2006 Honda Accord were toast. Between being stock in the first place, the car's age and spending most of its life sitting outside under the Texas sun, the original speakers sounded like someone had shoved a pillow in them. So based on reviews and the assertion that they fit my car, I bought these. They came well packaged, and after figuring out how to pull the covers and speakers on my car, I installed these, which was pretty simple. I also used the recommended adapter (which I'll review separately but worked perfectly) to connected the leads. So far so good. I tested them. Sounds much, much better. Then I tried to put the stock grills on. In short, the new speakers have a tall metal lip (for lack of a better word) that run around them, so from where they sit against the back deck they are taller than the original speakers, and the original Honda grill has a lip with foam on it that meets the height of the old speakers, forming a bit of a seal. It is well designed by Honda, but these speakers' lip runs into the lip hanging down from the speaker grill, so that was kind of a problem. I wanted to keep the original stock grills, and the grills that came with the new speakers would not have worked the way Honda has the speakers mounted anyway. I went to work with my handy Dremel, and after pulling off the foam, cut down the lip on the original Honda speaker grills by about 2/3rds of an inch all the way around. I reapplied the foam as best I could (the good news is that after all these years it was still somewhat sticky on the underside), and then shoved the grills back into place. I'm sure it is not as tight a seal as it was when it came from the factory. However... The sound is about 100% better. Really rich, dynamic sound on my daily 25-mile commute. Well worth the price and the hassle of putting them in. My brother in law has the same car and has 332,000 miles on his. I'm hoping to get another 200,000 on mine to catch up with him. Hopefully, these speakers will last that long. ;) So all good in the end with these speakers, but be warned that the height of the speakers may interfere with your stock grill as I described.

Good quality

Good Sound and Bass For price..

I give them the speaker a 3 because they are not an exact fit for my 2017 Altima SR. You have to add extra hole or do some cutting to the edges of the speaker and use gasket for the screws to have them lay flat. They have good sound and work well. Just wish they fitted in the holes the factory speakers came out of... Love the design and the installation was easy using the harness adapter. The main issue is taking everything out of the back window (2017 Altima SR) to get to the old speakers. It was hectic but easy to put everything back in afterwards. First time installing speakers and I learn from watching on YouTube LOL....

Better than infinity

I replace the front door OEM speakers from my 2017 Ford Explorer with this ones and the improvement in sound was from land to heaven, even without the need of an after market amplifier (although in case needed it will withstand it, at least a 200 x 4 channels). Fully recommended!!! Only thing is that one has to separately buy both the speaker connectors and the spacers (speaker frames) from "METRA".

Megusto es decente para el precio

These speakers put me through the ringer. They are quite deep which made them not fit into existing hardware as a different site mentioned they would. (I do not hold you accountable for their error) the box does come with a guide to drill holes, however I had some issues using and caused my holes to be slightly off. This would have been fine as they were close enough that I could have made it work, except for the depth of the speakers and the width of the bottom half again caused an issue in that the speakers were too big for the space they meant to sit. I ended up having to use the cover plate upside down to secure the speakers in the end; high enough that the base would fit into the existing speaker space. Which made manipulating the mounting flanges very difficult. Overall the sound was very good and I’m happy with the finished product, I just think there could be some changes to make installing these speakers easier. I do appreciate the “plug and play” wire connectors that come with the kit, great thinking for future replacements if needed. 2 Week Update: The sound quality really impresses me, overall the kit came pretty comprehensive even with my struggles, so I’ve upgraded to a 5 star!

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