{"id":1165,"date":"2023-11-08T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliicpower.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:17:33","slug":"best-component-car-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eliicpower.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/best-component-car-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Component Car Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for the best component car speakers<\/a>? Then look no further. Here are a selection of our favorites that you can buy today.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the world of car audio, \u2018Component\u2019 is a cool buzz word, a bit like how everyone was obsessed with the word \u2018Turbo\u2019 in the ’80s. But why is that? Well, while coaxial speakers can and do produce incredibly high quality sounds, they are limited to their mounting. You can move the tweeters on the mounting pole of some coaxes but only by a few degrees of aim. However, with component car speakers, where the tweeter is separate from the mid-woofer, you can install the tweeter as you wish. We’ve even seen JDM component speaker sets where the tweeters are mounted in little pointy pods on stalks!<\/p>\n

In essence, this flexibility means that the tweeters in a component system can be aimed precisely, and as the high frequencies are the most directional of all, this is pretty important for producing high-quality audio.<\/p>\n

Car component speakers start off affordably, yet still give you tweeter-placement flexibility. You normally get a flush mount plus an angled mounting ring with the cheap to upper mid-price components, whereas fancy brands know you\u2019ll be custom-mounting their products. For this guide, we\u2019ll start at affordable and go up to proper posh. But first, a bit of tech guidance…<\/p>\n

How to Aim Your Tweeters<\/h2>\n

This can be very easy. If you are plopping upgrade tweeters into stock locations, as you had separate mids and tweets, this is not relevant. But if you are installing a set of component speakers into a single OEM speaker location then try this:<\/p>\n

Before you finally mount the tweeter, fit the mid-woofer as normal and wire in the tweeter on a foot of speaker wire. Allow that to come out around the edge of your driver – at this point you will not have made a hole for your tweeter wire\/mount yet. Then, play the speakers with the tweeter stuck on a blob of Blu Tack<\/a>! Yes – It’s a \u2018superfluid\u2019 like Silly Putty and even cornstarch oobleck. This means it seems soft but if you hit it hard, it is as rigid as hell.<\/p>\n

The trick is simply to move your makeshift Blu Tack mount around the place and try different positions and angles until it sounds best. Don\u2019t worry about the science. Just mess about until you like it.<\/p>\n

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Best Car Component Speakers<\/h2>\n

\"Kenwood<\/h3>\n

Kenwood KFC-E170P<\/h3>\n

RRP: $50.00 \/ \u00a345.00. Buy it here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The design brief for this set was about shallow mounting depth as well as affordability. The key to this product is the crucial separate tweeter that you can aim, as described above, which is achievable thanks to some extra plastic moldings for mounting the tweets and some small pods that hold the tweeter at an angle. You can aim those based upon their rotation as well. Stick these down with Blu Tack first and experiment with positions and angles for the best results.<\/p>\n

This set\u2019s passive crossover – the capacitors\/coils\/resistors – are not that sophisticated as it is an entry level offering. A lot like the simple single filter capacitor hidden under most coax speaker tweeters, this is an \u2018in-line\u2019 one. Just simple and incorporated into the supplied cabling.<\/p>\n

Not rated at high power, only 30W RMS power handling, they are very good at turning watts into music though. That 92dB efficiency is exceptionally high. Whilst you lose the chance to run them on a powerful amplifier, they will transform a stock system. The grilles are smart looking, too. You\u2019d never know they were so inexpensive. You can get these as a smaller 5.25 inch set of components as well, which is not a common size for the higher end brands at all. A lovely no-brainer upgrade, you get lots of stereo imaging improvement possibilities and they\u2019ll make your stock system feel louder.<\/p>\n