Pioneer TS-A878 2-Way Coaxial Car Audio Speakers (Pair) - 3.5" Round Speakers with a Hard Dome Tweeter, 60 W Max Power, Black

Nice and sturdy, can't waite until there installed

I've long since upgrade the sound system on my 2006 PT Cruiser. Did a 6x9 conversion all round, have 2 amps and a sub. Never got around to doing the tweeters. But I soon tired of the horrific high pitch from the stock pieces of junk when the volume was cranked. No surprise when I examined my tweeters how poor of a condition they were in. I gently touched the cone, and it cracked like old paint. Not good.I pulled the stock ones, and used a 9v battery to determine the positive and negative poles on the stock wire connector. (You can use a 9v square battery on the contacts of a speaker to determine polarity - If the cone pushes out, you have the correct orientation. If it goes down, flip your polarity).Once I had this figured out, I wired in an additional capacitor. My amp pushes out a good deal of power, and without reducing the bass it would tear these to pieces. I will link what I used below.Once wiring and fitting was complete, I had to adjust my Equalizer due to the change in frequency at the front end. But once I dialled it in, it sounds amazing. Significantly better than the awful sound quality from before. And it's a little louder, and these will be more durable long term.I did not have to trim or cut up my dash, they just fitted. I got rid of the star screws my dash came with, and used the supplied cross screws from this kit to make things easier.If you're considering replacing your dash speakers, you should buy these. If you are replacing dash TWEETERS, you WILL NEED a capacitor or you will trash your speakers.Here is the cap I used:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H3RL6NI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm not an audiophile but I've enjoyed the value of the Pioneer A series speakers in 3 of my vehicles now. In this case, I had the tweeters out if the dash for other work and used this opportunity to replace the stock "JBL" speakers. The size difference in the driver is incredible. I'm a firm believer that you can't tell good from better and better from best unless you have each of them side by side. Since I don't have two vehicles side by side I am cautious of saying these speakers sound better than stock. I can say that the design and engineering appear to be a night and day difference. The fit of the 3.5 inch was perfect for the center channel in the dash. Unfortunately I don't have a use for the second speaker in the set. Oh well.I soldered the original wire harness to the new speaker tabs after checking and verifying the polarity. This made for a near factory installation.

They work well. I replace the center dash speaker with this one. Had to get creative when remounting as the trim that holds it got cracked. I also soldered the old speaker connection to the new one so it plugs in. Sounds good.

So, I have a 2019 RAM 1500 Big Horn "Classic" crew cab, and I knew instantly that the factory "Paper" speakers were going to come out of it. They sound so muffled with no life in them at all. I had already replaced the 4 door speakers with Pioneer TS-G690 6x9 speakers that fit perfectly in the doors with no modifications at all. Those speakers sound great BTW, but now it was time to upgrade the two 3.5" dash speakers. I like to keep the same brand speakers all around a vehicle if at all possible. I found these Pioneer TS-A878 3.5" speakers right here on Amazon for a great price! Amazon said they wouldn't fit my truck, but oh how wrong they were. I took the chance and bought them. They went right into the factory speaker hole and the factory screw holes lined right up with these speakers! They sound so good with the Pioneer 6x9's in the doors! I highly suggest using metra speaker wiring harnesses to plug right into you factory speaker plug. The Metra number is 72-7902. I know for a fact you can get that harness at Crutchfield.com if you can't find it on Amazon. If you are looking to upgrade your factory speakers on a Ram truck from 2012 up to the 2019 "Classic" these Pioneer 3.5's and the Pioneer 6x9's are a GREAT choice! I'd also like to add that I did install 600Hz bass blockers with these speakers as well. You don't want a lot of bass going to a speaker this size.

I bought these for use in a home-brew battery powered bluetooth stereo-in-a-suitcase for near-field listening to music on my laptop computer which has particularly anemic built-in speakers.The treble of these Pioneer speakers is quite good, and bass in a fairly well sealed solid box is impressive for the size of the speaker.Listening to "Mother Nature's Son" from the Beatles Anthology 3 CD, the imaging was excellent - the speakers "disappeared" acoustically. I was planning to add a down-firing 6-8 inch woofer/subwoofer to the box, but boosting the bass a bit in iTunes led to a surprisingly clean, deep bass that has led me to abandon the subwoofer idea. With the 64Hz boosted at 6dB and the 32 at 12dB, the overall frequency response sounded surprisingly flat. The quiet deepest bass notes a couple minutes into Echoes from Pink Floyd's "Meddle" album were audible in a way they that they were not with my long-gone JBL L20T speakers. This was near-field listening so the speakers were not driven to their limits by any means and did not sound strained even with this degree of bass boost, even though it was strong enough to be felt through the floorboards. Using the Stereophile test CD 1 frequency tracks, even the 25Hz track could be felt with the EQ set to 12dB at 32Hz. If listening with the suitcase open, however, the bass of course was entirely missing in action.I am very impressed indeed with these speakers for this purpose, particularly at the price, and am quite glad I went the car-audio route, and specifically with these speakers, for this project.