3 out of 5

XTC 6-1/2" Speaker Baffles

Written By DKMARSH, San Diego Ca on Thursday, May 23, 2013

 

Cheap accessory. I was attempting a better quality instal.

Pros:

easy to work with

Cons:

no significant change is noticed

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5 out of 5

XTC 6-1/2" Speaker Baffles

Written By Anonymous, Albany, NY on Tuesday, March 12, 2013

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Worked perfect for my Mini Cooper door spekers

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5 out of 5

Great product

Written By Greg, North East,md on Monday, March 11, 2013

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The baffles fit perfect in my Mazdaspeed 3. I had to trim a hole in the back to let air out and the wires. They do a great job keeping water out. Worth every penny!

Pros:

Great moisture barrier.

Cons:

None

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5 out of 5

XTC 6-1/2" Speaker Baffles

Written By Anonymous, crofton maryland on Wednesday, March 06, 2013

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Great product

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5 out of 5

Easy to install

Written By Paul W, Chino Valley Arizona on Sunday, October 21, 2012

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Easy to trim and fit the 6 1/2 inch speaker perfectly. Time will tell how they perform over the years.

Pros:

Easy trimming and just the right diameter and depth. Nice and thick too.

Cons:

None that I noticed.

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5 out of 5

Awesome

Written By Tony, Florence Az on Thursday, September 20, 2012

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these work great with my new pioneer speakers makes the bass hit harder and makes the speakers sound so much better

Pros:

work great sound great

Cons:

nothing

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4 out of 5

Not Bad

Written By gh97, Bordentown, NJ on Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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I used these as an additional precaution to keep new speakers dry and dust free. I had to cut the baffles to size...no big deal.

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3 out of 5

XTC 6-1/2" Speaker Baffles

Written By Mwd, Charlotte, NC on Saturday, April 14, 2012

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The speaker baffles were supplied with my infinity speakers. I could not use them because of the shallow factory plastic dooe enclosure on my GTO.

1 out of 3 people found this helpful

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1 out of 5

Waste of money

Written By Manny, New York on Wednesday, April 04, 2012

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Waste of money really not need.

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1 out of 5

Not Recommended

Written By bugsy05, Germantown, MD on Saturday, March 31, 2012

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If you have any type of 94-04 Mustang/Cobra/Saleen convertible with the Mach stereo system you will not need these. They will already be housed/enclosed and protected by the Mach stereo.

Cons:

Didn't need them in my setup.

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5 out of 5

XTC 6-1/2" Speaker Baffles

Written By Anonymous, atl ga on Monday, March 05, 2012

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as described. works great.

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1 out of 5

poor fit

Written By marc g., Waterville, ME on Friday, February 10, 2012

Installed in a 2005 MINI Cooper

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These didn't work for my application. I have a 05 Mini Cooper Convertible. They are to deep and bulky for what I needed. I did not ise them.

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4 out of 5

Not bad addition.

Written By Ro, FL on Monday, February 06, 2012

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Not bad product.

Pros:

Added protection and a little richer sound from spaekers.

Cons:

Made it a close fit when windows go all the way down.

2 out of 2 people found this helpful

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5 out of 5

Worked Great in my Silverado

Written By RobertA, Sacramento, CA on Saturday, February 04, 2012

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I agree some installation instructions for these would be helpful. I did some on-line research on these both at Crutchfield and else where. I found various ideas and decided to go with what sounded best and waht seemed to work during installation once I got there. I kept the flange on the baffles and ended up sandwiching it in between the mounting brackets provide by Crutchfield and the speakers themselves. I cut about 1 1/2 inch diameter hole in the bottom of each baffle for the speaker wires and for air flow. That worked as the sound of the speakers is great and the speaker is protected from water getting in the door. I will definitely use these again.

Pros:

Speaker protection. No impact to speaker performance.

Cons:

No installation instructions/recomendations.

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5 out of 5

Necessary and also inexpensive for any system.

Written By ZachW, WVa on Thursday, November 24, 2011

 

These require some ingenuity to install, but are worth it in the end. I made holes for the wires, which I believe are adequate enough to be a port as well.

I may get the Xacto knife out and make them a little bigger.

Pros:

Price, quality, excellent shipping

Cons:

Must figure out how to install, troublesome

4 out of 4 people found this helpful

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1 out of 5

Total junk

Written By Farmer B, Cherryvale, KS on Thursday, October 06, 2011

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These baffles are good only in theory. In actual practice, they are awful. They are much too thick to be useful with the speaker mounting brackets supplied by Crutchfield for the Chevy C1500. I tried to use them but they were so thick that I couldn't snap the speaker/bracket assembly into place without severely distorting the bracket (speakers on a C1500 do not screw to the door, but snap in with a bracket). I tried to modify the baffle by trimming it some, but it still didn't work. Crutchfield should make a note with on the product desccription with a list of vehicles that the baffle will not work with the speaker mounting bracket. Instead, I wasted my money and can't return it because I had to modify it.

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4 out of 5

Good Addition

Written By Jinx, DC on Monday, October 03, 2011

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Very good addition to my new speakes. It cut down some of my road noise and gave me better base sound.

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3 out of 5

I guess they work

Written By Jeff, St. George, Utah on Monday, August 08, 2011

 

The crutchfield guys always push these and I typically trust their advice. I understand the need for a certain amount of air space behind speakers but the air space with these baffles seem too small for the Alpine 6.5" speaker I installed them with so I feel they limit the bass the speaker can provide. Mids and highs are great.

Just my $0.02

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4 out of 5

Great product - needs instructions

Written By DaveL, Boston, MA on Sunday, June 26, 2011

 

The product itself is fine, but it should come with instructions that discuss the options for installation. So my rating of 4 is really the average of 5 for the product itself and 3 for the lack of guidance on how to use it. If you mainly want to protect your speakers, then install the baffle as intact as possible, cutting only the smallest possible slit for the wires. If, on the other hand, you also want your speakers to sound good you need to cut a more significant hole. When I first installed the speakers with the baffle intact, I wondered why my speakers sounded so dead, so muffled, I then did some research and discovered the need to add a port for air movement.What would be useful to come from the manufacturer is guidance on the hole size. I didn't want to take the time to experiment with different sizes, but cutting out about a fourth of the sidewall of the baffle on the bottom made a huge improvement in the sound. What I don't know is whether a smaller hole would have worked just as well (a smaller hole would compromise the protection less).

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5 out of 5

Great to prevent rattles

Written By Chris, Central Texas on Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Installed in a 2009 Chevrolet HHR

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Great product, does what it's supposed to do...

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