2010 Malibu 23 LSV Interior Speaker Upgrades

[Flyboy73]

Last winter, I upgraded my Tower speakers with the Wetsounds Pro 6X9's. Loved the upgrade! It made a HUGE difference! Of course now, the interior speakers are bugging me and have to go. I was considering going with the Westsounds XS-650's for the front and back sides (I don't have the speakers in the back seat). In addition, I was going to replace the factory amp with a Wetsounds SD6 amp. I have a couple of questions:

1. Has anyone already done this upgrade and, if so, how were the results. Did you notice a big difference in performance? Are the speakers worth the money?

2. Is the speaker a direct swap or is there a lot of work involved (ie. major cutting of trim/interior, replacement of wiring, etc).

Thanks in advance for the feedback!

[jonyb]

The xs650's are a huge improvement over stock. And well worth the money

What do you plan to power from the sd6? Just the inboats? The sd6 is a lot of power for the 650's unless there are 2 speakers per channel.

Where are you located?

[Flyboy73]

I am replacing all 6 of my interior speakers. I am located in Greenville, S.C. My main concern is making sure I can just slide the factory speakers out and put the new Wetsounds speakers in the same cut out.

[jonyb]

How are you going to run the SD6? How many Pro696's?

You may be better off with a Syn4 on the in-boats, and a Syn2 on the 696's (for 4), or a Syn4 for 1 pair.

Edited November 30, 2015 by jonyb