Im lookin into buyin new speakers for my 67 coupe and cant decide what 6x9's to buy, im kinda torn between rockford fosgate and cerwin vega. Im lookin for max power and reasonable price(under $150). Any suggestions?

both of those brands make some kick ass speakers.  are you running an amp?  what some people don't know about speakers is that too little power is often the more dangerous than too much.  when the waveform "clips" the crossover "sees" the signal as mostly high frequency stuff, despite the fact that it may be a heavy bass signal.  it then sends that over to the tweeter which promtly dies.  that's why bi-amp'ed setups are nice.  don't judge durability by the max power rating as its not a standardized way of measuring power handling - any given manufacturer will tweak it to please the audience they are trying to advertise to.   let your ears be the judge and go with the one which sounds the best to YOU.

im gonna get an amp eventually, but for now im just running on the original stereo that has been refurbished to an 88 watt RMS, 4 ohm. This will work for a while right

I think im goin with the CV HED 1693 (6x9), and the HED 162 (6 1/2, for kickpanels)... sound good?

it'll probably rock, you'll be very happy.  if you haven't tried em out then give the speakers a listen to before you buy and don't be reluctant to try other brands - you may be surprised.

[QUOTE=bigchalupa]Ive ordered them now, if i dont like em ill just sell em on ebay...they were a helluva lot cheaper online...i got both pairs for the same price i would have paid for rockford fosgate 6x9's. we'll just have to see how they do.[/QUOTE]

Everyone has given rock solid adive about sysems there very hard to map out unit to amp or maybe twin amps twin amp theory you can get them with much less distortion even power. Do you own a coupe? If you do good old crutchfield sells a generic overhead consoel for the rear that hold 2 6" speakers I mention this because I have a Blau Unit Twin Blau amps 2 3 way rockfords in the overhead and all my stocks replaced with 2 way rockfords. I can hear If a disk is dirty .........  LOL

[QUOTE=Hrtbr8kr66]I have a set of 6X9 Song Xplod's in my back and 4X6 pioneers in the doors. I didn't do kick panels b/c i wasn't pleased with what i founf for speakers. Everyone is shocked to hear the sound that comes out of my stang considering i don't have a sub or amp. Personally even though i am a pioneer girl at heart those SOny's KICK BUTT[/QUOTE]

When the 91 was streetable like you see in my photo's I had all Blaupunkt everyone said its trash well its the best sounding trsh ive heard even with the top down and crank. But I would Have to say that I was a Pioneer girl too when it came to polyphil speakers. But with the 2000 coupe that i drive so very much I opted for newer Brand but gues what there the same polyphil speaker pioneer makes they just happenned to have them in stock. Did you change your wiring? youj would be shocked to know what a change speaker wire can make . Also Baffles for the backs of the speakers keep the tinny rattle down.

alright, car stereo myth #1: head units that put out 20 watts a channel.. your best car stereo's actually put out around 14 watts continuous. take a look at amplifiers that are 100 watts.  compare the sizes.  speaker wise i would recomend infinity, eclipse, diamond, kove.  i would if at all possible stay away from 6x9's and other oval speakers.  best recomendations   like at a concert, the sound should be in front of you, not behind ya.  a set of 6 1/2 components up front, set of 5 1/4 coxials in back,  one ten in the trunk for fill.  instant smiles with a system that can be built for 600 bucks.. system design is the crucial factor in sq and music...whether small or large scale, do it right..

my last setup, which has to be pulled now that the car is totaled is

clarion pro video/audio fold out head, 9300 7band eq, 3band parametric, dsp,active crossovers network.  running into two orion red 2 hccas. highs and mids come from 6.1 perfect components(custom fiberglassed and filled door panels) in the front and two perfect 10's in a custom built in the trunk box.(yeah, a real pain)  box was ported and tuned to 46 and port fire through back panel to increase db in cab and reduce trunk vibration.  alt gauge power supply front to back and 12 gauge pro comp wire amp to doors.  10 gauge wire amp to subs.  2 1 farad caps keep the volts continous.  all wire is phoenix gold comp including the rca's.  sound is a funny beast, a low impedience ground can through the whole thing for a loop...  i still design systems and boxes(newer sn95 and ups are a pain to put subs in, but if anyone needs specs and such let me know..