Coaxial car speakers are a 2-way speaker system built together: the tweeter, woofer, and a simple crossover are assembled into one speaker assembly. They replace older & lower-quality speakers by fitting in the same installation space in many cases.
Coaxial speakers use a 2-way speaker design with a tweeter, woofer, and a simple crossover built into a single speaker assembly. Most provide a woofer cone with a separate tweeter for good full-range sound quality and frequency coverage unlike cheaper single-cone speakers.
Think of coaxial speakers as a compromise between single cone speakers (the cheapest type of speaker, with poor sound quality) and a more advanced component speaker system. They’re very popular as they offer good sound quality but don’t cost as much as more expensive speaker options.
Coaxial speakers have some great advantages:
- Easy sound upgrade: they’re a drop-in replacement for older factory-installed & bad sounding single cone speakers.
- There’s a wide range of performance & price options for buyers: different levels of tweeter quality, crossover design, cone materials, higher power ratings, and so on.
- They give somewhat similar performance to separate 2-way component car speakers – but without the need for a separate speaker crossover you have to install, too.
- They’re easy to find and very popular – in fact, they’re the most popular car speaker upgrade and it’s really easy to find them when shopping.
- Affordability: good coaxial car speakers can be purchased at relatively cheap prices
- Coaxial speakers can immediately fix the poor frequency response many people have with their older speakers.
