good highs

decent bass

Good highs but need way too much power to get any kind of bass out of them. From all the pioneer speakers I've seen, i have failed to find a pair of good ones. I don't know about the premier series though. But theese kinda suck. Don't get them. Pay the extra cash to get something better like infinity kappa or something.

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Crisp mid's and highs, from 250Hz beyond 17kHz
Handles power very well

Help Wanted: One able-bodied amplifier
Slight resonation at ~80Hz

I recently threw out the stock GM doorstop radio and put in a Blaupunkt Alaska RDM168 "entry-level" radio (I have a recent review on that). Anyway, without an amplifier, these Pioneers will suck the life-blood (a.k.a. deck output) from your receiver yet produce little bass. Pioneer should put "Notice: Amp required" right on the box. Nevertheless, with an amplifier, these babies can really cook!

The Pioneer TS-A6969's are rated 60w RMS / 220w peak. I am driving them with an Alpine 3527 2/3/4-channel amp, running in bridged-mode (75w x 2), and let me say that these speakers have some serious teeth! They are capable of serious low-bass, too, but tend to distort or "baffle" at roughly 80Hz. I was able to boost 50, 63 or 100Hz on the Blaupunkt receiver without baffling or distortion; just keep 75-85 down and they'll do just fine. Of course if you have a serious system (unlike me), you'll let your subs take over the single-digits and this won't be an issue. As far as upper-bass, mids, highs and super-highs, these 4-ways will bite your ears off the sides of your head.

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Stock GM 9½-ohm speakers. Oh, sorry, that's more like comparing apples and kumquats.

Best speaker for the money. Nice Looking. Just as good as the infinties.

Not many....you need an amp if you aren't boxing them

These are quite possibly the best 6x9's on the market today. I've got a pioneer deh-3100 mofset 45x4 head unite and these suckers are like having a 10 behind each seat.

If you were installing them in a car, and just letting them hang they need to be amped (my friend also bought them for his 98 jetta). I have a 84 ford f-150 with a 302, and put the two speaks in boxes and put them behind the seat and f-ing good........unbelievable power!

IF you don't box the speakers amp them.....otherwise I'd say keep it rolling. I listen to dance music and they mofo's pound!
Great Bass.......super high's and perfect mids........pioneer's are leading the pack!

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BASS, and the other frequencies.

On the very hard hitting bass punches in a FEW songs, you have to turn the bass down becuase it sounds like its hurting the speaker. Someone told me it needs breaking in but who knows.

When I 1st got these speakers I mounted them from underneatch the rear deck as you must do with 6x9s in my car. The speakers were mounted driectly to a metal deck. When I played the stereo (50 RMS), i noticed that it sucked. The reason for this is that the metal could not handle the bass these things were outputting. So I applied dynamat in a few places and the bass is great, comparable to a subwoofer. However subwoofers Are smoother and can handle hard punches better but these handle the low tones better than I ever expected from non-subs. Oh yeah the mids and highs are also great, but then I have 6.5s in the front for the front, but the people in the back say they like it.

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Good sounding, loud,

Need to be put on a amp but will still sound good without one.

I love em, I got 2 Pioneer 4-ways in the back and 2 Pioneer 2-ways in the front and 6 Pioneer tweeters. I love the 4 ways most of all I would recommend them to anyone!

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About the same as Infinitys