Design Engineering 050330 Boom Mat Speaker Baffles, 6.5" Round (Pack of 2), Black

Very good and durable replacement foam speaker baffle/cover. Keeps dust and water from damaging door speakers and contains the sound from dispersing into door cavity. The difference in sound quality was noticeable from not having any baffles before and then after installation.

Great Fit,really clarified SPEAKER 'Sound and Performance'!!!!!!

I recently put these in the driver/passenger side doors of my 2000 subaru rs sedan with 6.5 in Polk dxi650 speakers. My main reason for getting these was because when I installed my door speakers it was snowing out and I noticed water dripping directly onto the speakers. So, I rigged a thick plastic sheet into the speaker hole on both sides, placing the speaker and wires in the created cavity and leaving enough plastic on the edges so when I bolted the bracket back on it would create a seal so no water could get in. This did work but, my speakers couldnt breath. Now these arent very bass heavy speakers but making it so NO air could flow from behind the speaker made the plastic bag cave I made for the wires/speakers breath inward and rattle like crazy causing a super annoying sound on top of my already rattling door panels. So I needed a fix and thats what these baffles are for. I did have to modify my original brackets though. The brackets come with a sort of half cone protruding from behind creating a half cavity, for depth and to protect the speaker (but this still failed with rain water depending on how your speaker actually fit in the brackets with its terminals). I cut off the half sphere lumps to create a smooth flat bracket, inserted the new foam cave (so it goes foam brackets from speakers->plastic bracket screw into door panel->baffle->speaker) and positioned the speaker so the terminals are on the bottom. Cut out an area I felt wouldnt allow water but air could get in, and mounted. This did meet my requirements for water proofing, rattle reducing and plastic eliminating but there are drawbacks after experiencing the setup for a few weeks. First, while the bass is reduced this makes the rear speaker bass seem much more potentb thus throwing off the entire balance of rear/front. Some music is ok and there isnt much difference but a lot of times Id say my front speakers sound 60% the volume of my rears (adding +1 to my front with the front/rear balance of the head unit causes such a great difference in power output it makes the rears sound invisible). The baffles will also redirect the sound output to directly forward. To alleviate this cut more foam off the back of the baffle. I couldnt because of the rain issue which in this case causes the music to shoot at my feet instead of giving the "atmospheric" effect. Its not nearly as bad if you drive alone but when someone is in my passenger seat I can barely hear the front speakers unless the song is heavy on treble. All in all a good product for what I needed without fixing my window seals, buying dynomat and spending tons more money. My fix for the difference in sound dynamics was to buy an app called TuneShell for my iPod touch so I could better tune the music equalizer and take away the bass more subtly and raise the treble than what my head unit allowed. If your car has leaky windows, if you need to direct the sound output directly forward, cut out bass for an amp, etc, buy these. They are cheap and will hold you over until you can plan accordingly.

If you’re wanting to get better sound from your speakers you need to use these. They help to harness the stray output of your speakers that is lost to open air space behind them.

Short story: useful to reduce frame rattle and to protect speakers in trunks, but sound difference is user preference. Long review I bought a set of these (one order comes with two units) to test with new rear speakers in an 07 Corolla. They most likely will fit the magnets for your aftermarket speakers, I was installing JL 6x9s And they fit with about .5-.75 of an inch left between the magnet and the bottom. Personally, I cut the bottom out of them. After testing one speaker with the baffle and the other without, cycling between left and right output on the HU, the baffle seems too small of an enclosure for my speakers to really have decent bass. I cut out the bottom and a bit of the sides, still using the edges as a vibe absorber between the speakers metal and the car's frame as to not cause rattle and the sides stayed to help protect the speakers and wires from things being tossed in the trunk.

I installed these in my 07 Element running type x alpine component speakers. The product is well made and seems to do what is expected. With my situation they didn't work or maybe they worked too good. My speakers started to pop, which was really bothering me so I cut them in half to see if it would help. Cutting them in half did help a little so I cut the back off, so now they are more of a protector for anything coming from the top and the sound is back to normal, no popping. They fit really well and are super easy to install. In actuality I really purchase these to protect my speakers and they are doing that, but they sealed the speakers so well they distorted the sound. A couple of cuts and they are doing what I wanted them to do.

Used with install of speakers in my 1975 VW Bus, provides great sound and protection to speakers.

I’ve seen where people say they loose bass or is doesn’t help, those people are wrong. I’ve used these for a long time. It reduces the “loudspeaker” crackle and helps your speakers by adding back pressure and you ultimately get your Bose audio sound out of your pioneer speakers. Don’t think about it just buy it and thank me later. Plus they protect your speakers from water that gets into your door and ultimately in the speaker and causes them to fall apart, ever notice how certain cars the door speakers sound like they are flying apart when your turn the radio up? Cause they are paper cone speakers with no insulation to prevent them getting wet as they age and the glue pulls from the cone or the cone falls apart. These prevent that and protect your investment. Just make sure you run your wire in from the bottom not the side or top.

Good quality easy to install

Quedo perfecto en las puertas delanteras de mi ford expedition 1999, mejoro el sonido y disminuyó el ruido de vibracion de la puerta

Ciò ha cambiato totalmente il suono dei miei altoparlanti. Non ho più vibrazioni.

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Installed these as part of an overall upgrade to my TJ 99 sound bar, worked well to reduce the vibrations in the sound bar and provide more depth to the sound and improve the overall sound