I bought these Alpine's to replace a pair of old car speakers that I had placed in an enclosure and used in a spare room of my house. The old speakers sounded good, but time and weather had done in the cone of one of them. I looked over the offerings in 6" & 6x9" speakers and chose these, largely from their reputation. What a disappointment. The sound was thin, with almost no bass and little mid-range. There was absolutely no "fullness" in their sound. There was no comparison between the performance of the old 6x9 3-ways and these Alpines. As component in a multi-speaker system, they would probably do well, but they will not stand on their own.