orevgym

I just bought a 2000 es300. I've been driving a 97 Buick Lesabre Limited with a good sounding stock audio system. The es's stock system sounds horrible compared to the Lesabre. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make es better?

mdbrown

I can only presume something is wrong with yours as my stock system is leagues better than a 97 LeSabre regardless of what options it had. That being said, the first thing you can do is replace the speakers. The front speakers are two way but they use a simple capacitor for the crossover so full range to the 5.25" door speakers - makes for muddy sound. Get a real two-way component set. The rear door speakers are a simple full-range speaker - replace with coax speakers. I used Boston Acoustic... made a world of difference even with the stock amps.

orevgym

thank you- will try that.

orevgym

mdbrown

I have 1(6.5) front speaker in my es - 2 tweeters

and 1 rear (6.5) speaker

and 1 (8) subwoofer

I think my configuration is different than yours?

mdbrown

No, same. You should have 2x 5.25" door speakers and 2 tweeters in front doors, 2x 6.5" single cone door speakers in rear. 8" sub in deck. The front door speakers have a simple capacitor crossover which means full range to 5.25" door and high freq to tweeters. 6.5" will fit in front but not without a little work. Will be worth it. Any good quality component set will have full inductive-capacitive 2-way crossovers which will make the sound much cleaner especially in the mid-range. Good quality coaxs in the rear will give a much cleaner high end. Depending on the type and volume you listen to the stock amps and sub will either be okay or too weak.

imAC

well thats weird mdbrown....I have a 1997 Lexus ES300 and I just purchased all my needed car audio equipment....

When installing the speakers in the doors I have the following.(i dont think there is a diff between 97-01 es300 speaker sizes).

Front Doors: 6.5"...I easily fit 6.75" speakers with zero modifications.
Rear Doors:6.5"
Factory Sub:8"....oh how ****ty.

OP, if you have the money you should definately look into Hertz, Morel, and Image Dynamic car audio.

....oh and the sub....instead of replacing the stock 8 inch just unplug the sub and put a new sub(s) in an enclosure in the trunk.