Eclipse SE8363

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Eclipse SE8363

March 30, 2005, 02:43:11 AM

How are these? Anyone have experience with them? This guy's local and my passenger side speaker is going out (and for some reason the in-dash speaker on the passenger side is also gone). Tested an older pioneer speaker I had but it had NO mid/lows compared to the stock premium speaker :rolleyes:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5763315706&fromMakeTrack=true

Re: Eclipse SE8363

Reply #1 – March 30, 2005, 02:52:11 AM

i havnt had experiance with them but they look decent. carefull buying used stuff though. seller seems to have good feeback.

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Reply #2 – March 30, 2005, 02:58:09 AM

I'd never buy a used item if it had to ship. This way I can always get back in contact with them if I must

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Reply #3 – March 30, 2005, 05:14:46 PM

eclipse speakers are pretty good. Most of them come with life time warrenties.

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Reply #4 – March 30, 2005, 05:39:38 PM

I can't tell if the speakers sit flush on the top or not...don't feel like cutting a hole in the speaker covers

how much should I bid up to? They retailed around $99 before they were discontinued. No idea how much they're actually worth.

Can get them new on ebay for $65 shipped

edit:
anyone know what the frequency response was for the 6 1/2" premium speakers? I'm guessing somewhere around 50hz on up to 10-20khz (hard to tell with the dash speaker going)

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Reply #5 – March 31, 2005, 11:06:27 AM

I would do it. And If my Infiniti 6 1/2" fit with a Plus sized woofer on them, those will definitely fit. The good thing about Eclipses' 3 way speakers is that they sound great without amplification, but can handle a decent ammount of power if you choose to. I'm going with a new set of Focal Seperates.....but I think the Eclipse ones would be the way I'd go if I went Coaxial.

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Reply #6 – April 06, 2005, 11:21:38 PM

the bid on that auction jumped up so I went with a couple other pairs from someone local - some eclipse 3½'s and alpine 5¼'s. For now, I finally have 2 more functioning speakers (dash and door) that sound great (minus a little less bass but I never turn it up so *shrugs*)

$40 well spent

Eclipse SE8363

Reply #7 – December 16, 2005, 01:47:48 AM

Bringing this back up, I just picked up some new 6.5's from the MB Quart DSE 216 package (LINK), but the things are too big to fit flush in the door. As you can see, the things are a bit bulky from the side.

I haven't measured, but placing the speaker in the stock hole, it sticks out probably around 1". What would be the best way to go about installing this thing in there? I can try just drilling new holes and mounting it with some type of spacers, but I don't think the door panel will go back on with the stock grill. I really don't want to cut up the door, making the speaker hole have jagged edges (compared to the folded over edge it has now). I have no problems modifying the stock grill, but from the look of it, the speaker will probably still hit the door panel.

Any tips?

edit:
I tried mounting it from the back, but it hits... ummm something... when its almost in position. Too dark out to see what it is, but it can't be moved.