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3" Speakers

Small drivers fill the gap between midbass and tweeter, and these 3 inch speakers from Crossfire and Sundown Audio fit dash, A-pillar and pod locations where a larger cone will not. The range includes the Crossfire C7 SQ3 and C5-2.75 and the Sundown Audio SA-3M and SA-2.75 v.2.

Most are sold individually unless the title says pair, so check impedance against your amplifier before ordering.

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Where 3 Inch Speakers Fit

Many vehicles have small factory openings in the dash corners or A-pillars. Filling them with a dedicated midrange raises the stereo image toward eye level instead of leaving vocals stuck down at your knees. A small driver can play upper mids that a door woofer struggles with and hand off cleanly to a tweeter, which is why sound quality builds often run a three-way front stage: midbass in the door, a small midrange up high and a tweeter on top.

How to Choose a Small Midrange

Size and depth

Measure the opening and the depth behind it. The 2.75 inch models, like the Crossfire C5-2.75 and Sundown Audio SA-2.75 v.2, slip into tight dash grilles, while the Crossfire C7 SQ3 and Sundown SA-3M suit pods or pillars with a little more room.

Crossover settings

Small cones have limited excursion, so they need a high-pass filter set well above where a door speaker would cross. A DSP or an amplifier with adjustable crossovers makes it easy to band-pass the midrange between the midbass and tweeter. Running one of these drivers full range invites damage.

Impedance and power

Check each listing's impedance and confirm that your amplifier can drive the resulting load. Small midranges do not need much power, so a clean channel with headroom is more useful than raw wattage.

Completing the Three-Way Stage

Pair your new 3 inch speakers with 6.5 inch speakers for midbass and match them with options from the tweeters collection. Give each driver its own channel from one of our car amplifiers so you can set crossovers independently, and see the full speakers range for other sizes.