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Ideally the use of a baffle, and a foam ring around the outside of the surround that closes the gap between the speaker and the panel it is mounted to will help increase Midbass, will make the midrange frequencies seem cleaner or clearer however you quantify the sound quality of it. Keep in mind the initial quality of speakers can apply but then I've seen some really lower quality products coupled with every detail of performance based make things far better; Better and thicker grades of copper wire, your baffles, better quality capacitors & coils for X-overs, better grade of interconnect cables etc..
Typically if you are really trying to get everything you can from the system, all the small things and details that help when done correctly. When dealing with low power anything; audio system, vehicles, whatever. When you take something as simple as for example. A fresh set of plugs on a dyno pull. You may find a 1/2 to 1.7hp gain on something like a correctly modded engine. Is the ass dyno going to feel it? Not really. But couple that with a 2hp gain here, a 5hp gain there, another 2.2hp gain with a tweak there, and just for good measures lets throw some untuned ITB's on the intake manifold and gain another 14hp.
Not any one of those mods will make a significant difference (well maybe the ITB's slightly, especially after a tune), however the adding of them all makes a larger difference of course.
Adding baffles alone would be some ITB's for those speakers and would recommend both the rear if you have them but I would focus on the doors more. Sadly the rear speakers are set really low in the ranger Std Cabs and really the only thing they do is provide rear fill properly. They shouldn't at any point seem louder than the front. My analogy being whens the last time you went to a concert and turned your back to the stage to listen to it? Exactly, stage presence is sound staging and imaging is placement of instruments and artist singing in relevance to where those things are on the stage. Granted, very few take their audio THAT serious unless in a competitive scene of things but then there are some of us who enjoy a flat curve and the likes of above because IASCA is evil in theory. lol
I figured after 20 views you may not have very many audio snobs or experienced real installers in this venue to answer.. [ass-umption]. Hope that helps.
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