Menu
Forum
General Car Audio
Subwoofers
Speakers
Amplifiers
Head Units
Car Audio Build Logs
Wiring, Electrical and Installation
Enclosure Design & Construction
Car Audio Classifieds
Home Audio
Off-topic Discussion
The Lounge
What's new
Search forums
Gallery
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Classifieds Member Feedback
SHOP
Shop Head Units
Shop Amplifiers
Shop Speakers
Shop Subwoofers
Shop eBay Car Audio
Log in / Register
Forum
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
Log in / Join
What’s new
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
General Car Audio
Subwoofers
Speakers
Amplifiers
Head Units
Car Audio Build Logs
Wiring, Electrical and Installation
Enclosure Design & Construction
Car Audio Classifieds
Home Audio
Off-topic Discussion
The Lounge
What's new
Search forums
Menu
Reply to thread
Forum
Car Audio Discussion
General Car Audio
01 Honda Accord Recommendations
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="zako" data-source="post: 7455069" data-attributes="member: 629735"><p>I am highly critical of running a coaxial speaker AND tweeters. You end up with twice as many tweeters in your car as you need. You end up with crappy frequency response with peaky highs, phase issues, and lousy sound stage and imaging. I suggest to buy a proper set of component speakers with a separate tweeter and a (tweeter-less) woofer. In terms of what brands to buy, I think it depends on your budget, but if its under $200 for components, I would say it is hard to beat Polk Audio MM and Morel Maximo. Both have excellent reviews. Morels can be picked for as little as $120 right now which is a heck of a deal. My hands are itching to buy it even though right now I have perfectly acceptable Alpine Type-Rs in front. On ~300 budget, I'd look at Massive Audio CK6 Stage V or higher grade Morels.</p><p></p><p>Now onto the subwoofer. I just installed an Infinity Kappa 120.9w sub in my car two weeks ago, and by now I can see that it sounds awesome. This is a pure SQ subwoofer with superstiff cone and low inductance. Put it into a 1 to 1.3 cu ft sealed box, and it will produce plenty of bass in a midsized car. 300-400watts RMS would be plenty. The result is very tight, transparent, and well controlled bass. Very good integration with front midbass. You can almost "see" the texture of bass notes throughout the whole frequency range, whereas with other subs in this price range you often end up with less defined, kind of washed out bass notes. I am upgrading from RE Audio SRX and the difference is in your face, very apparent. I never quite achieved the level of integration with the front stage with the RE sub. It did take a couple of weeks of breaking in and tweaking to get to this point. Right now, I have Kappa setup with 70Hz @18dB crossovers, but this sub is so transparant and low distortion, I could run it with crossover as high as 160Hz with no problems whatsover, except that it does get too punchy on some tracks in this mode.</p><p></p><p>You can put any speakers in the rear, but ideally they should be turned off or way down unless you're entertaining passengers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zako, post: 7455069, member: 629735"] I am highly critical of running a coaxial speaker AND tweeters. You end up with twice as many tweeters in your car as you need. You end up with crappy frequency response with peaky highs, phase issues, and lousy sound stage and imaging. I suggest to buy a proper set of component speakers with a separate tweeter and a (tweeter-less) woofer. In terms of what brands to buy, I think it depends on your budget, but if its under $200 for components, I would say it is hard to beat Polk Audio MM and Morel Maximo. Both have excellent reviews. Morels can be picked for as little as $120 right now which is a heck of a deal. My hands are itching to buy it even though right now I have perfectly acceptable Alpine Type-Rs in front. On ~300 budget, I'd look at Massive Audio CK6 Stage V or higher grade Morels. Now onto the subwoofer. I just installed an Infinity Kappa 120.9w sub in my car two weeks ago, and by now I can see that it sounds awesome. This is a pure SQ subwoofer with superstiff cone and low inductance. Put it into a 1 to 1.3 cu ft sealed box, and it will produce plenty of bass in a midsized car. 300-400watts RMS would be plenty. The result is very tight, transparent, and well controlled bass. Very good integration with front midbass. You can almost "see" the texture of bass notes throughout the whole frequency range, whereas with other subs in this price range you often end up with less defined, kind of washed out bass notes. I am upgrading from RE Audio SRX and the difference is in your face, very apparent. I never quite achieved the level of integration with the front stage with the RE sub. It did take a couple of weeks of breaking in and tweaking to get to this point. Right now, I have Kappa setup with 70Hz @18dB crossovers, but this sub is so transparant and low distortion, I could run it with crossover as high as 160Hz with no problems whatsover, except that it does get too punchy on some tracks in this mode. You can put any speakers in the rear, but ideally they should be turned off or way down unless you're entertaining passengers. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forum
Car Audio Discussion
General Car Audio
01 Honda Accord Recommendations
Top
Menu
What's new
Forum list
