$25 to the person who can design the best system for under $500.

[BulldogSr04 10+ year member]

Maybe because it was before you joined? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smash.gif.499e08a4a35ffaf54f4c8194fb8fe8ed.gif

 

[Hundreth 10+ year member]

I think for a SQ setup, one Matrix Elite 10 will provide better sound using much less space than the Tempest... It will cost around the same, and also get wicked loud with 380w. Just a free suggestion ;D

 

[BulldogSr04 10+ year member]

I think for a SQ setup, one Matrix Elite 10 will provide better sound using much less space than the Tempest... It will cost around the same, and also get wicked loud with 380w. Just a free suggestion ;D

Hes got an escalade with loads of room in the back. I don't see where space would be a concern. Plus, tempests put out some serious lows. You gotta love that.

 

[Hundreth 10+ year member]

Hes got an escalade with loads of room in the back. I don't see where space would be a concern. Plus, tempests put out some serious lows. You gotta love that.

Just because he has room available, doesn't mean he has to use it. If a 10" woofer will have similar output and SQ, yet take up less space, i don't know why you wouldn't choose it. (Not to mention he would have many more amp choices with the Ohm configs)

 

[idiot 10+ year member]

I would recommend Squeak’s setup. I’ve simply heard far too many complaints about the CDT speakers distorting at moderate to high volume to trust them, even in this price range.

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

I would recommend Squeak’s setup. I’ve simply heard far too many complaints about the CDT speakers distorting at moderate to high volume to trust them, even in this price range.

I've never heard those complainet, but what I HAVE heard, (apparantly unlike you) is plenty of CDT speakers. They are winners, its most likely people underpowering them and clipping the amp than the speakers themselves.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

its most likely people underpowering them and clipping the amp than the speakers themselves.

BINGO! people sending them less than 80 watts rms, cranking the gains and the volume. Or people being just plain dumb and running off a HU. Great componentsm ONE of the best in it's price range! peace

NG

 

[idiot 10+ year member]

I've never heard those complainet, but what I HAVE heard, (apparantly unlike you) is plenty of CDT speakers. They are winners, its most likely people underpowering them and clipping the amp than the speakers themselves.

You’re hardly the only one who has experience with these speakers, and many others make the opposite review. Perhaps you have not noticed because you have not been looking.

Ok this is a little late but its been about 2 months that ive had them in so i feel i can review them safely. I have these speakers runnin off my alpine in my sig. its 80x2 @ 4 ohms.
the sound quality when the speakers are turned up about half way 20/35 on the alpine is nice. very clear and just a good overall sound. i like it. the problem comes when they get more power fed to them. at about 26/35 they start to sound bad. the vocals just sound nasty. they make your mouth twist in weird directions and your eyebrows just raise in disgust. now i know what some people are thinking, most HU distort when you get to the higher voume levels so you should have your gain set right so that you wont have to turn it up so high to actually get into the distortion. well for the 20 and 26 out of 35 for the volume, the gain was set to almost minimum on the alpine. when i turn the gain to where it should be the speakers distort at about 15/35. they sound real bad and they are not even gettin their rms wattage. i checked phasing, wire connections, cross over points, and all that good stuff. even with the HPF set at 160 hz the speakers distort. i really dont believe these speakers are worth the 300 dollar msrp. imo skip these speakers and go with something else. im gonna go with the RE components and ill try and review them compared to these cdts.

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=72392

I have CDT CL-61's, I have yet to hear any other comp set. I personally believe the CDT's are a great buy, if you don't plan on giving them anything below 150hz. They distort really, really fast when you start throwing lows at them. Make sure you do a good install.
T.J.

http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?p=453013#post453013

Originally posted by venomizd03:I must say that the CL-61's sounded good (front doors) but lacked the ability to get as high volume as the my BA Pros. That is why i have switched back to the BA's. If anyone is looking for a very low used set, email me at venomizd03@hotmail.com.

http://forum.sounddomain.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=014605

i have htese speakers and they sound pretty good for the price, and they get loud, but on certain songs if i turn the volume over 30/62 my tweets start to distort, but on other songs i can turn it all the way up to 40, i havent really gone over 40 cause thats pretty loud for me.

http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=69671

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

nevermind...LOL, misread the post

 

[reed8857 10+ year member]

I know this is an old thread but....

"go search instead of trying to bribe people. search and resarch to educate yourself on car audio so you can make your own decision. the board is free, use it for what its worth. just my opinion."

this guy was smart.....I been laboring here all day (on my day off mind you, which are hard to come by here) trying to get feedback (not answers.....but feedback..well some answers).

He or She was able to get more feedback than any other newbie has before....thats smart and he prob did not even pay.

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

he was smart. i was going to point out when i posted that im sure he wouldnt pay but who knows if he did or not...either way the ideas he got were good but nothing a pm to me couldnt fix. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif if you have any questions post away...

 

[uncleroman 10+ year member]

we used to have a headunit that was marked kmc {kmart center} it was off the chain-50.00

kraco front stage -25.00

bazooka powered bass tube 6"- 99.00

this rig will smoke any shiva ,compression horn setup.