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<blockquote data-quote="Mommy Wagon" data-source="post: 7741555" data-attributes="member: 641740">Thanks princ3cmo,I guess I should have also clarified my listening preference beyond what I did previously.I do like clarity, and a very natural sound to my front stage, without the tweeter overpowering and becoming too bright at hight volumes. That said I do not want a dull or overly flat sounding system either.Yeah, I want my cake and I want to eat it too.Years ago, and probably my favorite set of components were a 6 1/2&quot; Alpine DDDrive at around 100w. The ony real drawback was the lack of midbass- they performed quite well above 150-200hz but had difficulty with anything lower.Princ3cmo, you mention Eclipse; I haven&#039;t heard anything from them in a few years, though a friend whom had been big on Eclipse stopped buying their product 3-4 years ago from a lack of quality.Years ago I had bought Soundstream, JBL, JL, Phoenix Gold, Kicker, Alpine - all with great results. Though over the past 20 or so years the game has changed; what was great is now bad, quality is lower, among a multitude of other things. It would seem some manufacturers have gone more to &quot;bling&quot; than what musicality is all about.I remember when I heard my first set of MB Quart components, it was near life changing - though with manufacturing changes they definitely do not offer the same reference quality.......Ok. I&#039;m getting too nostalgic - back to te task at hand:3-way component front stage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mommy Wagon, post: 7741555, member: 641740"] Thanks princ3cmo, I guess I should have also clarified my listening preference beyond what I did previously. I do like clarity, and a very natural sound to my front stage, without the tweeter overpowering and becoming too bright at hight volumes. That said I do not want a dull or overly flat sounding system either. Yeah, I want my cake and I want to eat it too. Years ago, and probably my favorite set of components were a 6 1/2" Alpine DDDrive at around 100w. The ony real drawback was the lack of midbass- they performed quite well above 150-200hz but had difficulty with anything lower. Princ3cmo, you mention Eclipse; I haven't heard anything from them in a few years, though a friend whom had been big on Eclipse stopped buying their product 3-4 years ago from a lack of quality. Years ago I had bought Soundstream, JBL, JL, Phoenix Gold, Kicker, Alpine - all with great results. Though over the past 20 or so years the game has changed; what was great is now bad, quality is lower, among a multitude of other things. It would seem some manufacturers have gone more to "bling" than what musicality is all about. I remember when I heard my first set of MB Quart components, it was near life changing - though with manufacturing changes they definitely do not offer the same reference quality....... Ok. I'm getting too nostalgic - back to te task at hand: 3-way component front stage. [/QUOTE]

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