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I am looking at a decision between 8" round speakers instead of 6.5" for the rear deck of my 1967 Camaro build. The three I have come to are the Rockford Fosgate 8" M282B Rated at 100 RMS 200 Max and the Soundstream Audio SST 8.2 Rated at 170 RMS and the JL Audio VR800-CW 125RMS
I am running a four channel amp with 125 watts per RMS.
Has anyone actually listened to these? Is there a good reason to choose one over the other?
I do like the sound of the silk tweeter, and I did get to listen to the Rockfords, but I have not been able to hear the soundstream speakers or the JL Audio's. I like that the Tweeter on the Rockfords are not punched through the Speaker cone, it is actually suspended above the cone as a component seperate. On the other hand I have been told not to run a tweeter in the rear, Hence the JL Audio ZR800-CW
Soundstream SST8.2 Tarantula Series 8" Full Range Speakers -3 Ohm - SoundstreamOnlineStore.com 814-201-2456
SoundStream SST8.2 8" 170W 2-Way Tarantula Series Car Audio Speakers
• Bi-Ampable Operation
• 1" Kapton Coil Former
• Zolon Coated Stamped Steel Basket
• Black Zirconium Cone
• 1" Swivel Silk Dome Tweeter
• Butyl Rubber Surround
• 3 ohm impedance
• Passive Crossovers Included
• CONEX Spider
• Power Handling: RMS - 170 Watts
• Frequency response: 4000-20000 Hz
• Efficiency: 90dB
Rockford Fosgate® - M282B
Rockford Fosgate M282B 8"
• 8" 2-Way Full-Range Rockford Fosgate M2 Series Marine Coaxial Speakers
• CEA-2031 Compliant
• Power Handling:
o Peak: 400 watts per pair / 200 watts each
o RMS: 200 watts per pair / 100 watts each
• Frequency Response 48Hz - 22kHz
• Injection molded mineral filled polypropylene cone
• UV and Salt-Fog resistant TPE (Thermo-Plastic Elastomer) surround
• 1" Bridge mounted component grade coated aluminum alloy tweeter
• Corrosion resistant gold plated polarized input terminals
• Moisture, tear and fatigue resistant aramid fiber spider
• 4 ohms impedance
• 1-1/4" Dual layer voice coil
• Linear, high excursion matched motor magnetics and suspension design
JL Audio ZR 800-CW
Free Air Resonance (Fs): 46.27 Hz
Electrical “Q” (Qes): 0.702
Mechanical “Q” (Qms): 11.667
Total Speaker “Q” (Qts): 0.662
Equivalent Compliance (Vas): 0.787 cu. ft. / 22.29 liters
One-Way, Linear Excursion (Xmax)*: 0.34 in. / 8.6 mm
Reference Efficiency (no):
Efficiency (1W/1m)**: 87.0 db SPL
Effective Piston Area (Sd): 33.34 sq. in. / 0.0215 sq. m
DC Resistance (Re): 3.935 ohm
Nominal Impedance (Znom): 4 ohm
Thermal Power Handling (Pt): 125W
Driver Displacement: 0.016 cu. ft. / 0.44 liters
Net Weight: 5.7 lbs. / 2.60 kg
I am running a four channel amp with 125 watts per RMS.
Has anyone actually listened to these? Is there a good reason to choose one over the other?
I do like the sound of the silk tweeter, and I did get to listen to the Rockfords, but I have not been able to hear the soundstream speakers or the JL Audio's. I like that the Tweeter on the Rockfords are not punched through the Speaker cone, it is actually suspended above the cone as a component seperate. On the other hand I have been told not to run a tweeter in the rear, Hence the JL Audio ZR800-CW
Soundstream SST8.2 Tarantula Series 8" Full Range Speakers -3 Ohm - SoundstreamOnlineStore.com 814-201-2456
SoundStream SST8.2 8" 170W 2-Way Tarantula Series Car Audio Speakers
• Bi-Ampable Operation
• 1" Kapton Coil Former
• Zolon Coated Stamped Steel Basket
• Black Zirconium Cone
• 1" Swivel Silk Dome Tweeter
• Butyl Rubber Surround
• 3 ohm impedance
• Passive Crossovers Included
• CONEX Spider
• Power Handling: RMS - 170 Watts
• Frequency response: 4000-20000 Hz
• Efficiency: 90dB
Rockford Fosgate® - M282B
Rockford Fosgate M282B 8"
• 8" 2-Way Full-Range Rockford Fosgate M2 Series Marine Coaxial Speakers
• CEA-2031 Compliant
• Power Handling:
o Peak: 400 watts per pair / 200 watts each
o RMS: 200 watts per pair / 100 watts each
• Frequency Response 48Hz - 22kHz
• Injection molded mineral filled polypropylene cone
• UV and Salt-Fog resistant TPE (Thermo-Plastic Elastomer) surround
• 1" Bridge mounted component grade coated aluminum alloy tweeter
• Corrosion resistant gold plated polarized input terminals
• Moisture, tear and fatigue resistant aramid fiber spider
• 4 ohms impedance
• 1-1/4" Dual layer voice coil
• Linear, high excursion matched motor magnetics and suspension design
JL Audio ZR 800-CW
Free Air Resonance (Fs): 46.27 Hz
Electrical “Q” (Qes): 0.702
Mechanical “Q” (Qms): 11.667
Total Speaker “Q” (Qts): 0.662
Equivalent Compliance (Vas): 0.787 cu. ft. / 22.29 liters
One-Way, Linear Excursion (Xmax)*: 0.34 in. / 8.6 mm
Reference Efficiency (no):
Efficiency (1W/1m)**: 87.0 db SPL
Effective Piston Area (Sd): 33.34 sq. in. / 0.0215 sq. m
DC Resistance (Re): 3.935 ohm
Nominal Impedance (Znom): 4 ohm
Thermal Power Handling (Pt): 125W
Driver Displacement: 0.016 cu. ft. / 0.44 liters
Net Weight: 5.7 lbs. / 2.60 kg
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