best 6.5 component speakers for rap music?

[alexleon86 10+ year member]

I have mb quart 216 and I just want to upgrade to something more suitable for the type of music I listen too "rap' thinking of going rainbow, morel, Boston acoustic, or alpine. What u guys think ?

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[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

rainbow or ID....focal also

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

what price range?

 

[alexleon86 10+ year member]

200

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

which quarts do you have?

 

[alexleon86 10+ year member]

Pvi 216

 

[swollen_cu 10+ year member]

The AQ components are right around your range. I've heard good thigns about them, but not too many people are running them I dont think.

 

[knightmare]

is there a morel component set for under 200?

i am actually in the same situation of choosing a comp set. i listen to mostly rap with some R&B and Trance here and there. granted from what i understand the type of music doesn't matter, the better made speaker will stay in proper shape. after that its your own taste, i would go to a store (like car toys or tweeters) that has a few speakers to sample and see what you think. i lean towards boston and focal for good budeget level component sets. i feel like morel and rainbow are i bit higher priced and won't have anything and if they do it would be there lowest line speaker and might dissappoint. althogh for under 200 a audio store owner/friend of mine is recommending morels full range speakers to full the back stage. if that helps any.

 

[slappinX 10+ year member]

im wondering the same thing. are hertz HSK 165 a good candidate for mostly rap music?

 

[custombass1]

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[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

im wondering the same thing. are hertz HSK 165 a good candidate for mostly rap music?

kind of. granted, the HSK are out of his price range. The Hertz ESK-165 are in the $200 range. But side-by-side, I think the HAT Imagine are better than the Hertz ESK-165. (i know i've been saying that a lot lately, i'm not pushing HAT product, I just think that they are a better product).

The type of music shouldn't influence the type of speaker, but the listening habits do. People assume if you listen to rap music, you don't want SQ, and you listen to distorted music from too much volume and too much bass. Which isn't fair. Rap music on an SQ system can be quite enjoyable - when you hear all of the detailed background riffs and samples the artists and producer put in there. The key, I think, is to run a sub when you mostly listen to rap - so you take the strain off your speakers. Same with electronic music, and anything else with synthesized bass lines and tones.

I don't like the tweeters on the ESK and HSK. I think they are way to bright and harsh, even when driven cleanly from an Audison LRx amp. If you like bright tweeters, you may really like the ESK.

 

[kevin lu 10+ year member]

kind of. granted, the HSK are out of his price range. The Hertz ESK-165 are in the $200 range. But side-by-side, I think the HAT Imagine are better than the Hertz ESK-165. (i know i've been saying that a lot lately, i'm not pushing HAT product, I just think that they are a better product).
The type of music shouldn't influence the type of speaker, but the listening habits do. People assume if you listen to rap music, you don't want SQ, and you listen to distorted music from too much volume and too much bass. Which isn't fair. Rap music on an SQ system can be quite enjoyable - when you hear all of the detailed background riffs and samples the artists and producer put in there. The key, I think, is to run a sub when you mostly listen to rap - so you take the strain off your speakers. Same with electronic music, and anything else with synthesized bass lines and tones.

I don't like the tweeters on the ESK and HSK. I think they are way to bright and harsh, even when driven cleanly from an Audison LRx amp. If you like bright tweeters, you may really like the ESK.

Listen to this guy, he know exactly what he was talking about.

The HAT Imagine and the Hertz HSK is almost the same but the price is way different.