Best 6.5 components for $500?!? They will be run active...

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

What makes you think that you will reproduce what you're hearing on a sound board or someone elses car in your car? Hearing them before hand will only give you and impression, that's it. I've used A LOT of different speakers in my car and they don't make THAT much difference...and 95% of them I'd never heard before. Refer to my earlier comment about install and tuning as that's what will make or break your system. 

Why put egg crate foam behind a speaker? You got chickens laying eggs in there? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Why deaden a rear door? Can you hear it vibrate?

Take advice from people on car audio forms very wisely. You'll learn through trial and error, not so much what other people's fantasy of what *should* be done or what sounds "good." That includes any of the BS I've just told you. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

No, but just in case, they will have a place to lay their eggs.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif:

 

[C3 Customs 10+ year member]

why would you spend the money for components with crossovers when you are going to run them active ?

Good question....

 

[Sideways17 10+ year member]

Good question....

Any recommendations for mids and tweeters then? I've got some people trying to sell me CDT's and Ultra's.

 

[bigbirney420 10+ year member]

If you want to buy a brand you have heard of you can mix and match 6speedcpoupe I think can get DLS and others. You can buy the raw drivers w/o crossovers for many brands. I had Iridium tweeters and they were great. I was going to but Nobellium mids to go with and would have been under 500 for the set, but I got a killer deal on my Helix set so i bought those.

 

[Sideways17 10+ year member]

Thanks man! I like what I've read on the Seas L18's or the Peerless 830883's. Im starting to research tweeters now. I want a smaller DIY tweeter because Ill probably have them up in the pillers.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Hybrid has some tweets that are pretty small in size //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Sideways17 10+ year member]

Cool Ill check them out. Has anyone heard the Seas Neos, LPG 25nfa's, or the Dynaudio MD102's?