CDT Components are they as good as some people say??

[OldManTod 10+ year member]

You didn't really open a can of worms, just the usual.

- T

 

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

Sounds like a real objective review. Opinions vary. This guy could be a half-tard with a hearing aid. Listen for yourself.

plain and simple..it's either right or wrong period....and everything from CDT that I ahve heard/used...sucks...end of story...no if ands or buts...you are more than welcome to come to a major MECA/IASCA show and you can demo my car...I'll show you how a system should sound and how far off cdt's are from that...

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

It's a good thing the market has grown so much that there's a lot of companies out there in the speaker business.. The struggle is not unlike the home audio business with speakers.. Tastes vary big time.. Some guys live for Wilson Audio or B&W or Vandersteen speakers.. Some guys hate a particular brand or model.. Same I guess for car speakers.. Tastes vary. It's healthy. I was actually quite happy with my cheap set of Kappa's, but I'll bet the next set (an upgrade of some brand) for the new car will be a new adventure.. Unfortunately, like the home audio business for high-end, it's very difficult to actually A/B compare or demo speakers across different brands and models.. Have to go by online reviews for the most part. So, in a sense, there's more competiting brands and models now, but also less pre-sale demonstration... for me anyway.. I can't bring myself to walk into the one non-big-box-kmart installer in town because of the hard sell for the speakers with the big margins.. (I know retail business too well).

Sorry.. this might not have contributed much.. just some observations from a guy trying to learn about car audio. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

Would you say that it would be hard to compare low end speakers to your listening taste due to the level of equipment you use? You use some of the highest end gear around, can you still listen to low end and find the good in it?
This isn't flaming at all, I'm honestly asking because I value your opinion and I am currently running the CL-61A's and if you really think that, at the price point they are at, are horrible, I will most likely change. I thought that the tweeters had a decent sound but lacked in midbass. I mean I'm not going to go out and spend 2,000 on a pair of comps, but what would you consider to be a good upgrade?

sorry bro...I'm not the person to ask that question to....when it comes to speakers, I've been around super high end home and car audio for so many years that is the one area I'll never skimp on.....I can tell you the best bang for the buck...infact one of my top 5 tweeters period is the Hiquphon OW1fs....but other than that I'm worthless //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

infact one of my top 5 tweeters period is the Hiquphon OW1fs

Where would one go about finding those and how much are we talking about? Reason that I ask is I've been around a pretty long time and I've never heard of this brand.

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

http://www.hiquphon.dk/

In the US:

http://www.ellisaudio.com/hiquphon.htm

http://www.zalytron.com/

.. google rocks!

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Should have figured that $200+ would fall into his "bang for the buck" category...

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Should have figured that $200+ would fall into his "bang for the buck" category...

lol.

 

[pcoastsurf 10+ year member]

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I hate to be an ***........but I have yet to hear a pair of CDT's that didn't make me vomit in my mouth and choke on it while going back down....

You my friend are a idiot!

 

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

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You my friend are a idiot!

you are right.....I don't konw shyt......wanna fill me in on your expertise?

 

[pcoastsurf 10+ year member]

you are right.....I don't konw shyt......wanna fill me in on your expertise?

And yours ?????????????????

 

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

And yours ?????????????????

well......

I worked for acouple high end 12volt manufactures and with for acouple years now...I have built countless demo/comp cars spanning almost 16 years...as well owned...used.....tested the most expensive car audio products known to man....

 

[rjcastr 10+ year member]

Hebrew person,

I understand that sound is all about taste but to say that the ES gold series is a piece of garbage is quite a statement, i have demoed myself some of the best sound speakers in car audio from utopias to seas to dynaudio to f1 status and recently the rainbows pro-fi. Granted there are some that i would say are better than others but to exclude CDT from this group would be a crime in many cases the CDT line ES gold series are as good as some of the best in the business. Speakerworks out of Orange known to be one of the best in the business is a huge CDT dealer and when you go in to their shop they, themeselves praise on the ES line, they have quite a demo built in around CDT and other brands as well.

 

[pcoastsurf 10+ year member]

well......
I worked for acouple high end 12volt manufactures and with for acouple years now...I have built countless demo/comp cars spanning almost 16 years...as well owned...used.....tested the most expensive car audio products known to man....

So expensive = good ???????????? ok???

 

[xtremekustomz 10+ year member]

Now, now....can't we just be nice? HH has quite a bit of expertise when it comes to this stuff. Yeah......he may be blunt about it and say exactly what he thinks, but that is just how it is. He is giving his "opinion" on what he thinks about it and I'm sure if you talk to many sq guys that they will have similar things to say, but will explain them a little differentely LOL Personally I just wish I had some tuning experience. I'm having a nightmare with my truck. Hopefully someone will show up in Biloxi next weekend and be able to help me out.