Components advice

[blnk64 10+ year member]

I'm looking to put some components in my ford escape. Im new to this so any ideas on brands and setups if i wanna spend around 300 - 500?

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[Flex68 10+ year member]

Nice budget. You shud be able to do well , especially if you aren't averse to going used.

2-way? SQ versus SPL? 6.5" mids ?

Moar info = better assistance......

 

[blnk64 10+ year member]

50/50 prolly maybe leaning a little towards sq. as for the type of setup im not sure. prolly 6.5s but im real iffy as to anything else im learning as i go

 

[Vecticus 10+ year member]

Aftermarket will get loud even if you go with SQ. Is that 300-500 on just components or 300-500 on HU, components, and amp? Like flex said you can get some really nice components for that price range! Unless that's your total build budget.

 

[Flex68 10+ year member]

Just to toss out a few names for you to do some research on: Dynaudio, Morel, Focal, HAT, Rainbow, Seas, Hertz, CDT, and Boston Acoustics, among others.

 

[blnk64 10+ year member]

300 to 500 on components and amp. Id probably want a two way setup to two 6.5s right?? Thanks for the brand starters any other advice on some good brands?

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

300 to 500 on components and amp. Id probably want a two way setup to two 6.5s right?? Thanks for the brand starters any other advice on some good brands?

He posted pretty much everything I would suggest as well as Blues audio and Massive... As for amps it just depends on what speakers you go with...

 

[blnk64 10+ year member]

Thankssss

 

[zako 10+ year member]

300 to 500 on components and amp. Id probably want a two way setup to two 6.5s right?? Thanks for the brand starters any other advice on some good brands?

I'll toss some ideas. Hybrid Audio Imagine are considered to be very good speakers at their price of $250. Search archives for lots of good reviews. The only issue is that their crossover is somewhat primitive. Some people think that tweeters are not attenuated enough. This is not an issue for a lot of high end installs, since people will run their speakers with their own active crossovers. I have them in my car right now running in bi-amp mode and I wouldn't change a thing (besides tuning) in the install. The woofers have very good bass capability (6mm one way xmax) which translates into a very good power handling, but they also play very high in frequency range. A recommended band-pass crossover frequency is between 5 and 6KHz. Hybrid Audio Clarus costs just over $500 and these were considered the next step above Imagine. These come with more robust crossover boxes and tweeters. The woofer is deeper (too deep for some cars) and has 7mm of xmax. HAT Unity is a new HAT product that combines an Imagine woofer (without a phase plug) with Clarus tweeter and crossover. If you intend to use passive crossovers, Unity or Clarus should be a decent choice. I have heard that Focal Polyglass 165 V30 are comparable to Clarus and cost about the same, so those are worth checking out as well.

If your budget is around $500 for speakers and amplifier you could afford either Imagine or Unity. I preferred to run my speakers in bi-amp mode, so spending money on Unity for its crossovers would be kind of a waste, so I bought a set of Imagines and I am running them in bi-amp mode, with 2.2uF capacitor inline with tweeters, using a 4-channel MB Quart amplifier.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

i can hook you up on some cdt components and a amp , both new with warranty too