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Focal or not Focal? Help with deciding on a setup
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffdachef" data-source="post: 8462743" data-attributes="member: 650438"><p>Clean mids and highs are very simple goals, basically a given with amplified components. Hell, you can achieve that easily with less than 100 dollars budget if you ran active with raw drivers(separate mids and tweeters no crossovers included and crossed over with head unit/DSP) but that requires some advanced tuning skill that you are probably not ready to do yet. With 80 prs we take it PAST the level of clean and clear into the world of sound stage, detail, instrument separation and extreme clarity.</p><p></p><p>Your head unit is okay for the average Joe. However for actual sound quality. The audio tuning capabilities is stifling at best with sub par internals Digital audio converters. Basically the difference between the two head units is. One plays noise the other one lets you truly experience music. One has stereo sound that just plays music like how it would sound in a stock system. The other one can literally create a live rock/hip hop/edm concert on your dash board enveloping you where you literally get lost in it.</p><p></p><p>What I listed is just differences between the two component speakers and you can make choices based on your personal preferences. If you like brighter sounding tweeters and mids then go with focals. If you want warmer mid rangy sound for guitars and deeper instruments, the CTX fit the bill a little bit better.</p><p></p><p>The rear USB of the 80 prs is not a problem at all since there's a USB extender cable included that you can run literally anywhere. Either the dask kit's spare pocket or even down by your center console if you want to extend it far with a longer cable. No usb in front means bigger screen too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffdachef, post: 8462743, member: 650438"] Clean mids and highs are very simple goals, basically a given with amplified components. Hell, you can achieve that easily with less than 100 dollars budget if you ran active with raw drivers(separate mids and tweeters no crossovers included and crossed over with head unit/DSP) but that requires some advanced tuning skill that you are probably not ready to do yet. With 80 prs we take it PAST the level of clean and clear into the world of sound stage, detail, instrument separation and extreme clarity. Your head unit is okay for the average Joe. However for actual sound quality. The audio tuning capabilities is stifling at best with sub par internals Digital audio converters. Basically the difference between the two head units is. One plays noise the other one lets you truly experience music. One has stereo sound that just plays music like how it would sound in a stock system. The other one can literally create a live rock/hip hop/edm concert on your dash board enveloping you where you literally get lost in it. What I listed is just differences between the two component speakers and you can make choices based on your personal preferences. If you like brighter sounding tweeters and mids then go with focals. If you want warmer mid rangy sound for guitars and deeper instruments, the CTX fit the bill a little bit better. The rear USB of the 80 prs is not a problem at all since there's a USB extender cable included that you can run literally anywhere. Either the dask kit's spare pocket or even down by your center console if you want to extend it far with a longer cable. No usb in front means bigger screen too. [/QUOTE]
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