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<blockquote data-quote="neo_styles" data-source="post: 7970362" data-attributes="member: 644168"><p>Additional photos will show I mounted the tweeter directly above the woofer and reapplied the door skin. So here go for impressions:</p><p></p><p>Doing a quick RTA on my iPhone, I noticed that performance was considerably more flat. I did have to dip the 400Hz and 8KHz about 4dB just to cancel out some of the boominess and rough edge on the tweeters, but overall, everything else stayed at 0dB and did not require cuts. Unfortunately, the iPhone has HPFs in place to keep out wind noise, so 40Hz and 80Hz adjustments were more about guesswork.</p><p></p><p>Once everything was set, I played Romeo Machado from one of the Focal Spirit of Sound discs and my jaw hit the floor. Soundstaging is about as good as it can be considering I don't have any external processing, but everything was there and in front of me. I was worried that mounting the tweeters so low was going to be a problem, but I couldn't localize them. They still sounded like they were mounted in the sails (factory location). I did not experience any harshness, so can attest that these tweeters really are as awesome as people made them out to be. Even listening on axis while I was routing the remaining wires and the crossover, I wasn't feeling the need to dial anything down.</p><p></p><p>What impresses me most about these components, and this should speak to JBL's lineage in loudspeaker tech, is its all-out accuracy. A cymbal hit sounds like a cymbal hit, all the way from the initial percussive hit of the drumstick through the reverb of the cymbal itself and then everything fades away naturally. Nothing lingers, nothing stops abruptly, it just sounds right. Hits on the snare and toms feel realistic as well.</p><p></p><p>What these comps do best (IMO), though, is their ability to accurately reproduce various types of guitar work. My wife and I were listening to Dishwalla's "Opaline" and had to shoot a double-take at the doors because it literally sounded like there was a live performer behind the door skin. Bass guitars have their own specific presence and their representation is far from boomy. Especially blended with the ID10 in the back, everything sounded like I was hearing it live. On Deftones' "My Own Summer," I got a hint of that 2x4 to the chest kinda bass on the kick and there was a clear difference in visceral-ness between the verse and chorus when they go into super-crunch mode.</p><p></p><p>Electronic music has its own special quality, though not as impressive as natural instruments. On Sander Van Doorn &amp; Julian Jordan's "Kangaroo," everything was clear as a bell and even when the synth kicks in for the hook, I didn't feel myself running for the volume knob (something I used to do every single time with the stock speakers). Final test track of the day was Nero's "Guilt," and this is where I really started smiling. Never before had I heard the drum-roll leading up to the initial drop and it was a pleasant surprise to feel like the song didn't ramp unnecessarily.</p><p></p><p>So there you have it. Perhaps the MS62c really has a valid place in DIYMA's current forum boner. I'm definitely impressed so far. And at Sonic's price point of under 200 bucks, it gives Focal, CDT, and Massive's budget offerings a solid run for their money. Two thumbs up and I look forward to thousands of hours of enjoyment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neo_styles, post: 7970362, member: 644168"] Additional photos will show I mounted the tweeter directly above the woofer and reapplied the door skin. So here go for impressions: Doing a quick RTA on my iPhone, I noticed that performance was considerably more flat. I did have to dip the 400Hz and 8KHz about 4dB just to cancel out some of the boominess and rough edge on the tweeters, but overall, everything else stayed at 0dB and did not require cuts. Unfortunately, the iPhone has HPFs in place to keep out wind noise, so 40Hz and 80Hz adjustments were more about guesswork. Once everything was set, I played Romeo Machado from one of the Focal Spirit of Sound discs and my jaw hit the floor. Soundstaging is about as good as it can be considering I don't have any external processing, but everything was there and in front of me. I was worried that mounting the tweeters so low was going to be a problem, but I couldn't localize them. They still sounded like they were mounted in the sails (factory location). I did not experience any harshness, so can attest that these tweeters really are as awesome as people made them out to be. Even listening on axis while I was routing the remaining wires and the crossover, I wasn't feeling the need to dial anything down. What impresses me most about these components, and this should speak to JBL's lineage in loudspeaker tech, is its all-out accuracy. A cymbal hit sounds like a cymbal hit, all the way from the initial percussive hit of the drumstick through the reverb of the cymbal itself and then everything fades away naturally. Nothing lingers, nothing stops abruptly, it just sounds right. Hits on the snare and toms feel realistic as well. What these comps do best (IMO), though, is their ability to accurately reproduce various types of guitar work. My wife and I were listening to Dishwalla's "Opaline" and had to shoot a double-take at the doors because it literally sounded like there was a live performer behind the door skin. Bass guitars have their own specific presence and their representation is far from boomy. Especially blended with the ID10 in the back, everything sounded like I was hearing it live. On Deftones' "My Own Summer," I got a hint of that 2x4 to the chest kinda bass on the kick and there was a clear difference in visceral-ness between the verse and chorus when they go into super-crunch mode. Electronic music has its own special quality, though not as impressive as natural instruments. On Sander Van Doorn & Julian Jordan's "Kangaroo," everything was clear as a bell and even when the synth kicks in for the hook, I didn't feel myself running for the volume knob (something I used to do every single time with the stock speakers). Final test track of the day was Nero's "Guilt," and this is where I really started smiling. Never before had I heard the drum-roll leading up to the initial drop and it was a pleasant surprise to feel like the song didn't ramp unnecessarily. So there you have it. Perhaps the MS62c really has a valid place in DIYMA's current forum boner. I'm definitely impressed so far. And at Sonic's price point of under 200 bucks, it gives Focal, CDT, and Massive's budget offerings a solid run for their money. Two thumbs up and I look forward to thousands of hours of enjoyment. [/QUOTE]
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