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<blockquote data-quote="Latina33" data-source="post: 2776348" data-attributes="member: 570943">Not sure if you&#039;ve bought a pair of components yet, but here&#039;s my take on my Crystals after a few weeks.....I&#039;ve had my set of Crystals installed in the front for about 3 weeks now, and I can tell they&#039;re just starting to break in a little more. I don&#039;t have my doors deadened at all, and they still sound great....the midbass is very nice, esp. with a 12in sub in the rear and no rearfill speakers.I ran an older set of Focals before my Crystals, and I would say that the midbass is about the same, however, the Focal TN 45 tweeters are definitely brighter/more &#039;shrilly&#039; with the high reproduction than the Crystal tweeters. I really grew to like the Focal&#039;s more metallic harshness, especially after I played with the settings on my deck to tune them down to a level of my preference.You can definitely tell that the Crystal tweeters are not silk, but at the same time, they don&#039;t have near the harshness at high volumes of a Focal or MB Quart tweet (I owned a set of MB Quart 218.13CX components before the Focals). I really like their sound reporduction.I&#039;m powering them with 200W RMS a side, and even though I can barely turn the gains up to 1/3 of their adjustment range, the Crystals still really sound good. 3 weeks in, I am very pleased with their performance, and once I break them in a little more, and eventually get around to proper deadening of my doors, I know they&#039;ll keep on doing so.I would definitely buy them again.Hope this helps you with your decision.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Latina33, post: 2776348, member: 570943"] Not sure if you've bought a pair of components yet, but here's my take on my Crystals after a few weeks..... I've had my set of Crystals installed in the front for about 3 weeks now, and I can tell they're just starting to break in a little more. I don't have my doors deadened at all, and they still sound great....the midbass is very nice, esp. with a 12in sub in the rear and no rearfill speakers. I ran an older set of Focals before my Crystals, and I would say that the midbass is about the same, however, the Focal TN 45 tweeters are definitely brighter/more 'shrilly' with the high reproduction than the Crystal tweeters. I really grew to like the Focal's more metallic harshness, especially after I played with the settings on my deck to tune them down to a level of my preference. You can definitely tell that the Crystal tweeters are not silk, but at the same time, they don't have near the harshness at high volumes of a Focal or MB Quart tweet (I owned a set of MB Quart 218.13CX components before the Focals). I really like their sound reporduction. I'm powering them with 200W RMS a side, and even though I can barely turn the gains up to 1/3 of their adjustment range, the Crystals still really sound good. 3 weeks in, I am very pleased with their performance, and once I break them in a little more, and eventually get around to proper deadening of my doors, I know they'll keep on doing so. I would definitely buy them again. Hope this helps you with your decision. [/QUOTE]

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