Looking for some good 6.5 comps

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

I've auditioned both the D661S and D661A sets. The silk's were a little smoother, but both sets didn't impress me for the price.

 

[ryanbssc29 10+ year member]

I've auditioned both the D661S and D661A sets. The silk's were a little smoother, but both sets didn't impress me for the price.

So you liked the Type Xs more than either of the D6's? How about the Jl XRs how do they compare?

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

AA Poly mids 6.5

pair of Vifa Conentrics xt25s

 

[Trancer 10+ year member]

AA Poly mids 6.5pair of Vifa Conentrics xt25s

Is that the current set up you have?

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Is that the current set up you have?

no i have the poly mids and the vifa D26 tweeters, i would like to have the xt25s

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

So you liked the Type Xs more than either of the D6's? How about the Jl XRs how do they compare?

Can't say about the XR's. I've not heard them.

 

[Trancer 10+ year member]

no i have the poly mids and the vifa D26 tweeters, i would like to have the xt25s

Wouldnt mind hearing those

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Wouldnt mind hearing those

i still have a lot of stuff to do, right not all my equipment is mounted all wack, im lookin for an alpine processor right now (h701 ),

 

[Notwerk 10+ year member]

I heard Diamonds long ago after they had just switched from the Eton-made drivers to the made-in-the-East drivers. I decided I'd heard as much as I wanted to hear. Haven't heard them since, but I don't think I would bother now. In the mid-90s to late-90s, they were cool, though.

Between the JL XRs and Alpines, I'd take the Alpine. The tweeters are great. The JLs are good for a hard-dome, but I still lean toward the Type-X.

You could go Vifa, but the Vifa drivers are 8-ohm (not a bid deal), won't come with any mounting hardware for the tweets, and aren't really made for car use (contrary to popular belief, the Type-X tweeters are not XT tweeters. They're based on them, but have been modified to Alpine's specs.) Also, the passive crossovers that Alpine made for that set are very nice, indeed.

Unless you're going active for sure, I think you're better off with the Alpines. It's a complete, car specic drop- in set (if memory serves, they even come with spacers for the mids) and are well-made. Smooth, neutral, very musical and not that expensive.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

I heard Diamonds long ago after they had just switched from the Eton-made drivers to the made-in-the-East drivers. I decided I'd heard as much as I wanted to hear. Haven't heard them since, but I don't think I would bother now. In the mid-90s to late-90s, they were cool, though.
Between the JL XRs and Alpines, I'd take the Alpine. The tweeters are great. The JLs are good for a hard-dome, but I still lean toward the Type-X.

You could go Vifa, but the Vifa drivers are 8-ohm (not a bid deal), won't come with any mounting hardware for the tweets, and aren't really made for car use (contrary to popular belief, the Type-X tweeters are not XT tweeters. They're based on them, but have been modified to Alpine's specs.) Also, the passive crossovers that Alpine made for that set are very nice, indeed.

Unless you're going active for sure, I think you're better off with the Alpines. It's a complete, car specic drop- in set (if memory serves, they even come with spacers for the mids) and are well-made. Smooth, neutral, very musical and not that expensive.

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Well said. In fact, both the mids and tweets of the Type X are based on the Vifa XT, but made specifically to Alpine's variants of them.

And the crossovers.....

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Oh yeah, the crossovers.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

I heard Diamonds long ago after they had just switched from the Eton-made drivers to the made-in-the-East drivers. I decided I'd heard as much as I wanted to hear. Haven't heard them since, but I don't think I would bother now. In the mid-90s to late-90s, they were cool, though.
Between the JL XRs and Alpines, I'd take the Alpine. The tweeters are great. The JLs are good for a hard-dome, but I still lean toward the Type-X.

You could go Vifa, but the Vifa drivers are 8-ohm (not a bid deal), won't come with any mounting hardware for the tweets, and aren't really made for car use (contrary to popular belief, the Type-X tweeters are not XT tweeters. They're based on them, but have been modified to Alpine's specs.) Also, the passive crossovers that Alpine made for that set are very nice, indeed.

Unless you're going active for sure, I think you're better off with the Alpines. It's a complete, car specic drop- in set (if memory serves, they even come with spacers for the mids) and are well-made. Smooth, neutral, very musical and not that expensive.

last time i checked the XTs were 4ohm //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=3887668.1344&pid=2124

my d26s are 6ohms though, not a problem though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif for me

 

[Notwerk 10+ year member]

I stand corrected on that. No, it's not an issue, and if you're going active anyway, you could just attenuate the output at the crossover to match for the impedence difference (which is why I said the impedence isn't really a big issue).

But still, I think it's a hell of a lot cleaner and easier to use Alpine's tweet than Vifa raw driver. That is, unless you're doing a lot of fabrication anyway.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

last time i checked the XTs were 4ohm //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=3887668.1344&pid=2124

Yes, the XT tweets are 4 ohms, but not the mids:

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=3887668.1344&pid=1430

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=3887668.1344&pid=1431

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Yes, the XT tweets are 4 ohms, but not the mids:
http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=3887668.1344&pid=1430

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=3887668.1344&pid=1431

who uses vifa mids? lol id take a Dayton over the vifa mids any day just my opinion.

But i did recomend the AA poly mids, great mids their, cheap too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

BTW i just ordered the xt25s somebody was sellin them on carstereos.org, the only thing is the flanges are cutoff, thats why i got em cheap //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

who uses vifa XT mids?

Alpine Type X does. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif