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<blockquote data-quote="Notwerk" data-source="post: 2427394" data-attributes="member: 553427">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&#039;d heard as much as I wanted to hear. Haven&#039;t heard them since, but I don&#039;t think I would bother now. In the mid-90s to late-90s, they were cool, though.Between the JL XRs and Alpines, I&#039;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&#039;t come with any mounting hardware for the tweets, and aren&#039;t really made for car use (contrary to popular belief, the Type-X tweeters are not XT tweeters. They&#039;re based on them, but have been modified to Alpine&#039;s specs.) Also, the passive crossovers that Alpine made for that set are very nice, indeed.Unless you&#039;re going active for sure, I think you&#039;re better off with the Alpines. It&#039;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.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Notwerk, post: 2427394, member: 553427"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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