My Pg Rsd65cs Review:

[UCF52 10+ year member]

well I got my set, installed them into the stock mount with the addition of a 1" spacer I bought from circuit city.
midrange and highs = A+++ for the money.

The midbass wasn't as powerful as I see people rate it... I was expecting a little bit more.

What are some good songs you guys listen to to show off the midbass?

One tiiiiiiiinnnnnnyyyyyyy thing I forgot to mention, my cadence amp is still on the way, ( they ship fast as hell but ups is slow as snail )

Anyways so these are running off the head unit.. lol 20watt rms.. maybe not even haha.

Will I be expecting to be blown away again when the amp is hooked up? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Wait 'til you get some power to them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[SonicBoom555 10+ year member]

Well, I remounted everything this morning, and sealed up some holes on the doors with some stuff I found laying around the house. I am totally satisfied with the mid bass now.... rattling are gone from the doors.

Clean Clean Clean is all I can say. No more of that harshness I get from the stock crappy speakers.

A little distortion with the volume really really high, but that's due to the head's weak power.

Can't wait till the amp gets here //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

Not to thread jack, but do you guys think these would peform well off a Orion 4002 (100wx2)?

Or should I invest in some more power, I know there RMS is low but it seems like everyone is feedin them more than that and getting great results.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

100x2 will be fine, but the more power the better. well to an extent. lol. they will really shine with anywhere from 100-150 per side. i have my gain on my amp set to 150x2 but the speakers aren't seeing that much unless i crank the sh!it out of it.

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

You don't need 100-150 watts of power on 60 watt speakers. That's overkill. They'll sound just as good on 75 watts.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

You don't need 100-150 watts of power on 60 watt speakers. That's overkill. They'll sound just as good on 75 watts.

Have you heard them on 75w and also on 150w? What is your experience with the speaker set?

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

Have you heard them on 75w and also on 150w? What is your experience with the speaker set?

I have no experience with these speakers, but that doesn't matter. It's a matter of simple electronics. Powering a 60 watt speaker with 150 watts is unnecessary overkill. If you use an amp that can deliver the speaker's max power rating without clipping, it'll sound just as good.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

I have no experience with these speakers, but that doesn't matter. It's a matter of simple electronics. Powering a 60 watt speaker with 150 watts is unnecessary overkill. If you use an amp that can deliver the speaker's max power rating without clipping, it'll sound just as good.

you're saying this like the wattage is a constant. it's not.... music is dynamic. very dynamic.

if you put a weak amp on them, say a 60 watt amp. set the gains for 60 watts and actually have good control of the volume knob and not clip the hell out of them, they will not get very loud and most likely not sound very full. or take the guy who likes it loud, but cheaped out on the amp. he is going to try to make them loud with the little power he has and clip them and probably smoke them pretty quickly.

if you get an amp on them that has more power than they will need, they will actually end up seeing around the rated power (at times a little bit more, but probably not a lot more) but not get a dirty signal. they will be loud, and have a full rich sound(just like mine do).

now i am willing to bet even with my amp that can do over 200 per side, with the gains set for 150 per side, that the speakers have never seen over 100 watts for more than a split second at a time. do i think the rsd's will take a CONSTANT 150 watts per side and not blow? no i do not. but like i said music is dynamic so sometime they will see 3 watts, sometimes they might see 60 watts, and sometimes on nasty peaks at insane levels they might see 100+ watts.

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

you're saying this like the wattage is a constant. it's not.... music is dynamic. very dynamic.
if you put a weak amp on them, say a 60 watt amp. set the gains for 60 watts and actually have good control of the volume knob and not clip the hell out of them, they will not get very loud and most likely not sound very full. or take the guy who likes it loud, but cheaped out on the amp. he is going to try to make them loud with the little power he has and clip them and probably smoke them pretty quickly.

if you get an amp on them that has more power than they will need, they will actually end up seeing around the rated power (at times a little bit more, but probably not a lot more) but not get a dirty signal. they will be loud, and have a full rich sound(just like mine do).

now i am willing to bet even with my amp that can do over 200 per side, with the gains set for 150 per side, that the speakers have never seen over 100 watts for more than a split second at a time. do i think the rsd's will take a CONSTANT 150 watts per side and not blow? no i do not. but like i said music is dynamic so sometime they will see 3 watts, sometimes they might see 60 watts, and sometimes on nasty peaks at insane levels they might see 100+ watts.

Very good explination. I'll buy that.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

Very good explination. I'll buy that.

I would too, if any music made in the last 10 years had dynamic peaks.... Unless your listening to classical or the occasional well recorded album you won't ever need more than the RMS of a speaker. Even then, we are talking about a burst of energy lasting less than 1 second where a dynamic peak would use that much power.

 

[doughboyy 10+ year member]

1st day > was impressed with the midbass

2nd day > both vocal and midbass got stronger

3rd day > more to come!!

 

[SonicBoom555 10+ year member]

placebo efffect

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

the mid-bass for me felt a little stronger as time went on. i think after 3 weeks mine should be broken in now though.

 

[SonicBoom555 10+ year member]

and you guys were not kidding, midbass = holy cow with the amp installed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I am one happy camper.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

^ glad you're happy! i know i still am! RSD's FTW!