Need advice on a set of components

[DaPinballWizard 10+ year member]

Which would be the best choice out of these three,

Zapco reference 6.5's

Focal Polyglass 165v2

DLS UP6i

I live in a small town and dont have acess to listen to any of these I have only heard a set of zapco iforce components and they were lacking in bass. I really dont want any more suggestions as i have been searching and reading reviews for the past few weeks and this is what im down to. I just havnent heard any of these. They will be installed in the doors on an 02 monte carlo and powered by the smaller memphis belle.

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[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Tough choice, imo. Are you going to bridge the Belle channels, run them active, or just run them off two of the four channels?

 

[DaPinballWizard 10+ year member]

Just run them off the two front channels I have a set of boston sl95's in the rear deck. I just still like the sound of haivng rear speakers. They get drown out by the sub in loud songs but you can still hear the highs most the time. I would just run them passive for now.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Have you considered bridging the channels to provide the fronts a solid 150+ WRMS and just running the rears off the HU? Would do worlds of good for your sound stage and imaging.

Which set are you leaning towards, and why?

 

[DaPinballWizard 10+ year member]

Im not leaning towards any of the three as i dont know how any of them sound compared to each other. I dont want a harsh sounding set. Running the rears off the deck would work great as well. Ill have to see once i get a set tho. I guess if I was leaning towards any of them it would have to be the zapco's because there is a zapco dealer in town. no focal or dls dealer within 500 miles of me so any repairs would a whole lot easier with the zapco's.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Have you been able to audition the Zapco Reference set?

 

[DaPinballWizard 10+ year member]

No but have heard the zapco i-force set. They sounded really good but just didnt have as much midbass as i would like. Im asking on here because I have really no way of listening to any of these. The only car audio brands in my town are crossfire, memphis, and zapco. But they only have a few different sets in the i-force line. nothing higher up in their line.

 

[filtor1 10+ year member]

I just had the pleasure of doing 2 sets of the DLS UP6i's in an G35 coupe. They are powered off a PDX150.4 and I must say they sounded great. Gobs of midbass.

 

[DaPinballWizard 10+ year member]

Will the tweeters on the focals sound alot brighter than the others since they are titanium? Also do the up61's have a different sound because of the cone being aluminum?

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Focal tweeters are harsh compared to even other metal dome tweeters. Nothing a bit of tuning can't fix to take the edge off, imo....but they'll still appear bright.

 

[DaPinballWizard 10+ year member]

Anybody else heard any of these?

 

[08redgti 10+ year member]

I would stick definately with the Focals. Zapco amps are awesome amps, I am not impressed with their speakers. Focal's from my experience are some of the most transparent components available. I also run Focal/JM Labs speakers in my home system. For amps though, I would stick with Zapco or ARC Audio. Just my opinion though, take it for what its worth.