need more laid back speakers than my cdt ef61

[brocken 10+ year member]

yup, lowered the gain way down. didn't do anything except make the speakers quieter.

The tweeters are mounted in the stock position on the door. just a few inches above the mids.

 

[brocken 10+ year member]

I'm not too concerned about spending another $300, I'm sure I can get some of my money back for the CDT. I just want something good that I can drop in and not fuss with it.

I work full time and go to school full time and I don't want to spend my free hours fiddling with speaker setups. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

Have you looked into dynaudio? Morel, or Focal?

Not likely to find any of these for $300! Dynaudio stuff kicks major ***, but is hard to fit (especially in Hondas) and they start at $800 or so. Focal has some more affordably priced stuff, but thier tweeters are likely brighter than the cdt's he has. For Honda's Dls are a great choice as the have the neodymn (sp) magnet (small) and drop right in with minimal modification. Don't know what car you have, but UP6's are a friggin great speaker.- very natural, great image great midbass. You can read my review on them here:http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=121643&highlight=dls+up6

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

SLC's dont dissapoint...specially at $260 for the '05's

 

[brocken 10+ year member]

I actually have a WRX which is hard to get speakers in the door. Really limited mounting depth. The CDT at 2.75 were tough enough to squeeze in.

I'm tempted to order a Rainbow set...

I went and picked up a Memphis Q set and they sound decent and are easy on the ears but they're nothing spectacular....I'm going to try them out for a few days though.

I bought them from a local store so I can swap them out if I don't like 'em. Or I can sell them on ebay like the CDT's...lol

This sucks trying to find something I like and that's worth the dough.

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

I was easily able to fit SLs into an '04 WRX if that helps.

 

[alteraudiousa 10+ year member]

well i'm very suprised to hear that the CDTs are too harsh. I would rule out the Morels as they are one of the harshest sounding tweets i've heard. I would try and get a LP-1 remote on the tweets. This will help bring the tweets under control, your mids i'd be hard pressed to believe are harsh though.

 

[brocken 10+ year member]

The CDT might not be harsh to 99 out of 100 people but the mids were to me. I covered up the tweeters and still had the fatiguing.

The dealer I bought it from suggested going active and crossing over lower but I don't have an extra amp or the time to do that.

Maybe a component set that crosses over under 3k would sound better to my ears.

I don't know...I'm about ready to give up finding something I really like. Now I have one more pair I gotta sell.

 

[brocken 10+ year member]

don't stone me but has anybody listened to the new Kicker Resolution? They had those speakers where I bought my Memphis so I could swap them out. Didn't know if that would be worth trying though.

The only other speakers they had that I might like were Dynaudios but I don't want to spend $600 for car speakers.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

Well, knowing you have a WRX tells me everything about the clearance issues- I put some Diamond S6's in my brother's and they were a real pain clearance wise. I really can't recomend Dls UP6's enough for that application- the magnet is small so clearance issues wouldn't exist- it has a really smooth tweeter (silk/textile dome) and you can attenuate it (pretty substatially) at the crossover. These are what you need bro.