New Speakers for Audi B8 - Dayton/Vifa vs Focal

[helotr3vor 10+ year member]

Hey there guys have been looking into upgrade my front stage speakers for a while and thought I would ask for help after not being able to find valuable information. I am about to finish my aftermarket sub/amp install and already know I am going to want to upgrade my speakers as soon as it is finished so why not do it all at once. Im not looking to go too crazy though I just want a simple swap out of my stock speakers while still using the factory amp . I will be later adding the ms-8 and a multi-channel amp but that is 6months-1year from now.

My car is an Audi A4 2010 with the basic concert stereo. The amp is about 20w per channel (I've been told) and has internal crossovers, along with steering wheel functions. I want to keep my factory head unit so I have to keep my factory amp to run the signal . I have not been able to find much information on my factory amp so if anyone has some that would help out a lot! I also have 2 stock locations I can use for the tweeters. There are 2 A-pillar locations and 2 dash locations firing at the window. I think I'm going to use the A-pillar location to receive better performance (correct me if im wrong)

I've been wanting to try Dayton speakers for a while now and thought this was a good opportunity. Although there tweeter will not fit in the stock 2 locations so I would have to go with a different tweeter. I decided on the Vifa tweeter after hearing some good things about them.

Here is the upgrade I wanted to originally do...

Dayton 6" woofers x2 in the doors

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=295-372&scqty=2

Dayton 3" full range x1 in the center dash

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=295-380&scqty=1

Vifa 1" tweeter x2 in the dash or a-pillars

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=264-1014&scqty=2

That was just the speakers I've wanted to try out but am willing to hear what any of your opinions are regarding what I should run. After talking to my local head shop they suggested going with the Focal Integration Series. He said it was specifically for European cars and keeping the factory amp. I would definitely have chose the Focal's if they weren't twice as much as the other setup I was looking at. Here is a link to the Focal speakers...

Focal IS 165 - Gold Star Audio

What do you guys think?

Thanks for the help,

Trevor

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[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

no to focal, that ring radiator is much better off axis and is much less bright. I'm not sure why you have dome tweeters and ring radiators though.

 

[helotr3vor 10+ year member]

no to focal, that ring radiator is much better off axis and is much less bright. I'm not sure why you have dome tweeters and ring radiators though.

Something wrong with the speakers I suggested?

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

why are you using 2 sets of mismatching tweeters?

 

[helotr3vor 10+ year member]

why are you using 2 sets of mismatching tweeters?

Im not. The Focals were just recommended to me. Its either/or. I would run the Dayton tweeter as well with the speakers but there is no way it will fit in my car they are oversized.

 

[helotr3vor 10+ year member]

I ordered the Daytons with the Vifa tweeter. They are going to be here on Monday. Ill update my build log later.

Suppose I needed just crossovers. What brand/website is best to go with? Can someone link me?

This is just a precaution if my speakers don't cross-over well with my factory amp. Ill test it out first and see how they sound without the crossover first.

 

[jirehn 10+ year member]

Do you have sample photos of this new speakers?I think they are really good.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

I run the vifa ring radiator, slightly off axis in spheres. I like them. I run them active with a 24dB/oct HPF at 3-4kHz?

Parts express sells parts to make custom crossovers.

 

[helotr3vor 10+ year member]

Do you have sample photos of this new speakers?I think they are really good.

I run the vifa ring radiator, slightly off axis in spheres. I like them. I run them active with a 24dB/oct HPF at 3-4kHz?
Parts express sells parts to make custom crossovers.

How exactly do they work I've never used them before? I can either put the tweeter in the dash or in the A-pillars. Think I'm going to put them in the dash for first 2 weeks till I get my 6" since they are back ordered. That way I can get everything done at once when I take the door panels off.

Here is links to the speakers I got...

Vifa XT25SC90-04 1" Dual Ring Radiator Tweeter 264-1014

Dayton Audio RS150-4 6" Reference Woofer 4 Ohm 295-372

Dayton Audio RS75-4 3" Reference Full-Range Driver 4 Ohm 295-380

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

How does what work?