Phoenix Gold RSD something or other???

[BobbyDD 10+ year member]

They're $70 shipped here: http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=6952
I may have to buy a pair at this current price.

Good find, that's the cheapest I've ever seen them.

 

[skubasteve! 10+ year member]

Just ordered some now, Ill let you know how I like them!

 

[RowJoe 10+ year member]

Well, I've deadened and nearly completely sealed my doors. I also made some 3/4" MDF baffles for this set of comps. The deadening + sealing + baffles do make a big difference, so it was definitely worth the time. I flush mounted the tweeters on the kicks off-axis facing the center console.

I just bought a DMM, but I'm not sure how to use it and I'm pretty tired right now anyway. I've got the Alpine MRP-F300 for my comps, bridged down to two channels. I'm really not sure how much these speakers are actually seeing in power (hopefully around 100w RMS with the passive crossover), but I do think they can handle a smidge more. Gotta set the gains tomorrow, I suppose.

Initially, I wasn't too impressed by what I heard. The doors were pretty much stock at the time, though. I've changed some settings, enabling the +2 db for the tweeter on the crossover. On my Pioneer DEH-3600, I've got the HPF at 80hz. I've set the mids at 1K to -4, because IMO they can get quite harsh with hard rock and such. Everything else is flat, no loudness, bass boost, etc. It seems like a drastic drop for the mids on the EQ to me, but eh, it sounds good to me. I'm listening to music on my 30 GB Zune on the flat EQ setting. They were mostly ripped at 192 kbps and they sound pretty good.

For $70 shipped, they're pretty nice. Just gotta do a proper install and a bit of EQ to get the most out of them, like others have suggested.

Now I've gotta try and make a proper enclosure for my sub...

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

They're $70 shipped here: http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=6952
I may have to buy a pair at this current price.

That link says $60.00 lol

 

[RowJoe 10+ year member]

I guess you can't read. Doesn't say free shipping, does it?

I blew one of my woofers. It was entirely my fault (went crazy with DMM and gain) and it's depressing after all the work I put into this project. =( Anyone willing to sell me one of these woofers?

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

Forgot about shipping. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[TheCarFather 10+ year member]

Instead of buying a new woofer, you should part out the rest of the set and put that money towards the Pioneers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Seriously though, I just got done listening to the two component sets back to back and the there is no comparison between the two. I have the Pioneers in my 01 Focus, and the Rsd's are in my buddies 01 Focus...although his Rsd's are 5.25's. We both agreed that the Pioneers sounded nicer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[RowJoe 10+ year member]

I had the 1702 set from Pioneer, kinda liked the tweeter. Is the 720 set that much better?

 

[TheCarFather 10+ year member]

I had the 1702 set from Pioneer, kinda liked the tweeter. Is the 720 set that much better?

Yes, the new set is quite an upgrade....new mid and tweeter.

 

[RowJoe 10+ year member]

I'll have to check 'em out soon, they sound pretty buff for the price. For now, I just popped some older JL TR coaxial set back in. I think they sound quite a bit clearer than the RSDs but they don't get quite as loud as I'd like, plus they're lacking in the lower end.