Phoenix Gold RSD's... BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!

[Troydb 10+ year member]

I just got my new RSD 6.5 components installed and have listened to them all weekend. I gotta say that I was VERY skeptical of an 87 dollar comp set. But I can say, with a whole lot of honesty, that these things sound better than most sets upwards of $500!!! The build design and quality of this set is beyond exceptional for what you are getting. Your getting mids with interwoven tensile leads, a flat liner roll spider, and bumped back plat all housed in a sexy powder coated frame!

Over the last 4 months I have tried the following speakers: JL Audio XR 6.5, CDT HD 6.5 with the 560 crossovers, and now the RSD 6.5's. The RSD's absolutely walk all over the others. The CDT's can hang with them in the vocal range, but the RSD's have more midbass. The difference is night and day between this set and any other set I've heard!

I am running this set off the passive crossovers at 125 watts RMS per side, and have the speakers mounted in my doors. The doors are sealed and deadened with second skin. For the money, these speakers cannot be touched. You would have to spend 4 or 5 times the cost of this set to have anything remotely comparable. Phoenix Gold really did their homework on this set and it paid off in a big way- they are breathtaking!!

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[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

maybe i should swap out my profi vanadium phase plugs for these PG's considering the hype they are getting

 

[Flashardy 10+ year member]

I might have to buy me a pair seeing as I get dealer price on PG stuff.

 

[dcole18 5,000+ posts]

maybe i should swap out my profi vanadium phase plugs for these PG's considering the hype they are getting

im not gonna say they would be better (prolly wouldnt)... but you would be suprised at what $87 comps can do

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

considering the hype they are getting

Remember, this is the forum that two years ago was worshipping the Type R and someone who no longer has the credentials to make a respectable post on an online forum anymore...

I really want to hear a properly-installed and imaged set to put it through their paces...I still don't believe an $87 passive set is going to best $87 worth of component drivers running active, but miracles could happen.

 

[SeanDub 10+ year member]

Well hell, for $87 I might end up getting some speakers and yanking out the stockers when I sound deaden. Any more details about the sound and what they do better than the other sets you have heard?

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

im really considering just grabbing a pair seeing how they compare to a $500+ comp set writing a nice comprehensive review then just selling them to someone on here

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

so if anyone is considering getting a pair let me know...ill pay for the shipping to ship em to me ill run they for a day or two, write a nice writeup then ship em to the new owner...

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

maybe i should swap out my profi vanadium phase plugs for these PG's considering the hype they are getting

I'd bet money that you would say, "z0mG!!!11!1, I cant believe I paid 600+ when I could have paid 90 and been just as happy."

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

I'd bet money that you would say, "z0mG!!!11!1, I cant believe I paid 600+ when I could have paid 90 and been just as happy."

your serious?

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

Remember, this is the forum that two years ago was worshipping the Type R and someone who no longer has the credentials to make a respectable post on an online forum anymore...
I really want to hear a properly-installed and imaged set to put it through their paces...I still don't believe an $87 passive set is going to best $87 worth of component drivers running active, but miracles could happen.

Thats a whole 'nother deal. But for a non-active setup with a small 2 channel, they are hard to beat.

 

[dcole18 5,000+ posts]

I'd bet money that you would say, "z0mG!!!11!1, I cant believe I paid 600+ when I could have paid 90 and been just as happy."

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[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

im really considering just grabbing a pair seeing how they compare to a $500+ comp set writing a nice comprehensive review then just selling them to someone on here

you should do that.

That would make a nice mythbusters ca version thread

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

your serious?

Kinda. I havent heard that particular set you have, but I have the 365's and I prefer the RSD's.

 

[SeanDub 10+ year member]

you should do that.
That would make a nice mythbusters ca version thread

lawl, I'd read that thread