Please Recommend Some 6.5" Coaxials With Silk Tweeters & Good Bass Response

[SmoothSQ 10+ year member]

It's likely that I'm going to go with an infinite baffle install for my subwoofers. Still trying to decide between using a pair of Infinity Perfect 12d VQ subs or a pair of AE IB12A subs. People have told me that I'm going to need some good mid-bass, because the output from IB subwoofer installs usually wanes significantly after about 60hz.

So can you please recommend some 6.5" or 6.75" coaxials that have strong bass response that I can put in my rear deck and doors? I'd sure appreciate it. It's time to ditch my Infinity door speakers. My factory 3.5" speakers have more bass response than them. That's pretty bad.

Also, metallic tweeters (at least all the ones I've heard before) tend to be harsh on my ears -- so please recommend ones that have silk tweeters, or some other tweeter material that doesn't make the treble harsh sounding.

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[cd6551 10+ year member]

You could try Image dynamics ctx coaxes or the hybrid imagines. I've never heard the imagines but they have gotten alot of good reviews

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

If your going IB I assume your building for SQ.

Id leave the rear speakers out.

For tweeters Id use an LPG 26NA which is a metal dome tweeter, but its not harsh.

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[SmoothSQ 10+ year member]

If your going IB I assume your building for SQ.
Id leave the rear speakers out.

For tweeters Id use an LPG 26NA which is a metal dome tweeter, but its not harsh.

Rainbow, Seas, Lpg, Max-fi, Usher, Scan-SPeak, Morel tweeter review - DIYMA.com

Lpg, Avi, Sinfoni, Scan-Speak tweeter review - DIYMA.com

I was kinda hoping for some coaxial recommendations, not the tweeters separately. I appreciate that though. I'll check to see if those companies sell coaxials.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Id run a tweeter in the 3.5" location and a dedicated mid in the 6.5" location. Just build MDF baffles.

 

[SmoothSQ 10+ year member]

Id run a tweeter in the 3.5" location and a dedicated mid in the 6.5" location. Just build MDF baffles.

I don't have the tools, space, or experience to build some baffles for them. I can have it done though. I never thought of putting tweeters in the 3.5" locations and mids in the doors. How would they sound that far apart from each other?

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

What car is it going into? If you have a good EQ in the HU or an external EQ then it could be compensated for.

 

[SmoothSQ 10+ year member]

What car is it going into? If you have a good EQ in the HU or an external EQ then it could be compensated for.

I have a Chrysler Cirrus. The only EQ I have is the one in my old Chrysler-fit HU. There's not much to it, lol.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

I have a Chrysler Cirrus. The only EQ I have is the one in my old Chrysler-fit HU. There's not much to it, lol.

To be honest Id upgrade the HU first then.

 

[SmoothSQ 10+ year member]

To be honest Id upgrade the HU first then.

That's why I just wanna throw in some nice coaxials and call it a day.

If I had the spare cash, I could try it like you're suggesting.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Those Infinities will sound a tad better with an aftermarket HU.

 

[SmoothSQ 10+ year member]

Those Infinities will sound a tad better with an aftermarket HU.

My HU is aftermarket. The Infinity 6.75" speakers are being powered by a 100 rms per channel amplifier. They just ****.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

How is the amp tuned? What amp is it? How did you do the install? Im going to say its your tuning, install, or the amp.

 

[SmoothSQ 10+ year member]

You could try Image dynamics ctx coaxes or the hybrid imagines. I've never heard the imagines but they have gotten alot of good reviews

Hey thanx. Yeah those ID coaxials do have silk tweeters. I worried the mounting depth is a bit too deep though. Alpine type S speakers have silk tweeters and they're fairly shallow, but I haven't heard them in person.

 

[SmoothSQ 10+ year member]

How is the amp tuned? What amp is it? How did you do the install? Im going to say its your tuning, install, or the amp.

I turned the gain up on the amp until I heard the Infinitys bass beginning to distort, then I turned it back a bit.

My amp is an older Hifonics. I have a switch for LP, HP, and Full. The crossovers have the lowest frequency and the highest frequency listed. Since I can't tell where my crossover would be set at in between those, I just set my switch to Full and used my HU's crossover. I switch between 50hz @ 12db and 80hz @ 12db from time to time. There's no reason for the Infinitys to ****, other then that's just how they sound.