[POLL] Best 6.5" Component Speakers less than $400

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

how many sets have yo listened to brad? Quarts are harsh, tinny, and painful to many many ears... (including mine) I strongly dislike theit tweeters... anything taht causes pain is not a good thing..... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

quarts were a 90's thing lol

 

[MA_Boomin' 10+ year member]

ha beat me to the point about MB Quarts. They are a very popular seller around here, but I think way too harsh for me. I have to say between Focal, CDT, and Crystal I had a very hard time choosing my front separates. About the only reason I went with Crystal is because the man. rep cut me a nice deal I couldn't pass on. The cadence ones are nice too, but I don't think the same class as the others. Eclipse also makes very solid components. Best thing is listen and let your ears decide.

 

[azngurlbaybee 10+ year member]

Dang...I need to go to a meet or something where there are installs with all these different comps...I could go to all the stores in the Bay Area and still not hear all of them

 

[MTXTANT 10+ year member]

The Focals are definitely the best of this list. I can't believe there are this many people voting for Adire. Adire makes decent subs and thats about it. I myself am a Quart man but I have my own personal taste. Yes, they can be a bit bright on the high end but thats nothing a good EQ can't tame. So MB Quarts were NOT an 90s thing. They're very much alive today. Just my opinion.

-peace

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

have you ever heard the Adire component set?

have you ever heard a Brahma?

 

[MTXTANT 10+ year member]

Yes sir I've heard an Adire component. Yes I've heard a Brahma. Quite frankly the comps weren't worth half of what was being asked for them. The Brahmas on the other hand are very nice subs but I preferred something different. So I'm not speaking biased against Adire ok just in my own experience which is where my opinion is derived from.

-peace

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

which adire component set did you hear? what were they running off, and where did you ehar them?

 

[MTXTANT 10+ year member]

I heard them @ one of the local shops here. They were hooked up to an Xtant 604 which is, by the way, what I have in my vehicle. They had no life in the upper mids and so I decided on the Q series comps. Xtant amps are very good amps which is why I know it wasn't the case of a bad amp, just bad speakers. Besides that not too many companies out there make a better x-over in their comps than MB Quart. The only knock anyone can come up with against Quarts is the tweeters. No one has anything bad to say about the mids and midbass which are stellar. I have a decent EQ on which I had to knock down the highs to tame those titanium tweeters. I wish Quart would make a silk dome tweeter to be honest. But they don't so I'll just have to deal with these for now.

-peace

 

[SasquatchBump 10+ year member]

I like the JL's that i have. I listened to Eclipse, Infinity, Focal and quart and they came out on top IMO.

Eclipse's lacked depth, Infinity was WEAK all around, Focal Lacked imaging and Quart was Very harsh.

 

[MTXTANT 10+ year member]

Originally posted by SasquatchBump I like the JL's that i have. I listened to Eclipse, Infinity, Focal and quart and they came out on top IMO.

 

Quart was Very harsh.

See what I mean.........harsh highs is the only thing bad people can say against MB Quarts. Just thought I would point that out.

-peace

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

i have a small problem with you saying htat you heard them in a local shop...

where do you live?

what city, and at what store?

its not a question of the quality of the amp, more so how much power they were seeing...

 

[MTXTANT 10+ year member]

I don't really care to disclose where I live nor am I required to. Nor am I required to justify myself to you. I told you what I've heard and where I've heard them. I like something different than you so accept it and move on. You gave your opinion and I gave mine which what these forums are for. I chose what I chose for a reason and you likewise. Lets not start a meaningless argument that can't be won by either side.

Enough said

-peace

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

actually, it can be won...

just tell me waht city, or hell, even the state...

i would just like to know which shop you heard these at...

if you ahve heard them at all... i happen to hav ea list of adire's retailers, and am willing to bet dollars to donuts that you ahvent heard them...a t least not properly...

i have yet to talk to one person that stated the mids were the weak point... they are by all accounts some of the finest mids out there...

 

[MTXTANT 10+ year member]

Enough said means enough said.

I'm done beating a dead horse.

-peace