Pro60's vs SLC's

[2LouDFoRThiS 10+ year member]

Is getting the boston pro's for $100+ more then the SLC's worth it?

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[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

Bump.

Good Question.

It ***** that the only place to hear ANY compnent sets within 2 hours of my location only carries Boston's. I've heard a set of SL60's running off deck power and was very impressed. For $230 bucks however, all the advice I'm hearing is that the SLC's are a superior set. COmments?

 

[2LouDFoRThiS 10+ year member]

For a good question, im not getting too many responses .. lol

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

Is getting the boston pro's for $100+ more then the SLC's worth it?

No. Forget about that rear fill in your sig, take that money and upgrade to the Profi line //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

Try asking Don...im sure he has heard both //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Ill tell you this though, im betting the SLCs are out pf Bostons league, seems like an unfair comparison IMO....

But I havent heard either....

 

[2LouDFoRThiS 10+ year member]

No. Forget about that rear fill in your sig, take that money and upgrade to the Profi line //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

i like my rear fill .. thank you very much. i feel for my passengers ..

 

[txred0810 10+ year member]

Haven't heard the SLC's but you better have some power to push those boston's. I have a PG xenon 200.2 pushin about 220-240 per side and they could take even more than that. Definitely one of loudest and cleanest comp sets I've ever heard if you give them the power they want.

 

[jluv 10+ year member]

I love my Boston Pros. I haven't heard the SLCs, though.

 

[walkychalky 10+ year member]

jus got the boston pro 50's about 5 min ago via UPS....not installed or anything but just from looking at em the build quality seems superb and they look nice too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif......i cant wait to put em in

 

[headless 10+ year member]

i like my rear fill .. thank you very much. i feel for my passengers ..

Spend the $ you would've put on rear fill on a good set of components, and your passengers won't care. My germaniums are loud enough off of 2x120w or so that they easily fill the entire cabin with strong sound, over the 12w6 on 300w. And, an added bonus, you don't have weird echoey delays on vocals etc. coming from the subwoofer's location //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Dual benefit!

 

[2LouDFoRThiS 10+ year member]

Spend the $ you would've put on rear fill on a good set of components, and your passengers won't care. My germaniums are loud enough off of 2x120w or so that they easily fill the entire cabin with strong sound, over the 12w6 on 300w. And, an added bonus, you don't have weird echoey delays on vocals etc. coming from the subwoofer's location //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Dual benefit!

so your saying boston pro 60's are not a good set of components..?

 

[2LouDFoRThiS 10+ year member]

jus got the boston pro 50's about 5 min ago via UPS....not installed or anything but just from looking at em the build quality seems superb and they look nice too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif......i cant wait to put em in

let me know how they sound

 

[headless 10+ year member]

so your saying boston pro 60's are not a good set of components..?

No, of course not... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Just giving you suggestions. Just because i'd advise another set in your circumstances doesn't make the pro-60's a bad set of speakers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif From what i've read, though, you'll want 200+w per side to push the pro's --- 250-300w per side seems to be the going recommendation. Germaniums are decent at only 50-60w input and shine at 100-120w. From what i've read (i don't have an amp capable yet) they pound on 200w/side.

I used to have rear fill. I killed it and never looked back. Passengers do get in my car and ride, and when the music is at reasonable listening volume they say the mids/highs are quite strong and clear. Removing rear fill, you will likely notice an immediate clarity in vocals and instruments that you lacked before but never realised you did. I compare it to singing in a bathroom vs. singing in a padded room though that's a little extreme of a description //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Having audio coming from behind you AND from a large distance difference from the fronts is just not ideal. If you had crazy time alignment you could make rear fill sound OK i imagine, but only for the spot that you time-aligned it for; the rest of the people would end up with it being even worse than it already is. Good components up front, properly powered, are going to be really loud man.

 

[2LouDFoRThiS 10+ year member]

The pro's are 3ohm? Correct? .. I need to hook it up to my orion 8004. How is this gonna work?

REAR FILL IS JUST A LUXURY.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif