review

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

well guys i figured that since i had those cheap $8 road gear 5 1/4 speakers in my car i might as well do a review on them.....

they are in the front door location on a '91 dodge spirit running off the factory h/u....probably 10-15 watts....they are rated at 40 watts...i doubt they will handle that though....the test music was a wide variety of music consisting of mostly rap, country, rock, and some classical.....to start off i want to say that i was actually quite impressed w/ the mid bass response....it was supprisingly accurate as far as 5.25's can go...however the upper freq. were quite harsh and almost painful at higher volumes...they did provide adequite higher freq. response at lower volumes but nothing really worth mentioning.....all in all i would rate them as follows in the followoing categories

mid bass freq response (1-10)

6

upper bass/high freq response (1-10)

4/3

quality (1-10)

3

overall performance (1-10)

4

worth the money ($8/ speaker) y/n?

yes worth $16/pair...not recomended though....

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[Moocow16 10+ year member]

would you consider them better than a pair of factory 5.25" speakers?

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

close call.....i would say yes but only marginally so

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Goddyd4me close call.....i would say yes but only marginally so

Would you say they are better than the stock speakers in those Dodges that come with the Infinity systems ?

Guess you cant really beat $16/pair...but heh, you get what you pay for

- Steve

Nice review BTW

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

well for the average factory sterio i would say they are marginaly better......now the higher end factory sterio's would blow them away.....thanks man.....i really was amazed by the mid bass on them though....alot more accurate than i actually thought they would be.....

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

so what does everyone think of my first review....heh....im kinda bored right now

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

Hey I have a pair of 4" roadgears as the only mids in my car for the time being. They aren't that bad, there is a noticeable difference between the pair of 4" infinity's I used to have, but as a temporary cheap fix, not bad. I believe I paid about $14 for the pair.