Sorry to make another thread but i still need comps

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

anyone heard about the rainbow soundline?

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

ok heres a few ive found all for under $200 that i want your opinions on
type x comps

JL XR's

rainbow SLX

polk momo

diamond S600S or A

mb Quart PVI-216

kappa perfects

boston acoustics SL60

CDT EF-61FG w/ t25 tweeter and satnet 450 xover

rockford T162s

thats a pretty good list.

Which do you all think will be loudest?

what about the best sounding?

Best midbass?

will they all take the 180rms i have for them?

anything else that i should look at?

thanks for the help. im trying to get a set ordered soon so i dont end up spending my money at the bars.

Out of all those, the only ones Ive had experence with is the Polks and the Rockfords.

Polks, good midbass, pretty good clarity, very sensitive tweeters, have to be careful not to overpower them, they are not that durable IMO.

On the Rockfords, I should have mention this above, there great sounding speakers, I just didnt care for them after a while. I tried active and I got hooked and thats why they dont appeal to me now.

However, if I was going with comps again, I would prob chose those, with a fair amount of power. Midbass is very strong from the set, and the tweeter while not the cleanest sounding, is quite bright. I think for what you want they will work.

Honestly, with all the ones you mention, I would suggest you check around your town and see if you can demo any of these.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

Out of all those, the only ones Ive had experence with is the Polks and the Rockfords.
Polks, good midbass, pretty good clarity, very sensitive tweeters, have to be careful not to overpower them, they are not that durable IMO.

On the Rockfords, I should have mention this above, there great sounding speakers, I just didnt care for them after a while. I tried active and I got hooked and thats why they dont appeal to me now.

However, if I was going with comps again, I would prob chose those, with a fair amount of power. Midbass is very strong from the set, and the tweeter while not the cleanest sounding, is quite bright. I think for what you want they will work.

Honestly, with all the ones you mention, I would suggest you check around your town and see if you can demo any of these.

thanks for the input i can get a set on ebay for really cheap like under $150 shipped so i think i might go ahead and do that.

i wish i could try to hear them first but there is no "real" car audio shops in rochester, NY that i know of and the ones that do exist only carry garbage or only JL. also i have kind of a poor installation because its nearly impossible to deaden my doors and the way the speaker mounts makes it impossible to seal the panel. so even if i could hear them in a store they may sound vastly different in my car.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Should check into the Pioneer Premier D series line. Can be had for 130 and under at some sites. I had them and gave them only 60rms a side and they were some of the best sounding comps I have had. Nice midbass, very smooth and detailed. I recently got out of caraudio, but in the next couple of months, I will be probably getting back into it, and more than likely I will be using those again.

720c D sereis to be exact.

Also ID has a nice comp set I would refer. Can be had off woofersexct.com for under 200 smacks and is a very nice set. If I don't go back to the Pioneers, I will go with those.

Also, I am not a noob to comp sets. Have had 500 dollar MB Quart Q series the older ones, Alpine Type X's, SLC Raninbows, JL XR's and quite a few others. These Pioneers sound as good if not better than all of them IMO.

Does help that my current car has well deadened doors though.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

wow i can get those pioneers for under $120! i like the fact that they play down to 30 hz too so they should have good midbass. i might go ahead and pick those up. thats dirt cheap. but there only rated for 60 rms and i will be bridging my amp and sending them about 180 rms.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=6201

comes with warrenty and they'll handle that power fine.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

ok so i have it narrowed down.

ID CTX65cs for 180 shipped

Rockford T162s 145 shipped

Pioneer TS-D720C 115 shipped (questionable to handle 180 rms, input would be nice)

is it worth the extra $35 to gto from the rockfords to the ID's?

What about the extra $65 to go from the pioneers to the ID's?

keep in mind im coming form Infinity kappas on 120 rms. terrible speakers IMO.

which of these sets will be the loudest on 180 rms?

Best midbass?

Cleanest sound/lowest distortion?

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

ok so i have it narrowed down.
ID CTX65cs for 180 shipped

Rockford T162s 145 shipped

Pioneer TS-D720C 115 shipped (questionable to handle 180 rms, input would be nice)

is it worth the extra $35 to gto from the rockfords to the ID's?

What about the extra $65 to go from the pioneers to the ID's?

keep in mind im coming form Infinity kappas on 120 rms. terrible speakers IMO.

which of these sets will be the loudest on 180 rms?

Best midbass?

Cleanest sound/lowest distortion?

ttt

 

[Fender5 10+ year member]

i ordered the ID CTX65CS and they come in the 8th. and when i get them hooked in this weekend, they'll be seein 125W each.

I'll let you kno how they sound if you havent ordered any comps by then.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

image dynamics cx components with the 2 ohm midbass will work active (2ohm midbass) and will take 180w if you set the gains properly - along with every other component set that says 100w RMS. because you can set the amp to put out lower than 180w. its called headroom.

http://www.imagedynamicsstore.com/idstore/image-dynamics-cxs62-component-system-p-130.html

yes they say $360 but they can be had for less if you look around. or you could just get the midbass' as a standalone. again, they can be had for about 50% that price if you keep your eyes peeled.

http://www.imagedynamicsstore.com/idstore/image-dynamics-cx62-high-definition-midrange-drivers-p-56.html

and use them active, or build a passive crossover using the specs that image dynamics has. im sure that you could call ID up and ask them what crossover pieces to build your own, they are quite helpful with that kind of stuff.

yes i like image dynamics and all my speakers are made by ID. but - they just sound like the speaker you need. *shrug*

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

image dynamics cx components with the 2 ohm midbass will work active (2ohm midbass) and will take 180w if you set the gains properly - along with every other component set that says 100w RMS. because you can set the amp to put out lower than 180w. its called headroom.
http://www.imagedynamicsstore.com/idstore/image-dynamics-cxs62-component-system-p-130.html

yes they say $360 but they can be had for less if you look around. or you could just get the midbass' as a standalone. again, they can be had for about 50% that price if you keep your eyes peeled.

http://www.imagedynamicsstore.com/idstore/image-dynamics-cx62-high-definition-midrange-drivers-p-56.html

and use them active, or build a passive crossover using the specs that image dynamics has. im sure that you could call ID up and ask them what crossover pieces to build your own, they are quite helpful with that kind of stuff.

yes i like image dynamics and all my speakers are made by ID. but - they just sound like the speaker you need. *shrug*

with that said if you go with the new cxsv2 or the xs mids Matt had this to say over at the iD forum "Just so you know when we designed the x over on the X and CX sets there is no x-over of the midbass, it plays full range the x-over is for only the tweeter"

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

find me a cxs64 set for under $200 and ill buy them in a heart beat. the cxs62 i wont be able to run my amp bridged on. its only 4 ohms stable bridged.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

ttt

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

ok so i have it narrowed down.
ID CTX65cs for 180 shipped

Rockford T162s 145 shipped

Pioneer TS-D720C 115 shipped (questionable to handle 180 rms, input would be nice)

is it worth the extra $35 to gto from the rockfords to the ID's?

What about the extra $65 to go from the pioneers to the ID's?

keep in mind im coming form Infinity kappas on 120 rms. terrible speakers IMO.

which of these sets will be the loudest on 180 rms?

Best midbass?

Cleanest sound/lowest distortion?

ttt

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

QUOTE=mendon mafia;5661428]ttt

no one but you can answer that question after it's installed. mainly because unless someone has the same car as you, the same amp and set everything like you set it, it would sound different. so now the decision is up to you. now stop being a chicken and take the plunge. pick one:wow:[