Speaker Setups: Polk DB's OR Alpine Type-R's???

[TundraGuy916 10+ year member]

Hey Everyone,

I'm Kinda stuck between choosing the following speaker setup in my Toyota Tundra Truck:

(front) POLK AUDIO DB6500 6.5" COMPONENT

(rear) POLK AUDIO DB650 DB 6.5" 2-WAY

OR

(front) ALPINE SPR-17LS TYPE R 6.5" COMPONENT

(rear) ALPINE SPR-17LP 6.5" 250W 2-WAY

I will be running these off of a "V12" Alpine MRV-F345 75w RMSx4 Amp

Please let me know your suggestions/comments

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[Bumpin-Thumper 10+ year member]

Im, running db off of a 75w rms alpine unit with the digital readout. Great sound Quality, I'd suggest the polks over the alpine for speakers

 

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

I would go with the Polk's too. They are very smooth sounding. Very nice speakers.

 

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

Diddo on polks, I owned some in my F-150 and they sounded great, but didnt have the volume I wanted(but they werent amped)

I heard a set amped recently and I will say that it didnt blow me away with the loudness, but it did plenty fine

SQ - Polks all day

SPL - R's and Polks onthe same level, Polks MAY have SLIGHT advantage

Only heard the R's in stores so I wont say for sure, but I told you what I KNOW for sure, and the rest is based on what I've read time and time again

 

[airtas 10+ year member]

what do you mean by smooth sound?

 

[Paddywad 10+ year member]

I would go with the polk db's as well, they have a very warm sound. I prefer those over my jl audio tr's. I plan on replacing with the polk db650.

 

[99ways2die 10+ year member]

Interesting....

I am about to put my set of db6500's on eBay.

Why, you might ask?

The "highs" on these polks are really HIGH. My wife is furious....

I could live with them , but they are not what I expected.

Make no mistake, they ARE super clean and clear ........jut their tweeters are "very rich" as many would put it. I listen to a lot of heavy metal and everything else in between, so a super high tweeter is not a pleasant thing to listen to on daily bases, at higher volumes.

Sound quality is great on these db's......but you have been warned a bout the tweeters.

If nothing else go listen to them locally somewhere, ask to hear them amp'ed and see for yourself.

....for what it's worth.

-99

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

If the tweeters being "too rich" is a problem the crossovers have a setting that is 0 -3 -6 db switch so you can turn them down if you like at 0 they were very painful to the ear but at -3 they perform great

I have the mmc 6.5 inch components

 

[99ways2die 10+ year member]

....and this is the problem. DB6500's have no tweeter adjustability on the X-overs! They staight wired.

(didn't even cross my mind when I was buying them that such was the case).

:/

-99

 

[airtas 10+ year member]

arent the polks tweeters more softer than most?

 

[dishon22 10+ year member]

go with the polks i have them in my car

polk db5250 front

polk db690 rear

the sound on the polk's are much smoother