Thoughts on front speakers for a Bronco build

[mikelaubach 10+ year member]

Yeah, not many Broncos here, I know. Truck door, 6.5" opening, prefer components/separates. The depth is 4" max, and they will see 100W RMS at 4Ohms.

I heard some Focal sets and though they are awesome, at $700 and $500, that is outside any range I can justify. I'm also having a hard time finding nice speakers that can handle 100W RMS too! I currently am running Infiniti coaxials off the deck (Eclipse 5444) that sound nice, but they only handle 60W, and I don't want to blow them up.

Don't really have a budget number, but "realistic" is a good value to use.

I listen to the whole gambit when it comes to music. Mostly stuff with a hard bass beat though: rap, hip-hop, and techno-style. Also like it a bit loud. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

There will be a sub being driven by about 800W: Dayton Audio RSS315HO-44 12" Reference HO DVC Subwoofer. I really wanted an SSA ICON, but alas, the world stiiiiilllll waits. DCON won't handle the power, and the XCON is more than I want to spend. So this is good for now, we'll see what happens. Rear fill will likely be my old set of A/D/S 5 1/4" components fitted to a mount in the stock location. They handle 100W RMS max, so I'll just tune down on the rears.

Found these ID CTX65's: WoofersEtc.com - CTX65CS - Image Dynamics 6.5" Component Speaker System Any thoughts on these?

Any thoughts on something better in the "less than $200-250 tops" range?

Thanks all. Ordering more parts tomorrow to include wire so I can get some of this together.

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[dontbeaprix 10+ year member]

Read my post about 6.5 componets. The new alpine type-r and type-x are both very nice and in your price range. Sonic electronics has more current models than woofers ect, and really good customer service.

 

[mikelaubach 10+ year member]

I see that post, thanks. How do they compare to the Boston Acoustic sr60 (albeit only 80W) that you mention?

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

Morel maximo are 150shipped on Amazon, focal 165vb are about 300 on eBay and other places. Boston's are always a nice choice. Did you check the classifieds here?

 

[dontbeaprix 10+ year member]

Thats a hard choice that I am personally trying to make myself. Im going back the the audio store to hear them both side by side again . The tweets on the type-r are smooth and the midbass is incredible for such a shallow woofer, because of the neo magnet. The boston acoustic has a little bit brighter tweeter that I think is more detailed sounding than the type-r , and the midbass is almost as good as the type-r but not quite. But the type -r have a swivel tweet so you can aim it at you wich might help it out. I suggest you go listen for yourself if possible and see what you think.