would you strongly recommend comps over coax?

[christiankills 10+ year member]

Right now I'm settling for coaxes, price, and its a LOT better than my stock system. But would using comps make the sound quality significantly better?

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[Shinobi 10+ year member]

correctly installed comps will own coax's any day fo the week //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

when powered with an amp Comps are far better sounding than a Coax

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Depends on the co-ax set but generally components will be the higher end of technology and tend to sound better when properly setup.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

do you have an amp or is this headunit power?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Sometimes the difference isn't a lot.

You can have coaxially mounted components, so the line can be blurred //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif My Memphis Sync6's are a good example of that. They do have outboard crossovers and are running off ~100W per side, but the tweets are mounted in the center of the cone.

Crystal and Boston Acoustics make some coaxial speakers that come alive off proper power.

 

[christiankills 10+ year member]

My friend is willing to sell me his 6.5 type r comps for 125.

but then id have to buy an amp..

amp wires... and im giong to assume that installation is goign to cost a hell of a lot more..

soooo im really questionnig if im willing to spend the money on it. Oh, and thyed probably be dramtically louder than my rear, so would I have to buy rear comps too to compensate?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

You're going to need an amp if you want to listen at any appreciable volume without a lot of distortion //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Install the stuff yourself. It's not too difficult, especially if we help you along...those Type R components aren't too bad, although the tweets can be a little bright.

Don't worry about your rear speakers. You could even leave them stock if you want and run them off your head unit if you still feel a burning desire for rear fill. You want your front stage to be solid and defined, not the sound coming from in back of you.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i wouldn't run rear speakers at all. if you don't want to spend money on amp or do the work, just get coaxils

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Component speakers are much harder to install, and unless you are a bit audio jockey, you won't be able to FULLY appreciate them. IMO....