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Carr
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12th Jan 05 at 17:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

^^^
http://caraudiosecurity.com/catalog/product_info.php+cPath+60_61_108+products_id+510

and i keep hearing stuff saying ai will need to plug my headunit straight to my battery if i amp them from my headunit as a replacement for my front ones but without an amp.
opinions?
Carr
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oh and i think i need the adaptors off there aswell
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not really, i had the SXS 1757, larger ones and the mid driver is poor, but they do go straight in with normal adaptors.

If u do get a set get the 1757 ones , trust me u need it if u want any bass from them and they still fit straight in.
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I've got the larger SXS 1757 speakers, I agree with AdiSRI that they are alittle weak on the bass side but they a 100% improvement on the standard paper speakers

Steve
Carr
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will they give any mid/treble though or have i got it wrong as i was going to get a sub and amp for the boot for the bass
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there lacking in mid bass so you wont get great integration between sub/comps, but they do fit easily and are not bad.
Carr
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is it mid bass you need to link treble and bass then as i dont know much about ICE.
cheers
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u need the mid else the sub just sounds like a sub sat in a box, with some music playing aswell, not like one integrated song.

It makes quite a difference
Carr
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so whats the best way to get mid then
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decent comps with a nice fitting job and plenty of dynamat..

any speaker that fits in the door without custom builds has a fairly small magnet and wont be ideal, focal polykevlar 165 slims are not bad tho, as are a few others.
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not exactly cheap tho are they
cheers for the help
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did you say you can fit 6.5" components in with the corsaadaptors or can you only fit the 5.25" components
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6.5" go fine with the 6.5" adaptors, they do 2 adaptors for corsa.

The alpines are ok for the money tbh if u want cheap ones go for them
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is it better to get some with a crossover built in so you can cut out the bass coming through them? sorry to sound liek an idiot but i noticed theres no crossover box with the alpine ones like there is with these http://caraudiosecurity.com/catalog/product_info.php+cPath+60_61_108+products_id+2496
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the alpines just use the cheaper option of having the crossover in the wiring.
The crossover splits the frequencies between the tweeter and the mid, it doesnt cut frequencies at all...

The alpines are ok on a budget, i dont know if the ones u show there will fit or not.
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Save money and get decent comps. If you buy the cheap ones you'll just end up upgrading as your not happy. Maybe look at second hand stuff.
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cheers for all the advice. what about the under £100 vibe components as ive heard good things about them and alpine tend to sometimes be overpriced because of their brand image whereas some people see vibe as cheap and cheerful. like these look ok http://caraudiosecurity.com/catalog/product_info.php+cPath+60_61_108+products_id+2962
sorry to keep hassling you n all
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quote:
Originally posted by welshdude
I've got the larger SXS 1757 speakers, I agree with AdiSRI that they are alittle weak on the bass side but they a 100% improvement on the standard paper speakers

Steve

you dont get bass out of components you get bass out of subs
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thats what i thought aswell as i am going to get a sub but people keep saying it will drown out the music and i need something to improve mid/treble which is what i thought components were for
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if your looking for some decent comps and alpine i hear the spr176a are good, thats what im looking to get. what does everyone else reckon to these?
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quote:
Originally posted by combatprojex
if your looking for some decent comps and alpine i hear the spr176a are good, thats what im looking to get. what does everyone else reckon to these?


dont fit in the door and have alpines trademark harsh as hell at high volume tweeter, not to my taste.

Focal Access are a bargain at the money they cost IMO.
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quote:
Originally posted by big_al
quote:
Originally posted by welshdude
I've got the larger SXS 1757 speakers, I agree with AdiSRI that they are alittle weak on the bass side but they a 100% improvement on the standard paper speakers

Steve

you dont get bass out of components you get bass out of subs


Yeah I know this, but front components must still give out some bass otherwise they'd sound like tin cans
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quote:
Originally posted by welshdude
quote:
Originally posted by big_al
quote:
Originally posted by welshdude
I've got the larger SXS 1757 speakers, I agree with AdiSRI that they are alittle weak on the bass side but they a 100% improvement on the standard paper speakers

Steve

you dont get bass out of components you get bass out of subs


Yeah I know this, but front components must still give out some bass otherwise they'd sound like tin cans


exactly, wtf of course components make bass, just not normally low rumble stuff, but i have heard components that can have very impressive levels of bass being generated by them...

u need audible bass from the comps to compliment the sub bass made by the sub else it will sound horrible and you wont have any integration at all.
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what about these
http://caraudiosecurity.com/catalog/product_info.php+cPath+60_61_109+products_id+519
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or these ????
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3337

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