6 1/2 right? Apline SPR-17C

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:52 am

I have an 03 RT, just remind me, it's 6 1/2 right? I was wondering also if anyone has seen the Apline SPR-17C.

Any comments on it?

http://reviews.cnet.com/car-speakers/al ... 99937.html

thanks.

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:38 am

yea your gonna need spacers tho, fronts are 6.5 and rears are 6x9

HOWEVER the "C" typer-R's are crap compared to the older "LS" which i have and are selling for 150 for the set

http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=32640

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:47 pm

why are they crap? no need to give out false info because you have another set for sale. they will be a dramatic improvement over the stock speakers.

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:20 pm

spr-17c are a good speaker, i had them intially in my neon not amped just running off the head unit (pioneer deh-m3900p or sumthin)and they were good, great improvent but i felt they definatly needed to be amped, epecially after hearing my buddy's kappas off the h/u.So i returned them and went with kappas instead.

But if your amping them i say go with them for sure. The installer at a local audio store(one of the few) has a full alpine car running those amped in the front and dam. Well he was the reason i originally got them because there just amazing no other way to describe them

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:47 am

Is it possible to separate the plastic spacer from the factory speakers?

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:14 am

nineball wrote:why are they crap? no need to give out false info because you have another set for sale. they will be a dramatic improvement over the stock speakers.

w0158981 wrote:spr-17c are a good speaker, i had them intially in my neon not amped just running off the head unit (pioneer deh-m3900p or sumthin)and they were good, great improvent but i felt they definatly needed to be amped, epecially after hearing my buddy's kappas off the h/u.So i returned them and went with kappas instead.

But if your amping them i say go with them for sure. The installer at a local audio store(one of the few) has a full alpine car running those amped in the front and dam. Well he was the reason i originally got them because there just amazing no other way to describe them

they are crap, the c's are coax's and the LS are the old seperates which were replaced by the spr-17s which are garbage compared to the LS's

the older type-r's (except for the coax's i mistook the "C" line for the new "S" line) sound way better because it was based on a Focal Design, and the crossover is built alot better and has alot more settings than the new 17S's. thier subs havent changed much tho and are still reall good for the price, i think they are at 170 now? plus ive heard the 17S's side by side with my LS's because i was thinking of buying them and the newer ones sounded so muddy mostly because that center post was gone and thats all that was changed, same coil, same cone everything. i was so dissapointed Alpine took a step back with the new line i had such high hopes for it after the LS's

look arround 'ninball' and 'w0158981' ive never said anything that wasnt true or wasnt based on facts.

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:Is it possible to separate the plastic spacer from the factory speakers?

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yea it seperates just pry on it, the speaker and spacer are held together with rubber sealant, just jam a flathead between them and pry away once you break the seal the speaker will basically peel right off

hey and w0158981 if you think those alpines or kappas sound good wait untill you hear a set of focals, the day i heard them for the first time i ordered a set to replace my alpines thats how good they were

glasjaw · Post by **glasjaw** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:19 pm

wait untill you hear a set of focals, the day i heard them for the first time i ordered a set to replace my alpines thats how good they were

the best speakers ive ever heard are Focal's.

BTW i might be able to get you som Focal's that are MUCH better

good $1200+
focal access series speakers
better $2500+
focal polyglass series speakers
best $5000+
focal K2-Power series speakers

Im starting to think your the president of focal and your just not telling anyone

...your starting to convince me not to buy your type-r's off you

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:04 pm

i am not going to get in a pissing match with you over what you think are better speakers. bottom line is that the type-r coax will sound much better than the stock speakers. to be honest i am sick of reading your posts and you telling everyone to buy focals.

go with the coax Dimas. you will not be disappointed after the change is done.

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:18 pm

there are some focal coax's

theres no friction intended nineball if you read my post i stated i mistook the model for the Type-R coaxis (SPR-17c)for the new seperate models (SPR-17s). my gripe was the SPR-17s sounded worse than the SPR-17ls they replaced. that is all, and if he was going to get Type-R seperates (because i thaught the SPR-17c were the seperates) i have my old set for sale. if you hear the 2 side by side youll notice a huge difference and wonder why Alpine took a step backwards from a design that is used in alot of audiophile quality home and car speakers.

im not the president of Focal, however i am passionate about these speakers because they are VERY transparent and the clarity is leaps and bounds over the old alpines i had, HOWEVER they are 4 times more but thier lower end speakers still sound a little clearer for the same price or close to the SPR-17s not the SPR-17c. which makes them a great value IMO

Basically i intended to call the SPR-17s crap not the SPR-17c because of that step backward, a brand should always move forward not backward

with that cleared up yes the SPR-17c are great speakers for the price and sound great running off the radio and running of an amp. very few speakers can match or better these as far as performance and life and still be within a resonable price

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:34 pm

yea craz i'm not saying wat your saying isn't true i'm just going by personal expierence and my ear, yes kinda biased. but this is what i've got

c's are good off the h/u but kappas' are better
Both c's and kappas are amazing amp but c's hit harder and kappas hit higher i find.

So since i like a thump if i was amping them i'd be all type r's for sure.

And the focals' no one around here sells anything higher then type r's or kappas. everything else is jbl, kenwood, pioneer and mtx.

were pretty slack

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:01 am

"alpines have good lows but the infinitys have good highs"

if ive had a dollar for every time ive heard a customer/ person say that. glad to see infinity hasnt changed, the "c" alpins havent changed at all, it was the "s" i was reffering to

i may seem a little bias but i have reason to be and anyone would understand if they have heard these speakers, dont forget too just a few months ago i was a hardcore alpine guy... still am you cant beat the bang for the buck you get with Alpine, but for the price you pay for the "s" line separates you cant go wrong with spending 20 bucks more and getting something else like the focals. even back in the day i couldn't see or justify the $150 price hike between the coaxes and the "s" separates when they sounded worse than the "ls" separates they replaced. which if i remember the "s" series replaced the "ls"s 3 years ago now?

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:18 pm

thanks for the replies guys one more questions actually, whas the difference between coaxial and component?

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:26 pm

craz can explain that one i know what they are but to explain i'd be wrong lol

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:42 pm

coax speakers have the mids and highs connected, with the high over the center of the mid and a self contained crossover.

component speakers have the 2 seperated with external crossovers.