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Which Speaker

JL TR650
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JL C2-650
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62%
Clarion SRP-1721
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23%
Focal 165 A1
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15%
 
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New Speakers ... Suggestions

Post by nerox » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:19 pm

I have narrowed it down to 4 ... would like some opinions on which ones would be best:

- JL Audio TR650-csi these are approx $126
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-JL Audio C2-650-csi these are approx $200
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OR

- Clarion SRP-1721s these are approx $114
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or theres some focal 165 A1 = $182

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i have no idea ...

i am look for something loud and very good SQ

they will be run form a Kicker ZX200.2 amp
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this gives 70w RMS @4ohms which is suitable for all these speakers.

Cd player is also to be decided but is likely to be a Clarion bluetooth unit
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but could be an alpine ...

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Post by nineball » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:30 pm

don't get an alpine ida. terrible sq.
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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:30 am

I hope you terrible sq on an ALPINE headunit.


maybe on their 150 dollar decks. Their High end decks and the imprint system are excellent
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Post by nineball » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:39 pm

i am just speaking from experience. i had an ida-x001 and an ida-x100 w/ imprint and both of them sounded like garbage. my cda-7998 sounds excellent and so did my cda-9887, thus my statement about avoiding the ida line of alpine headunits.

this all from a die-hard alpine fan. one car has spx-177r, spr-69c, swx-1243, pdx 4.100 and pdx 1.1000 (kenwood hu). the other has cda-7998, spx-177r and a pdx5 (sundown subs).
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Post by nerox » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:02 pm

Clarion It Is Then :lol:
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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:14 am

ahhh didnt see the ida part. My bad.

I have had alpine units since i could drive so I know they have had their ups and downs just as any other company.

To be honest i was never a fan of their speakers but thats just from my experience.


For speakers I would say a toss up between the focals and the jl c2's. I love the way the jl's sound
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Post by nerox » Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:53 pm

anyone else experienced JL speakers and can comment on how good they are or are not ?
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Post by 1972demon » Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:59 pm

i have the clarions and love them
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Post by r/tguy02 » Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:04 pm

I have a clarion head unit and i love it, i wish it was bluetooth though.

as for speakers check these out, caraudioholic reccomended them to me and its what i'm probably going to get.
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Post by OhNoA2.0 » Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:21 am

I have memphis Msync's in the front doors and dash (removable tweeter ftw) and memphis M-class 6x9s in the rear deck and Ive put over 200 watts rms to each one and still had perfect clarity. I absolutely LOVE them
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Post by computerwiz_222 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:07 pm

I recently bought a pioneer DEH-2100IB head unit, with the iPod dock connector. I really like this model.

I use the built-in amplifier, so I wasn't too picky about it lacking front pre-outs. Maybe consider something higher up in this line with front pre-outs and blueooth...

I can definitely say that it is one of the nicer radios that I have used. It works like a charm with my iPod Touch and my buddies have plugged their iPod Nano's into it a few times. Works great.
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Post by nerox » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:22 am

my girlfriend has a pioneer unit and it's really good. The only reason i want to buy clarion is that i think its pretty much the only car stereo make i haven't owned before
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Post by hp4lyfe » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:14 pm

voted for the JL c2's just like how they sound. :rockon:
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Post by glasjaw » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:31 pm

Love my focals, especially the tweeters.
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Post by nerox » Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:21 pm

Ok so i have gone for something a bit different but the magnet on the mid / door speaker is HUGE!!!

Distance from the mounting point to the back of the magnet is about 3.5" and of course we have some clearance as standard.

does anyone know how much clearance there is normally and therefore how far im gonna have to space them out to stop the window fouling
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Post by nineball » Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:38 am

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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:53 am

There is decent room in the fronts as the plastic panel kicks out the speaker a lil bit...I wanna say my earthquake componenets had a HUGE magnet and they barely fit...I wanna say 4in depth... I never measured anything so i cant say for sure...Worse case mount them on the door panel like some have done....Its a matter of cutting out the grille and triming as you fit them up....up to you...Just as long as they come w/ their own grills so you dont punch a whole through them on the first day.
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Post by nerox » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:39 am

They don't come with grilles unfortunately, and i have no objection cutting / spacing behind the door panel but not too sure of cutting the standard grille off
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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:28 pm

yea so that Idea may not be the way you wanna go....Best bet is measure it up..
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Post by nerox » Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:59 pm

i have measured it up and it needs 25mm of spacing away from the factory so i have ordered some custom spacers ... hopefully it won't foul on the door-panel grille but if it does i will address the issue by cutting it out and seeing what i can do.
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