6 1/2" mid bass speakers

[sandy]

Hi everyone,

im looking at buying some really good mid bass speakers and im just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction? Iv herd audiobahn are very good?

cheers

 

[sandy]

anyone?

 

[Chris_786]

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/

Take a look at any of the SPL stuff, really good value for money!

cheers, chris.

 

[sandy]

nice 1, have you herd of audiobahn? iv herd there s**t hot!?

 

[Chris_786]

Yeah audiobahn are ok, go for rainbow if you got cash to burn imo....
But £100 spent on spl = £150-200 on anything else.

Big brands are good, but you pay stupid prices for the names.

cheers, chris.

 

[sandy]

y is that then lol?

 

[Dblock]

Sandy you do know 6.5s wont fit in as standard? Also audiobahn is ok but for the price there is alot better.

 

[sandy]

there for my civic lol, what would you suggest for the price then?
cheers guys

 

[kpowell911]

SPL 6.5's for about £70 on Car Audio Direct, Im running a set in my clio with 160wrms up their arse and they sound lovely.

Avoid Audibahn like the plagueq

 

[sandy]

spl, cool so will these give me a good mixture of bass and vocal?

 

[kpowell911]

if you buy componants and amp them then yes.

Are you amping these?

 

[kpowell911]

its #SPL Dynamics by the way

 

[sandy]

you can get mid bass speakers with a small component attached to it cant you?

 

[hazzel_frazzel]

SPL = Sound pressure level, so SPL speakers will mean you have the loudest sound system on the block, but from your last post it looks like you want good quality too, so I reckon look for something good quality from a decent SQ brand. Tried Focal?

 

[agithegreat]

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/dynamics-sd62-p-5523.html?cadid=0lmgkfhn6cm1os9dcldh0vb7h7
SPL was meant earlier refering to spl dynamics not to SPL in general. Those are the 6.5 (17cm) SPL Dyanmics SD's. Very good value for money imo!!!!!!

 

[sandy]

ye im not into playin realy loud music, i just want a good mid bass speaker that has very good quality vocal and bass.

 

[agithegreat]

When you say attached to it... do you mean co axials... if so what civic do you have? As co axials can blur sound staging, as i wouldnt be too specific about brand, until you have perfected the layout of where the speakers are going. Best tog et a good set of components and place the tweeters in dash firing up, or on a pillars firing 'on axis' Towards your head basically.

 

[sandy]

i have a type r ep3. they only come with 6.5 mid bass speakers in the front and rear of the car and a just want to upgrade them to somthing realy good and clear as i am going to ditch the sub. ye i think they are called coaxials lol.

 

[agithegreat]

Hmmm. From recollection they are in the middle fo the door, yeh?
If so getting a pair of these and amping them would be ok, but as above, mounting the tweeter on A-pillars would be much better! For a rich and livly sound stage.
Obviously co-ax's are the easiest. But can sound strange with the soundstage so low. But those alpines are the best pair of co-axs ive heard yet.....

 

[sandy]

no i dont think so mate, i pretty sure the speakers are at the end of the door and obv in the back there isnt a door lol. as the car has not got any standard tweeters i cant realy b ass*d getting them so i think im bes with maybe mid bass coaxiald in the front and just mid bass in the back.

 

[agithegreat]

Ok, well get 2 sets of what i linked to then! If you intend to amp them that is....
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine-spr17c-p-5663.html?cadid=q8ag923no2cl5b278dh17q9h84

 

[sandy]

Cool, they look pretty good mate. Are they about the best im going to get for that price then?

 

[agithegreat]

Yes, if they are amped. Definatly come with my recommendation. A mate of mine has a fiesta, he didnt want anything to look different to standard, so i got these and they sound mint!

 

[sandy]

cool, i suppose running them off an aftermarket screen headunit wont be enough.

 

[agithegreat]

No point having better speakers unless you amp them, imo.

 

[sandy]

lol i suppose, but they will still sound better than my standard ones lol

 

[wallop]

80% installation, 20% kit....

A correctly installed & amplified set of £70 components will sound much nicer than a £500 set simply screwed in place & driven via a Head Unit....

I would suggest you try to demo a few different brands at your local car audio dealer as each brand has a certain sound, what suits me may not entirely suit you....