What speakers do people have?

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:44 pm

I'm after some new 5.25" speakers, 4 all together, and wondered what people had in there car or would recommend?

Currently leaning towards Alpine as they are usually well recommended......

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:45 pm

infinity

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:47 pm

diamond audio.

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:51 pm

Vibe SEK50's

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:51 pm

I have vibe components in the front and some cheap shite in the back really need some decent ones in the back so I'll be watching this thread from some inspiration.

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:42 pm

Alpines from Halfords for £39.99 a pair are great Ollie. I've had them in one of my Clios and now in the BMW.

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:44 pm

It's funny Laurence because those are the exact speakers I was looking at today, and have just found them for £29.99 a pair, so that's what I'm leaning to atm.

Listening to the ripspeed and other cr4ppy makes made them look really good.

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:48 pm

Infinity Coaxials in the back, Infinity components up front - very impressed.

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:50 pm

any suggestions for ones in the back of a cab? i have some kenwoods but the magnets are too big so they touch the bodywork

Post Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:36 am

JBL's

Post Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:50 am

Another vote for Infinity.

Post Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:06 am

I'm rocking out with some Vibe BlackHex 6

Post Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:08 am

ive had lots of different ones i several bmws now but the infinitys by far have been the best all round not to sharp on the vocals and good bass
some tweeters can over power everything else

Post Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:55 pm

just seen these on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Infinity-6-5-17cm ... 3a597c5ba6

Post Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:21 pm

Found you a set

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65707#dtab

Post Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:28 pm

I've got these and they sound awesome

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIBE-SEK-50-SE-K5 ... 2eaba7a62a

Post Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:19 pm

Alpine and Mb Quarts up front powered by a Denon dca800 in the tourer
Mb Quarts comps in the rear

Post Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:19 pm

Depends on your budget, obviously, but i love the DLS stuff!!!!

Also, got a great pair of Rainbow's in the front of mine at the mo, which were a bargain secondhand on ebay!!!!!!! Think they were about £130 new and i paid about £30!!!

Post Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:22 pm

Well I haven't gone for 4 matching speakers, but a pair of each of these,

- Alpine SXE-1325S
- Sony XS-C13BR

Post Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:00 pm

I've got a set of Infinities which I STILL haven't got round to fitting

Post Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:06 pm

infinity kappa`s all the way. had them in 3 of cars now

Post Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:06 pm

Focals or Pioner PRS.

DLS makes good stuff too. Rockford Fosgate or even MB quart, but please not Vibe.

Post Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:48 pm

Shaheenk wrote:Focals or Pioner PRS.

DLS makes good stuff too. Rockford Fosgate or even MB quart, but please not Vibe.

jbls all round, get 13cm ones and they plop straight in factory holes

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:02 pm

blaupunkts!

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:07 pm

Rav335uk wrote:JBL's

+1 love em as it says on the box "just bloody loud"

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:09 pm

2x Focal component sets for me and a lovely stereo 2 genesis amp would sound awesome IMHO

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:16 pm

I'm right annoyed, brought a pair of alpine speakers on ebay, had too go the post office too collect them today, opened the box up. Great, 1 alpine, 1 blaupunkt.

Swift email sent to the seller.

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:23 pm

lol annoying that

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:26 pm

Ollie_bwoii wrote:I'm right annoyed, brought a pair of alpine speakers on ebay, had too go the post office too collect them today, opened the box up. Great, 1 alpine, 1 blaupunkt.

Swift email sent to the seller.

Buying from new = Win.

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:34 pm

EBay really has turned into a bag of crappola.

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:44 pm

Sorry to hi-jack this thread. I'm not bothered about loud.....but what would your recommendations be for QUALITY of sound? So that you can pick out each instrument etc. (If that makes sense).

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:48 pm

personally i wouldnt touch used i.c.e its asking for trouble ollie get em sent back mate and save a few more pennies dude.that really sux

Post Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:24 pm

davpkav wrote:Sorry to hi-jack this thread. I'm not bothered about loud.....but what would your recommendations be for QUALITY of sound? So that you can pick out each instrument etc. (If that makes sense).

Alpine imo if you're going down a non-amped route. I couldn't be happier with mine and I can have them at any loudness(as long as I can't hear the diff whining

)

Post Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:00 pm

only one small mention for rockford?
The last system me and a theatre sound engineer built was a 3K rig in a converted coach.
bought all the speakers loose (emenance?) from mapplin then using all the specs from the paperwork
my mate built then tuned the boxes with different size and length ports.
then again this was nearly15 years ago.

Post Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:38 pm

GWB wrote:only one small mention for rockford?

I use an old skool 2ch Rockford PunchHD series for subs and an old 4ch Power series for rear fill.
The ones that were made back in the good old days when Rockford only used decent components,were conservatively rated,were happy driving 1 ohm loads all day and never needed repairing.

The good old Denon 6 ch massages the 3 way comp setup in the front.
All actively crossed though a 6 ch Kenwood with an Alpine parametric EQ and time alignment