Car Audio?
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Crystal Audio is very nice sounding as well. Memphis is good, Polk is good, MB Quart is good, USD is good, Image Dynamics is good, Boston is good...really, I could go on forever...dynaudio, morel, etc....
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Yeah there are Tons of good brands...it all depends on what kind of sound your looking for and everytihng....your amp and cd player can make a huge difference too.
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no offense, but when Autosound 2000/Car Sound magazine had a challenge to the worlds top competitors to tell the difference between 3 different amplifiers none could do it...they had a $5000 offer to anyone that could pick their amp out of a lineup of similar powered amplifiers set to the same overall gain/balance.
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speakers are the fourth most import thing in sound quality, btw. The first 3 are:
- Speaker Location.
- Speaker Location.
- Speaker Location.
Other than location, just find one that is best suited to your tastes. There is no "best" sounding speaker, we all have different ears and different cars..speakers will sound different in, say a Civic compared to a Hummer. And maybe even from a civic to a maxima you might notice tonal differences. There are so many variables, and not a whole lot of people realize that there are TONS of things you can do to improve imaging, soundstage, rear-ambient fill, etc...
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i have an argue for this...but i'll leave it alone......although he is just looking for replacement speakers from what he says....which im sure he will just hook them directly to his cd player.
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uhhh ur gonna hook ur sub up to your cd player??? where did you learn about car audio!
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myself i am going for a SQ Setup with Hifonics ZS 12 subs, a Hifonics ZX7500 amplifier, a Hifonics ZX4400 for my components and i am going with morel components. i am hoping to do semi decent i am not going to travel the world for the comps but just go to a few in the tri-state area
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slowvo wrote:
what do people think of CDT speakers? i really like my componentsI REALLY like CDT speakers. Very high quality...even their entry level stuff.
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mwc1 wrote:
i have an argue for this...but i'll leave it alone......although he is just looking for replacement speakers from what he says....which im sure he will just hook them directly to his cd player.I should have been more clear too. I'm talking about amps that are within the same quality level as the amps they are being compared to. Not trying to say a $45 Jensen/Rockwood/Kenford amp from walmart is gonna have the same quality as a $1000 Zapco. You could probably tell them apart fairly easily. Basically what I was trying to get at is that one $200 amp is going to perform nearly identical to another $200 amp of the same power (Phoenix Gold vs. Rockford Fosgate vs. MA Audio vs. Memphis vs. Linear Power vs. Kenwood vs. Alpine vs. JL Audio vs. JBL, etc...) assuming they are both set to play at the same dB, in the same environment, on the same set of speakers. I'll talk to ya in PM if you have any questions about this, mwc1. Ok?
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tjamz wrote:
I should have been more clear too. I'm talking about amps that are within the same quality level as the amps they are being compared to. Not trying to say a $45 Jensen/Rockwood/Kenford amp from walmart is gonna have the same quality as a $1000 Zapco. You could probably tell them apart fairly easily. Basically what I was trying to get at is that one $200 amp is going to perform nearly identical to another $200 amp of the same power (Phoenix Gold vs. Rockford Fosgate vs. MA Audio vs. Memphis vs. Linear Power vs. Kenwood vs. Alpine vs. JL Audio vs. JBL, etc...) assuming they are both set to play at the same dB, in the same environment, on the same set of speakers. I'll talk to ya in PM if you have any questions about this, mwc1. Ok?haha thanks tjamz...that sounds much better!!....i agree with you that speaker location is a big deal with subwoofers ....but for component speakers i dont really think its that big of a deal....the more the marrier...haha
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There are so many variables, and not a whole lot of people realize that there are TONS of things you can do to improve imaging, soundstage, rear-ambient fill, etc...
If you dont know what these words mean when it comes to car audio I personally woudlnt argue with him. I mean, he did go to school for this...
..and to clarify I have no idea half of them mean
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for the 1st time...i agree'd with him
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mwc1 wrote:
haha thanks tjamz...that sounds much better!!....i agree with you that speaker location is a big deal with subwoofers ....but for component speakers i dont really think its that big of a deal....the more the marrier...hahaNo, speaker location is HUGE for components and much less so for subwoofers, though there are things that you can do when mounting subs to change their tonal characteristics, for the most part subwoofers are omni-directional, whereas high frequency speakers are much more directional and therefore need to be mounted as equal distant from the driver as they can be to produce a good soundstage/imaging. This is why many people mount their component speakers in the kickpanels, it is about as close as you can get inside the cabin of a vehicle to equal distant. Now, some might try and argue that you'll hear the sound coming from the floor rather than the dash, but I will assure you that a properly mounted kickpanel pod will sound as if it is coming from above the dash (you need to properly aim the speakers to accomplish this) since humans hear REALLY well from left/right or front/rear but not as well from up/down (especially when the drivers are aimed properly.)
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and no, I'm not typing this just to argue w/ mwc1, I'm typing to straighten out a few misconceptions that many people have about sound. I'm sure Fallguy would back me up on speaker placement, he used to compete IASCA before he got the bug to drive his car really fast.
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for subwoofers....the install is the biggest part if you want to hit high DB.
for components..yeah speaker location is a factor....but so is the speaker...if the type/kind of speaker didint matter....Dual and Jensen and Pyramid....would be the most popular brands because they are the cheapest.
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