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Eclipse or Alpine?

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  • lord_deastofactL Offline
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    lord_deastofact
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    I would go with alpine, I think it's superior sound quality, I know alpine amps work like a dream, atleast all mine do. While all my kicker amps I've had to replace because they blew. As for speakers I am going to go all alpine when I redo my system. They sound nice and clear. plus I just bought a new eclipse deck from site on sound and it's a piece, worse then my pioneer. hopefully I just got a bad deck... but thats my imput, I would say go for the alpine's

    Minute ricer!

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      without a doubt the eclipse top end speakers are the ones to buy. period. end of discussion.

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        btw, if you JUST bought the Eclipse and its not working right, take it back to SoS. Thats what warranties are for.

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          eclipse all the way....

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            Or, for an even better answer: Whichever sound best to you. Honestly that is all that matters.

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              I'm all about Eclipse. I've sold and owned both and I like Eclipse better. Not that Alpine is bad, I just think eclipse is better.

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                neither, both are crap (IMO). I'm running audiobahn subs with diamond audio (1200.1) amps.

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                  Its all a matter of personal preference. Everyone thinks differently about different speakers. Get whatever ones sound best to you.

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                    we are talking about speakers not subs correct?

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                      darkelvis wrote:
                      neither, both are crap (IMO). I'm running audiobahn subs with diamond audio (1200.1) amps.
                      this isn't a dick-measuring contest. He asked which sounded better. good for you if you can afford that. I'm pretty sure that audiobahn subs aren't TOP of the line either. and I think there are a couple of guys who know a little more about mobile audio systems than you. KNOW YOUR ROLE!

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                        Like Fitzy said (and I said earlier) buy the speaker that sounds best to YOU. Both are good, I prefer Eclipse (out of the two) but if I had to pick a set of speakers I like best (overall) it would be the B&W setup that Earl Zausmer had in his car a few years back....never mind that the midbasses in kick panels cost ~$11k a piece...not including installation. There's nothing wrong w/ Audiobahn, Eclipse, Alpine, MB Quart, Polk, JL Audio, Boston Acoustics, Image Dynamics, USD, Clarion, Memphis, Phoenix Gold, Veritas (the speaker manufacturer, not the car club), Kicker, Diamond, Crystal, etc, etc, etc..... Theres at least 50 good brands out there and all have had huge success in the competition scene. It really comes down to the installation, wiring, and speaker location most times.

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                          ^^^^^ your master has spoken

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                            I threw out some imput on here last night and tonight I see there are some good points made. When I first posted here I was under the impression it was speakers, but as others said it's preference they all excel in different area's. personally I think that when you go high end they are all close and it is really what type/size of speaker will work better in your car.

                            Minute ricer!

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                              all about personal preference but eclipse are pimp i'd go with them

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                                kewl. thanks for the responses! i had eclipse speakers in my last car, and i liked how they sounded, and the popular optinion is eclipse, so i will prolly go with them again

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                                  good choice :):)

                                  Originally Posted by 00vtec View Post
                                  I take cash or check. True honda owners can hear it in anything no matter what the mods.

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                                    i would have to agree with chuck

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                                      although I love my titanium sub, so Eclipse is where i would head

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                                        wannabe wrote:
                                        this isn't a dick-measuring contest. He asked which sounded better. good for you if you can afford that. I'm pretty sure that audiobahn subs aren't TOP of the line either. and I think there are a couple of guys who know a little more about mobile audio systems than you. KNOW YOUR ROLE!

                                        Kiss my ass, If you only knew how much I know about stereos you would be sticking your foot in your mouth right now.

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                                          darkelvis wrote:
                                          Kiss my ass, If you only knew how much I know about stereos you would be sticking your foot in your mouth right now.

                                          The flip side of that is that you wouldn't be putting down the Eclipse subwoofers if you knew as much as you say you do. Eclipse makes damn good subwoofers. So does Audiobahn. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. 99% of how a sub sounds (sonically) is determined by sub enclosure and properly tuning said enclosure to your vehicle. Just so you don't think I'm picking on you here, I sell Audiobahn but I'm man enough to admit that there are LOTS of good subs out there so I'm not going to jump on this and say something like "Yeah man, thats what I've been telling people all along, you guys should listen to this guy....." cuz Eclipse is NOT crap, Alpine is NOT crap (I'm not a big fan of their subs, but they still aren't crap).

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