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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Car Audio / April 2004Cheap 6.5" car speaker recommendations?
Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" car speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but not boomy bass. Efficiency and power handling aren't major concerns. I listen to mostly classical and talk radio, and some rock, but I went to Best Buy and could only test their speakers with rap, so I had trouble judging them. Thanks in advance for any help.  SignatureWesley Hunt weNOsleSPAMy267@yahNO_SPAMoo.com (remove "no spam" twice) > Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" car > speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but not > boomy bass. Efficiency and power handling aren't major concerns. I > listen to mostly classical and talk radio, and some rock, but I went to > Best Buy and could only test their speakers with rap, so I had trouble > judging them. Thanks in advance for any help. Pioneer, lower-end Kicker, Infinity/JBL. All cheap and pretty decent sound. EFFENDI >> Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" car >> speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but not [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >EFFENDI The Alpines sound good as well. Regards Mike I've actually been pretty impressed by what the Pioneers sound like when amped. At least the ones I got do. YMMV. Brandonb > Pioneer, lower-end Kicker, Infinity/JBL. All cheap and pretty decent sound. > Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" car > speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but not > boomy bass. Efficiency and power handling aren't major concerns. I > listen to mostly classical and talk radio, and some rock, but I went to > Best Buy and could only test their speakers with rap, so I had trouble > judging them. Thanks in advance for any help. Kenwood makes several lines of 6.5 inch speakers. The better ones run about $80 a pair and are more accurate and cleaner - as opposed to the ~$50 ones. They have a tweeter in the speaker, but mounted above it. Rubber surrounds. Decent crossovers. The KFC-1679ie seems to be their "midrange" line. These sound much better, IMO, than the 1669S and 1959S. (cut and paste the link if it wraps) http://www.kenwoodusa.com/product/product.jsp?productTypeId=44&sortBy=price&page Id=2&productId=2520 92db efficiency and 35hz low end. The S series just don't sound as good. Cheap junk that are likely what you saw in the store. http://www.kenwoodusa.com/product/product.jsp?productTypeId=44&sortBy=price&page Id=2&productId=2519 Of course, the 1689ie is better. 30hz low end. http://shop.store.yahoo.com/discountsonline/kekf63imense.html $44.75. Since your budget is $80, we can do better. :) BestBuy wants $69 for these. *** The ones that are closest to mine, though, are the Kenwood X series. I have a pair of 5 1/2 inchers that are comparable to the KFC-X138. 28hz low end, rubber surrounds, and very good sound. The KFC-X168 6.5 incher is better, of course. BestBuy doesn't carry these, though any dedicated car audio store should. I like mail-order as Kendwood products go on sale frequently. http://www.hookedontronics.com/sales/K4175b2828_P117_Kenwood+Excelon_KFC-X138.htm $78. These sound gorgeous. Mine are blue, but the same thing. http://www.hookedontronics.com/sales/K4175b284a_P117_Kenwood+Excelon_KFC-X168.htm $84 for the X168s. These two would be my choice. They make classical and vocals sound almost as good as my main system in the house. Worth the extra money. >> Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" >> car speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > almost as good as my main system in the house. Worth the extra > money. Kenwood is OK. I forgot to include Alpine and Audiobahn. They are both reasonably priced and have great sound quality. I have installed a lot of Kenwood speakers and had a lot of complaints that they sound 'dull'. > Kenwood is OK. I forgot to include Alpine and Audiobahn. They are both > reasonably priced and have great sound quality. I have installed a lot > of Kenwood speakers and had a lot of complaints that they sound 'dull'. That's because they were the cheap crud you see at Circuit City and simmilar places. Their top-end line is actually quite decent - at least as good as anything Alpine makes. > Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" car > speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but not > boomy bass. Efficiency and power handling aren't major concerns. I > listen to mostly classical and talk radio, and some rock, but I went to > Best Buy and could only test their speakers with rap, so I had trouble > judging them. Thanks in advance for any help. You can get natural sounding Infinity's for just under $100. Pioneer is good for the price, but their tweets are a bit sharp if you ask me. ~John Dziurlaj >>Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" car >>speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but not [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > ~John Dziurlaj Hi, I picked up two pairs of Infinity ones from Ebay for my kids cars rear deck. Good sounding speakers with good efficiency. Tony Wesley Hunt <weNOsleSPAMy267@yahNO_SPAMoo.com> wrote in news:weNOsleSPAMy267- F341FB.06591424032004@comcast.ash.giganews.com: > Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" car > speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but not > boomy bass. Efficiency and power handling aren't major concerns. I > listen to mostly classical and talk radio, and some rock, but I went to > Best Buy and could only test their speakers with rap, so I had trouble > judging them. Thanks in advance for any help. The offerings at www.d-s-t.com are quite good. Madisound.com is one USA dealer. I highly recommend them. Look for the Aluminum or Coppper shorting ring in the voice coil area. It reduces distortion a *LOT*! r SignatureNothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes. The most neautral 6.5" coax I know of is Oz Audio's V650x out of the Vector2 lineup. Great speaker, but you won't find it for $80 unless you get a used pair. Pioneer's TS-D160R out of their REV series is nice, but it'll also be slightly out of your price range. Their less expensive product is decent at best, but you can't expect much with an $80 per pair price point. Your best bets from the mainstream will be Pioneer and Blaupunkt, in my experience they offer the best quality for the lowest price. Consider moving up to the REV or Oz speaker or an Alpine Type S. Polk makes a decent entry level speaker as well. The only other advice I can give you is to find local shops that demo the speakers off of real decks (not boards with pre-recorded crap like what Best Buy often uses) and listen for yourself with CDs you know well. They never sound quite the same on the board as they will in your car, but it'll give you a basic impression. And your personal impressions will be a lot more important than any advice we can give you here on the board, which will be biased by nature either because of brand preference or because our ears percieve things differently than yours. Keep install fees in mind, and unless you have a VW or Audi (which have sealed doors) you're gonna need some kind of matting material in the doors to keep vibration to a minimum. You want good sounding speakers with "neutral" sound and you expect to find cheap speakers that will provide this? 6.5" coaxial speakers are almost all produced "off shore" in the Asian market. The cheapest speakers this size will be found where no one looks for speakers: Auto Zone, Pep Boys, etc.Classical music is much more demanding than rock because of the details and crescendos. Cheap speakers will reveal much less of classical sounds especially if the speakers are played off deck power instead of an amplifier. P. > Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap (<= $80 US/pair) 6.5" car > speakers? I want something with a neutral sound, and decent but not > boomy bass. Efficiency and power handling aren't major concerns. I > listen to mostly classical and talk radio, and some rock, but I went to > Best Buy and could only test their speakers with rap, so I had trouble > judging them. Thanks in advance for any help. > You want good sounding speakers with "neutral" sound and you expect to find > cheap speakers that will provide this? 6.5" coaxial speakers are almost all [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > especially if the speakers are played off deck power instead of an > amplifier. P. actually most spks are produced by Pioneer. >actually most spks are produced by Pioneer. I see you've spread your horizons out from the Audi board to the Car Audio board, Ghee. Pioneer is the largest speaker manufacturer on earth, but that title is largly the result of the fact that Pioneer manufactures an astonishingly large number of OEM speakers for manufacturers like Honda. When my mother bought her RX300 in December of 2001, Pioneer was also making speakers for Lexus, and the "premium" system in her car uses Pioneer units, although it isn't advertised. As far as the aftermarket is concerned, the only company using Pioneer brand stuff is Pioneer. Alpine has been using a Danish driver in their Type X speakers (made by Vifa I believe, Paul Vina would probably know) but outside of that, most of the large companies are developing in-house. > >actually most spks are produced by Pioneer. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > probably know) but outside of that, most of the large companies are developing > in-house. I've been coming here for a long time. long before I posted on Audi, for ///Alpines top of the line yes they use Vifa but the rest are Pioneers, just like JL cones. if memory serves me correctly there are 7 true spk manufactures. > I've been coming here for a long time. long before I posted on Audi, for > ///Alpines top of the line yes they use Vifa but the rest are Pioneers, just > like JL cones. > > if memory serves me correctly there are 7 true spk manufactures. There are more than that. Some build out of their basement. :) >but the rest are Pioneers The Type X and Type R speakers are true Alpine, and I believe the Type S are too. >just >like JL cones. JL's XR series uses a tweeter designed in-house and a mid-bass co-designed by Kurt Mueller (spelling?) and Co. in Germany. > .Classical music is much more demanding than rock because of the details > and crescendos. I don't necessarily agree with this... me either > > .Classical music is much more demanding than rock because of the details > > and crescendos. > > I don't necessarily agree with this... |
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