by Jonathan » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:50 pm
The Access line is pretty good, but there are others I'd rather have in that price range. I feel any of the Focal comps are a bit too quirky to recommend to the average car audio enthusiast. Done right they're fantastic (esp. the tweeters), but they aren't easy drivers to work with and considering the type of install that 99% of car audio enthusiasts do (which would be poor ones) they can sound horrible. I've heard far more bad Focal installs than good ones, not due to the drivers or quality, just due to the installer's lack of knowledge or motivation to do it right.
The Access line is pretty good, but there are others I'd rather have in that price range. I feel any of the Focal comps are a bit too quirky to recommend to the average car audio enthusiast. Done right they're fantastic (esp. the tweeters), but they aren't easy drivers to work with and considering the type of install that 99% of car audio enthusiasts do (which would be poor ones) they can sound horrible. I've heard far more bad Focal installs than good ones, not due to the drivers or quality, just due to the installer's lack of knowledge or motivation to do it right.