6.5 components

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:37 am

Which is the best bang for my buck out of these sets of comps.

CDT EF-61CF 140 rms - $220 shipped
Alpine Type R 70 rms - $140 shipped
Infinity Kappa Perfect 100 rms - $220 shipped
JL AUDIO XR650-CSi 6.5" XR 70 rms - $230 shipped (silk tweeter)
JL AUDIO XR650-CXi 6.5" XR 70 rms - $190 shipped (aluminum tweeter)

those are the only ones that i know of in my price range. 220 is a bit more than Id like to spend but if the CDTs are worth it Id pay it, kappas i dont think are worth that much but thats the ebay price. Id pay 220 shipped or less and the components have to either have a power handling of 75 or 150. My amp puts out 150x2 at 4 ohm or 225x2 at 2 ohms and id imagine 75x2 at 8 ohms(not sure if you can wire components at a 4 ohm load can ya? Thats what im lookin for.

The CXI are lookin like the best deal so far, metal tweeters are good for rock, metal and rap right?

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:40 am

where are you finding these prices? best buy has the alpines for about $100 more and the JL XR's at my local shop are like $300 and some change (those are jl's top components right)

btw, get the silk tweeter JL's if you go that route.. i belive the shop i heard them at had the xr's with alunimum on display, i didn't really like the tweeter on them, sounded harsh (im sure my defonition of harsh and an audiophiles will be different, but yeah). I'd go with the Alpine Type-R's or the JL's, but thats because those are the only ones i have actually heard :)

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:42 am

ive only heard alpine type r coaxials and they sound decent. These prices are brand new from ebay. I dunno if silk tweets are worth 40 more dollars lol

ZR are JLs top components.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:43 am

you should see if you can hear them first.got a jl dealer near by?

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:44 am

i think so

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:05 am

I think im gonna try to get a price on RE XXX components. Those should be good and loud

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:17 am

they never had a full XXX component set, just the mid. And i don't think they sell them anymore because they're comming out with the full set (i think) and new XXX subs and all sometime next year.

you could get the RE components, i've heard those are loud. they should run around $150.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:20 pm

"JL AUDIO XR650-CSi 6.5" XR 70 rms - $230 shipped (silk tweeter)"

The XRs don't come with a silk tweeter, unless you're talking about someone substituting the silk tweeter from a VR set, in which the set should be cheaper than the alum. version. The aluminum dome tweet is pretty smooth if you install the set correctly (on a similar axis), remember that the midbass driver uses a 1st order crossover that is optimized more for on-axis performance. Meaning that if you install the midbass in a door and the tweeter more on axis to you, they won't mesh as well and the tweeter will seem bright.

"Alpine Type R 70 rms - $140 shipped"

Mediocre, not really a great performer, but gets the job done

"Infinity Kappa Perfect 100 rms - $220 shipped"

Bright set, some consider them harsh. They're an accurate set, but the characteristics will lead you to develop a strong opinion on them, whether positive or negative.

Out of those options, I'd take the XR components.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:48 pm

me too. at the shop i heard the XR's (maybe it was the VRs or ZRs, but whatever, lol not really) but i presonally thought that the tweeter was too harsh for my liking.

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:24 pm

Jonathan wrote:"JL AUDIO XR650-CSi 6.5" XR 70 rms - $230 shipped (silk tweeter)"

The XRs don't come with a silk tweeter, unless you're talking about someone substituting the silk tweeter from a VR set, in which the set should be cheaper than the alum. version. The aluminum dome tweet is pretty smooth if you install the set correctly (on a similar axis), remember that the midbass driver uses a 1st order crossover that is optimized more for on-axis performance. Meaning that if you install the midbass in a door and the tweeter more on axis to you, they won't mesh as well and the tweeter will seem bright.

"Alpine Type R 70 rms - $140 shipped"

Mediocre, not really a great performer, but gets the job done

"Infinity Kappa Perfect 100 rms - $220 shipped"

Bright set, some consider them harsh. They're an accurate set, but the characteristics will lead you to develop a strong opinion on them, whether positive or negative.

Out of those options, I'd take the XR components.

So get them to install the tweeter in the door too? I think i like it there anyway. and no there are 2 types of XR Comps CSI (silk) and CXI (aluminum)