For those who have component speakers (4th gen especially), what brand(s) do you have? How do you like what you have?

Just scouting out what I should buy for my '99SE-L...

 

i would like to have bought mb quarts but my budget allowed for alpine type r's and i have to say that they are ok for the money.

 

I can sum up the responses you will get:
MB Quart
Boston Acoustics
Diamond Audio
Infinity Perfects
Focal
JL

Those are the generally accepted "good" brands for components. There's others, but those are the popular and easy to find ones.

 

i just had Phoenix Gold Tantrum-X 6.5 Components http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/PHOTX65COMP installed in my 97 Max and i would highly reccomend them for the price ($170). I was also looking at these CDT Classics http://www.thezeb.com/caraudio/specials_speakers.html they're supposed 2 be awesome speakers and are only so cheap because the paint isnt perfect on them.

 

i have the MB but i would tell you to go with the focal's.

 

I've always been partial to CDT Audio. The HD set is the best value for the money. The ES line has nicer tweeters, althogether more accurage but less midbass.

CM.

 

talk to don aka pearl96max
he is a dealer and may be able to get what you want at a decent price.
helpful guy, recommended.

kevin

 

look into Adire Audio's Koda components or even Kicker's new resolution line of speakers.

 

Hi,

I have a 4th gen and I have had Infinity Kappa 6.5 Components for years and love them. They are not as good as some of the others, but they sound great to me (and for the price as well). Some of the others are worthless to get (ex: Perfects), unless you are sending them a ton of power.

Sam

 

Love my Boston Pro's.

 

Ditto


The only speakers that I have heard and are better than the boston pros are the Focal utopias and the Boston's will take way more of a beating

 

I recently installed my Adire Koda mids. I replaced DA Hex 5.25's and 6.5's. The Koda's seem to have the upper midrange smoothness that I was after and plenty of midbass without any bass adjustment. Would likely need to turn down the bass to have a flat response curve.

 

I like my a/d/s, but also liked the Boston's I had in my last car.

 

or you could try some image dynamics chameleon series comps.

 

I'll sell you my MBQuart QM218.61Q's for $250 and I'll pay for the shipping. These orginally retailed for $800. They are SWEET speakers. They have only a few months of light use on them. Send me an email at drewhfarrar@aol.com if you're interested.

 

I installed Kicker Resolitions in my 98, and I love them. Iwill be creating kick pods in the winter to help image them better and try and get a bit more mid bass out of them. I am running over 360 watts RMS to the pair (though my gains are way down).

 

Why do you say that? The Infinity Perfects are just as efficient/sensitive as their lower component systems...

 

Focal
CDT
Adire Koda

I was able to get my Focal Polyglass under $200/pair new on ebay.