SWEETSOUND2001

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Ladies and Gentlemen....you are looking at focal 180w utopia series speakers retailing for over $1300....hehe
got them way below dealer cost


http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/pr...umas/focal.JPG
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/pr...mas/focal2.JPG
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/pr...mas/focal3.JPG
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/pr...mas/focal4.JPG
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/pr...mas/focal5.JPG
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/pr...mas/focal6.JPG

Just so you can see how HUGE this box is..
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/pr...mas/focal7.JPG

DCmax

iTrader: (2)

Hmm, are those good or something?


...jk....

speednsound007

-PJ

Gunner

is that a crack in the plastic outer ring?

DCmax

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IS there really THAT much difference between some $1300 Focals and some $700 MB Quarts? In my opinion ...no.

jmax

They look very pretty. But I don't give a damn what my speakers look like. I don't plan to stare at them as I drive down the road. I just want them to rock, rythm, roll and hang on for a while with a couple hundred honest watts running through them. Show me how they sound when they are hooked up with 50 watt min to tweet/65watt min to mid(planning to upgrade that figure soon).

SWEETSOUND2001

iTrader: (30)

actually they will be receiving 250 watts on each side from orion xtr 900

jmax

I am glad to hear you will not deprive them of the energy they much deserve.

redmaxpa007

iTrader: (21)

yes there is... about $600...hehehhe

Matt93SE

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For the last 3 years, I've run my Focal 165KS seperates on 200wRMS to each mid and 50w RMS to each tweeter. I had to send my mids back because the glue came off the surrounds, but they said that happened on a small production run- bad glue. the new mids I have now are off the 165K2 system, and they sound just as good. absolutely gorgeous playing some Stevie Ray Vaughn at 115dB.

Jon Little

Stevir Eay who?

SWEETSOUND2001

iTrader: (30)

For anyone who doesn't know, Focals are amongst top 5 car audio speakers in the world IMO

In no praticular order:
1) Rainbow
2) Focal
3) Dynaudio
4) Morel
5) A/D/s

there are others, but not on the same level as these...

jmax

And Jonnny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, BB King, Mighty Sam Mcclain, Bonnie Raitt, Ice Cube, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Bach, Taichovsky, Holst, Tamia, Townshend, The Who, Mussorgsky, Santana, U2, to name a few that sound phat on my diamonds.

SWEETSOUND2001

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don't get me wrong..i'm a previous hex owner myself and they are excellent speakers. But their quality control sucks ( had my mids replaced twice) and theyve never been the same ever since eton stopped making them

jmax

Yah, but the home drivers can still be gotten. Most are 8 ohms but since I am running dual drivers on most amp channels that brings it back down to 4 ohms. And I think the 8.6 can still be bought new. I have 2 now as the rear channel. I am investigating how to get a few more. And the price is good even for plain jane speakers - but the original HEX was nothing but plain. Check Madisound. I may replace my tweets for the ER4 soon if I can save up some money.

SWEETSOUND2001

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hey jmax...whos that guy, jmanx1...he gettin some gcrazy install done on his car...i saw it on another post..

jmax1

Thats me. They said they're gonna start the install on moday the 14th. It should take around 2 wks.

OgreDave

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So what ohm are focal 180w's anyways?

SWEETSOUND2001

iTrader: (30)

4 ohms

www.focal.tm.fr

jmax

I don't know him, jmax1, but I do want all the details on how they hook up the new trunk opening mechanism.