Hey guys (and gals?),

I've got a $100 gift certificate to crutchfield.com from work for not killing anyone in my first 3 months so I picked out a few sets, just wanted some opinions or insight as to whats good out of these and what to avoid. Thanks.

Kenwood KFC-C1739ie
6-3/4" 3-way car speakers
IN STOCK

* Pearl mica IMPP woofer with rubber surround
* PEI balanced dome midrange, PEI dome tweeter
* 2-40 watts RMS power range


Alpine SPS-17C2
6-1/2" 2-way car speakers For 6-1/2" and 6-3/4" openings
IN STOCK

* Aluminum-coated polypropylene woofer with rubber surround
* swiveling silk dome tweeter
* 2-50 watts RMS power range


Blaupunkt GTc542
5-1/4" component speaker system
IN STOCK

* Titanium-injected polypropylene woofers with foam surrounds
* 1" Mylar semi-dome tweeters
* 2-45 watts RMS power range


Boston Acoustics S55
5-1/4" 2-way car speakers
IN STOCK

* Copolymer woofer with rubber surround
* Type-S3 soft dome tweeter
* 2-35 watts RMS power range

 

im assuming your car comes with tweeters,
so if u plan on keeping them, then u shouldn't waste money on anything more than 2 way speakers.
if u want to upgrade ur tweeters as well, then probly the Blaupunkt GTc542 set would be best for that.
if u just want to upgrade ur regular speakers then you'd probly want the highest wattage, in this case, the alpines.

hope this helps.

 

wrong place. should be posted in audio section of the forum.

buy components. and amp them.

 

I totally blanked on that, thanks for the heads up, can a mod move it there?

 

i would just go with the alpine since they are 6 1/2's and thats what our cars use, the others are either 6 3/4 or 5 1/4 plus i havent been a big fan of Blaupunkt or Boston Acoustics seems the alpines have more rms rating than the others. kenwoods are nice but are a lil bit bigger just by a 1/4 in but depends how good of a fit u want

 

Best asked in the Audio section...but too bad Crutchfield doesn't sell Rainbow products!

Hmm I would go with the Alpines

 

All of those speakers make me want to

As others said, this should be moved to the audio section.

 

Components have my vote all day.

 

alpine components type x are sweet. check egay. but my favs are mb quartz if you have the money to spend.

 

read much? He got $100 gift card from crutchfield from his employeer for not going ballistic on anyone. Why would he then go to ebay?

 

There's other things out there that you could buy on crutchfield. I wouldn't waste it on those things. You're better of saving up and just getting rainbows.

 

like everyone said, i wouldn't waiste the m0oney on any of that. maybe save and put it towards some components or something else.

 

i worked for a custom shop that sold pioneer/alpine/kicker/boston/mb quart speakers. if you're running the speaker off of deck power, i would go with the alpines if you have a sub and want "more BASS" and i would go with the bostons if you wont richer sound. my best recommendation would be to go to a store that sells them so you can listen to how they sound.

 

besides proper enclosure sizing, i would go with components.

 

i wish my work gave out bonuses for not going insane!!!!!