Before you read anything else, please know that cost IS a factor. I have the money squirreled away, but I have a lot of other things to spend it on over a stereo...

So anyway, I am looking for front stage in my 2003 Sentra SE-R SpecV. Right now EVERYTHING is 100% stock. I have picked up a Pioneer Premier DEH-P580MP for the HU, and will be going with some sort of 6.5" coaxial or component setup for the front doors, with some 6.5"s in the rear deck (most likely a set of Alpine Type-S that I picked up for $45 BNIB).

I have the factory components in the front. I will be powering their replacement with an older RF amp, a 250a2 (62.5 W x 2 RMS into 4 Ohms, 125 W x 2 RMS into 2 Ohms, 250 W x 1 RMS into 4 Ohms Bridged).

So because the Sentra has the a-pillar mounts for tweeters (much like the A32/A33 do), I like the idea of having the soundstage brought up by tweeters that are on/above dash level. To be honest, though, I hope to sell this car in the spring, and I don't know how much work I really want to put into the car. Most of what I am considering is an easy swap-out, except for the component situation. Assuming that any option will be run off of the amp, I have 3 choices, really...

1. Spend ~$100 on good (mid/high level) coaxials, disconnect the tweets, and run the coaxials off of the amp,

2. Spend about the same amount on some entry-level components, or

3. Spend more (but not really over ~4$180 shipped) on mid-level coaxials.

Options for each (links to assist):
Option 1. Pioneer REV coaxials: TS-D161R (Basic Pioneer):
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...tailsComponent or the TS-D601P (Premier line, same speaker):
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...tailsComponent (~$100 for either set)

Polk dB650: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UNbWbOZ...=fp&I=107DB650 (under $100 online)

Polk MOMO MMC650: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UNbWbOZ...07mmc650&wm=su (~$110 online)

Option 2. MB Quart Discus line (DSE216, DSD216, or DSF216) http://www.cardomain.com/item/MBQDSF216 or http://cgi.ebay.com/MB-QUART-DSE-216...em270065860604 (~$100 on eBay, or $140 from SoundDomain[Authorized])

Infinity Reference 6010cs http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UNbWbOZ...00&I=1086010CS (~$100 on eBay)

Option 3.Polk dB6500: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-R47GyWu...00&i=107DB6500 (~$150 elsewhere) at 2" deep.

MBQuart RUA216: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-R47GyWu...search=quart+6 (~$150 elsewhere)

CDT EF-61NEO: http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_ID=4894 ($180) at 2.187" deep.

I also like the Infinity 60.7CS: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-R47GyWu...2E7&i=108607CS (~$150 elsewhere) at 1 15/16" deep, but I dislike the nominal 2 ohm inpedence.[/QUOTE]

Any thoughts? Basically, I would love to keep the budget in the $100 range. I know that that most likely means going non-authorized, but (knocks on wood) I have only had one speaker fail on me in all of my dozens of speaker sets throughout the years. Still, even paying $140 for those authorized Quarts is not bad. I just don't know enough to know whether good coaxials these days are better than basic components.

Any/all help is appreciated.

 

Get some Rainbow coaxials from Don if you cannot afford components...or skip rear fill (assuming you didnt buy the Alpine type S yet) and put that $ towards frontstage components.

 

+1. Either go with components up front amped and coaxials in the rear off head unit power, or components up front and no rears.

The Kappa tweeters are much harsher than the References, just fyi.

 

I have some Diamond Audio coaxials laying around if you want them?

 

I have 3 sets of so-so coaxials. One set will be in the back of the Sentra, one set will go to my brother, and the other set will be sold off. None are mid/high coaxials, or I would just use them in the car.

So which is better to go in the front: mid level coaxials or low-end components?

 

What model?

 

Low end compenents would probably demolish the mid level coax's mainly because you will have much better imaging.

 

Assuming that Nissan was kind enough to give me sufficient stock tweeter mounts to provide that imaging...

 

So you finally made your way back over here huh? Welcome back n00bcakes.

PM me, I may have something Very nice to fit your budget..

 

id go with option #2, the infinity refererences, only because i have 2 sets in my max.. i love the way they sound. i have them being pushed by a mtx 1004, 4 ch amp, its puttin out 100x4 rms..

 

Yeah, I am back to my roots. PM sent, y0!