So it looks like im buying some Polk SR's....
02-26-2008, 12:00 PM
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So it looks like im buying some Polk SR's....
well, after months of searching for a good set of speakers, i think i found what im looking for. i was looking for a good SQ speaker that got loud enough and still sounded good and had to be pleasing to the eye. i listen to all types of music, but in the car its mostly rap, rock, and metal.
here were my choices:
-Focal K2p $1000 (sounded too harsh, ugly yellow cone)
-Morel Elate $1000 (great speaker, but might be too nice for my music choices)
-Boston SPZ $1000 (didnt get to hear them but i used to have the pro's, huge crossovers and overall an ugly speaker)
-Hertz MLK165 $800 (great speaker, didnt get to demo them enough, sounded a little weird in the mid range, but overall good)
-Polk SR6500 $750 (best speaker i heard so far and it was underpowered, only recieving 75 watts instead of the 125 it needed)
now tweeter is having a sale right now selling the Polks for $560, thats a steal. so its cheaper than the rest and from what ive personally heard, the sounded better than the others i auditioned. i still havent listened to the morels or bostons but for the price i dont think i could go wrong with the Polks.
so id like to hear some opinions from the experts on this forum and people who know these products and/or personally own them. i want to make sure im making the right decision before dropping that kind of money on speakers. im also open to suggestions. thanks for the input
here were my choices:
-Focal K2p $1000 (sounded too harsh, ugly yellow cone)
-Morel Elate $1000 (great speaker, but might be too nice for my music choices)
-Boston SPZ $1000 (didnt get to hear them but i used to have the pro's, huge crossovers and overall an ugly speaker)
-Hertz MLK165 $800 (great speaker, didnt get to demo them enough, sounded a little weird in the mid range, but overall good)
-Polk SR6500 $750 (best speaker i heard so far and it was underpowered, only recieving 75 watts instead of the 125 it needed)
now tweeter is having a sale right now selling the Polks for $560, thats a steal. so its cheaper than the rest and from what ive personally heard, the sounded better than the others i auditioned. i still havent listened to the morels or bostons but for the price i dont think i could go wrong with the Polks.
so id like to hear some opinions from the experts on this forum and people who know these products and/or personally own them. i want to make sure im making the right decision before dropping that kind of money on speakers. im also open to suggestions. thanks for the input
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Ultimately the decision is up to you. You are the one who needs to like the sound. If you feel the Polk's sound best to you, then they are the proper choice out of the ones listed. If you are looking for other options, go to some more stores and at least listen to them on the sound board if you can't listen in a car.
Other brands to look for in the realm that you are looking:
Helix
Brax
Zapco
Dynaudio
Rainbow
AVI
If you are looking to go active look at separates from:
ScanSpeak
Peerless
Peerless v-line (old Vifa)
Seas
Morel
Other brands to look for in the realm that you are looking:
Helix
Brax
Zapco
Dynaudio
Rainbow
AVI
If you are looking to go active look at separates from:
ScanSpeak
Peerless
Peerless v-line (old Vifa)
Seas
Morel
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i think im gonna demo the hertz again, they are a really nice speaker. im dying to hear the bostons but nobody around me has them to listen to.
i thought about going active but i dont think its necessary for the music i'll be listening to most of the time. i think i'll be ok with a really good set of components, proper install, and some good tuning. probably gonna get an alpine 701 or rockford 360, not sure though
i thought about going active but i dont think its necessary for the music i'll be listening to most of the time. i think i'll be ok with a really good set of components, proper install, and some good tuning. probably gonna get an alpine 701 or rockford 360, not sure though
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Originally Posted by KelekonaKustoms
i think im gonna demo the hertz again, they are a really nice speaker. im dying to hear the bostons but nobody around me has them to listen to.
02-27-2008, 05:14 AM
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My choice...
Morel Elate - Trust me, that speaker can handle ANYTHING you throw at it and then some. I run a pair of 3-way Elates (400 Watts to the 6", 100 Watts to the 4" and 100 Watts to the tweeters in each door
) and I listen to all types of music and they can play their a$$es off.
Morel Elate - Trust me, that speaker can handle ANYTHING you throw at it and then some. I run a pair of 3-way Elates (400 Watts to the 6", 100 Watts to the 4" and 100 Watts to the tweeters in each door
) and I listen to all types of music and they can play their a$$es off.
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02-27-2008, 06:08 AM
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I JUST got finished installing the Polks in my doors. Get em! They require breakin time so I cant really comment on them right now although they still sound great. I am feeding them 100W rated rms per channel, acutally more like 120W per channel and they are bi-amped. They are in the WickedCAS door pods and look like they belong. PM me for pix!
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Originally Posted by 16psibrick
in that price range i will throw into the lot:
DLS Iridium and Nobelium
Seas Performance
b
DLS Iridium and Nobelium
Seas Performance
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02-27-2008, 09:53 AM
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this is my opinion only:
listening to "auditioning" speakers, I htink is way over rated IMO.
as a former shop owner i can tell you that there are so many ways to make one set of speaker sound better than another if thats hte brand they want to push.
in general:
1. listening to stuff ont he sound board in a room means nothing, cars are so different interms of being an acoustic environment, often, spekars that sound good, nice and detailed and not harsh in a room, will scream your ears off in a car, where as spekares that sound almost dull in a room, comes alive in a car.
2. often, shops hook different amps to different speakres and set things differently on the board, say they want to push speaker A, though speaker B may acutally sound better, they would set the settings on spekaer A so it relaly sounds good to its postential on the board, and they dont do the same on B...
3. listening to stuff in demo cars is slightly better, but by no means indicative of how it would sound in your car.
different cars sound differently, also, different installation techniques, different tuning and euqipment used, all have a huge factor in how a set car sound.
about the only way you can tell for sure, is if you listen to a car that has an almost identical interior, using equipment and tuning thats going to be identical, if not very similar to your own install...then...only then, can you get a more accurate idea of what htings sound like.
i myself, after a while, dont ever recommend people to listen to car speakres in a sound board, and often, more or less, when they hear my car, iwlll try my best to point out the differences that their install will sound like.
but in the end, the ONLY way of truly learning how a speaker would sound for YOU, is to get the set, and listen to it in your own car.
of course, this sounds a bit...unreasonably expensive if you arent in the field of mobile electronics, but its unfortuatnely the truth...and unlike say perfroamnce parts in a car, where they have true dyno readings that can justify gains on the same vehicle, SQ is so subjective that it doenst mean a lot.
this is why i offer something for guys on this forum to try out brands that i carry and consider SQ oriented. that is, if you buy a set from me and install it in the manner i recommend, and arent happy with the results, i offer you a return and full refund within a two weeks period after hte speakres have been installed...so its more or less a risk free set up.
about a dozen people have taken advantage of this offer over the past coupla years, nad i have never had a return
so...if you are intersted in trying out hte DLS or Seas sets, let me know...
b
listening to "auditioning" speakers, I htink is way over rated IMO.
as a former shop owner i can tell you that there are so many ways to make one set of speaker sound better than another if thats hte brand they want to push.
in general:
1. listening to stuff ont he sound board in a room means nothing, cars are so different interms of being an acoustic environment, often, spekars that sound good, nice and detailed and not harsh in a room, will scream your ears off in a car, where as spekares that sound almost dull in a room, comes alive in a car.
2. often, shops hook different amps to different speakres and set things differently on the board, say they want to push speaker A, though speaker B may acutally sound better, they would set the settings on spekaer A so it relaly sounds good to its postential on the board, and they dont do the same on B...
3. listening to stuff in demo cars is slightly better, but by no means indicative of how it would sound in your car.
different cars sound differently, also, different installation techniques, different tuning and euqipment used, all have a huge factor in how a set car sound.
about the only way you can tell for sure, is if you listen to a car that has an almost identical interior, using equipment and tuning thats going to be identical, if not very similar to your own install...then...only then, can you get a more accurate idea of what htings sound like.
i myself, after a while, dont ever recommend people to listen to car speakres in a sound board, and often, more or less, when they hear my car, iwlll try my best to point out the differences that their install will sound like.
but in the end, the ONLY way of truly learning how a speaker would sound for YOU, is to get the set, and listen to it in your own car.
of course, this sounds a bit...unreasonably expensive if you arent in the field of mobile electronics, but its unfortuatnely the truth...and unlike say perfroamnce parts in a car, where they have true dyno readings that can justify gains on the same vehicle, SQ is so subjective that it doenst mean a lot.
this is why i offer something for guys on this forum to try out brands that i carry and consider SQ oriented. that is, if you buy a set from me and install it in the manner i recommend, and arent happy with the results, i offer you a return and full refund within a two weeks period after hte speakres have been installed...so its more or less a risk free set up.
about a dozen people have taken advantage of this offer over the past coupla years, nad i have never had a return
so...if you are intersted in trying out hte DLS or Seas sets, let me know...
b
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Originally Posted by 16psibrick
this is my opinion only:
listening to "auditioning" speakers, I htink is way over rated IMO.
as a former shop owner i can tell you that there are so many ways to make one set of speaker sound better than another if thats hte brand they want to push.
in general:
1. listening to stuff ont he sound board in a room means nothing, cars are so different interms of being an acoustic environment, often, spekars that sound good, nice and detailed and not harsh in a room, will scream your ears off in a car, where as spekares that sound almost dull in a room, comes alive in a car.
2. often, shops hook different amps to different speakres and set things differently on the board, say they want to push speaker A, though speaker B may acutally sound better, they would set the settings on spekaer A so it relaly sounds good to its postential on the board, and they dont do the same on B...
3. listening to stuff in demo cars is slightly better, but by no means indicative of how it would sound in your car.
different cars sound differently, also, different installation techniques, different tuning and euqipment used, all have a huge factor in how a set car sound.
about the only way you can tell for sure, is if you listen to a car that has an almost identical interior, using equipment and tuning thats going to be identical, if not very similar to your own install...then...only then, can you get a more accurate idea of what htings sound like.
i myself, after a while, dont ever recommend people to listen to car speakres in a sound board, and often, more or less, when they hear my car, iwlll try my best to point out the differences that their install will sound like.
but in the end, the ONLY way of truly learning how a speaker would sound for YOU, is to get the set, and listen to it in your own car.
of course, this sounds a bit...unreasonably expensive if you arent in the field of mobile electronics, but its unfortuatnely the truth...and unlike say perfroamnce parts in a car, where they have true dyno readings that can justify gains on the same vehicle, SQ is so subjective that it doenst mean a lot.
this is why i offer something for guys on this forum to try out brands that i carry and consider SQ oriented. that is, if you buy a set from me and install it in the manner i recommend, and arent happy with the results, i offer you a return and full refund within a two weeks period after hte speakres have been installed...so its more or less a risk free set up.
about a dozen people have taken advantage of this offer over the past coupla years, nad i have never had a return
so...if you are intersted in trying out hte DLS or Seas sets, let me know...
b
listening to "auditioning" speakers, I htink is way over rated IMO.
as a former shop owner i can tell you that there are so many ways to make one set of speaker sound better than another if thats hte brand they want to push.
in general:
1. listening to stuff ont he sound board in a room means nothing, cars are so different interms of being an acoustic environment, often, spekars that sound good, nice and detailed and not harsh in a room, will scream your ears off in a car, where as spekares that sound almost dull in a room, comes alive in a car.
2. often, shops hook different amps to different speakres and set things differently on the board, say they want to push speaker A, though speaker B may acutally sound better, they would set the settings on spekaer A so it relaly sounds good to its postential on the board, and they dont do the same on B...
3. listening to stuff in demo cars is slightly better, but by no means indicative of how it would sound in your car.
different cars sound differently, also, different installation techniques, different tuning and euqipment used, all have a huge factor in how a set car sound.
about the only way you can tell for sure, is if you listen to a car that has an almost identical interior, using equipment and tuning thats going to be identical, if not very similar to your own install...then...only then, can you get a more accurate idea of what htings sound like.
i myself, after a while, dont ever recommend people to listen to car speakres in a sound board, and often, more or less, when they hear my car, iwlll try my best to point out the differences that their install will sound like.
but in the end, the ONLY way of truly learning how a speaker would sound for YOU, is to get the set, and listen to it in your own car.
of course, this sounds a bit...unreasonably expensive if you arent in the field of mobile electronics, but its unfortuatnely the truth...and unlike say perfroamnce parts in a car, where they have true dyno readings that can justify gains on the same vehicle, SQ is so subjective that it doenst mean a lot.
this is why i offer something for guys on this forum to try out brands that i carry and consider SQ oriented. that is, if you buy a set from me and install it in the manner i recommend, and arent happy with the results, i offer you a return and full refund within a two weeks period after hte speakres have been installed...so its more or less a risk free set up.
about a dozen people have taken advantage of this offer over the past coupla years, nad i have never had a return
so...if you are intersted in trying out hte DLS or Seas sets, let me know...
b
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Originally Posted by 16psibrick
this is my opinion only:
listening to "auditioning" speakers, I htink is way over rated IMO.
as a former shop owner i can tell you that there are so many ways to make one set of speaker sound better than another if thats hte brand they want to push.
in general:
1. listening to stuff ont he sound board in a room means nothing, cars are so different interms of being an acoustic environment, often, spekars that sound good, nice and detailed and not harsh in a room, will scream your ears off in a car, where as spekares that sound almost dull in a room, comes alive in a car.
2. often, shops hook different amps to different speakres and set things differently on the board, say they want to push speaker A, though speaker B may acutally sound better, they would set the settings on spekaer A so it relaly sounds good to its postential on the board, and they dont do the same on B...
3. listening to stuff in demo cars is slightly better, but by no means indicative of how it would sound in your car.
different cars sound differently, also, different installation techniques, different tuning and euqipment used, all have a huge factor in how a set car sound.
about the only way you can tell for sure, is if you listen to a car that has an almost identical interior, using equipment and tuning thats going to be identical, if not very similar to your own install...then...only then, can you get a more accurate idea of what htings sound like.
i myself, after a while, dont ever recommend people to listen to car speakres in a sound board, and often, more or less, when they hear my car, iwlll try my best to point out the differences that their install will sound like.
but in the end, the ONLY way of truly learning how a speaker would sound for YOU, is to get the set, and listen to it in your own car.
of course, this sounds a bit...unreasonably expensive if you arent in the field of mobile electronics, but its unfortuatnely the truth...and unlike say perfroamnce parts in a car, where they have true dyno readings that can justify gains on the same vehicle, SQ is so subjective that it doenst mean a lot.
this is why i offer something for guys on this forum to try out brands that i carry and consider SQ oriented. that is, if you buy a set from me and install it in the manner i recommend, and arent happy with the results, i offer you a return and full refund within a two weeks period after hte speakres have been installed...so its more or less a risk free set up.
about a dozen people have taken advantage of this offer over the past coupla years, nad i have never had a return
so...if you are intersted in trying out hte DLS or Seas sets, let me know...
b
listening to "auditioning" speakers, I htink is way over rated IMO.
as a former shop owner i can tell you that there are so many ways to make one set of speaker sound better than another if thats hte brand they want to push.
in general:
1. listening to stuff ont he sound board in a room means nothing, cars are so different interms of being an acoustic environment, often, spekars that sound good, nice and detailed and not harsh in a room, will scream your ears off in a car, where as spekares that sound almost dull in a room, comes alive in a car.
2. often, shops hook different amps to different speakres and set things differently on the board, say they want to push speaker A, though speaker B may acutally sound better, they would set the settings on spekaer A so it relaly sounds good to its postential on the board, and they dont do the same on B...
3. listening to stuff in demo cars is slightly better, but by no means indicative of how it would sound in your car.
different cars sound differently, also, different installation techniques, different tuning and euqipment used, all have a huge factor in how a set car sound.
about the only way you can tell for sure, is if you listen to a car that has an almost identical interior, using equipment and tuning thats going to be identical, if not very similar to your own install...then...only then, can you get a more accurate idea of what htings sound like.
i myself, after a while, dont ever recommend people to listen to car speakres in a sound board, and often, more or less, when they hear my car, iwlll try my best to point out the differences that their install will sound like.
but in the end, the ONLY way of truly learning how a speaker would sound for YOU, is to get the set, and listen to it in your own car.
of course, this sounds a bit...unreasonably expensive if you arent in the field of mobile electronics, but its unfortuatnely the truth...and unlike say perfroamnce parts in a car, where they have true dyno readings that can justify gains on the same vehicle, SQ is so subjective that it doenst mean a lot.
this is why i offer something for guys on this forum to try out brands that i carry and consider SQ oriented. that is, if you buy a set from me and install it in the manner i recommend, and arent happy with the results, i offer you a return and full refund within a two weeks period after hte speakres have been installed...so its more or less a risk free set up.
about a dozen people have taken advantage of this offer over the past coupla years, nad i have never had a return
so...if you are intersted in trying out hte DLS or Seas sets, let me know...
b
i went and listened to the polks at a different location, but this time with proper wattage. even the salesman said their soundboard sucked but they polks still sounded pretty good. they excelled with the rock and metal music but lacked with the rap. no distortion whatsoever, even at really high volume. but still something didnt sound right, most likely due to the fact that their not in a car but oh well what can you do.
Bing, i am interested in the DLS and maybe the SEAS too. do you have a number or something to contact you better, i also wanted to ask you about the DLS subs as well.
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check him out here www.simplicityinsound.com get his number hes a great guy to do business with and will work with ya
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I have had my SR Polks for almost a year now and love them. I had a DLS RA50 hooked up to them and then switched to the JL 450/4 and was pleased with the speakers regardless of the amp.
02-27-2008, 11:02 PM
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just send me a PM, calling me is never a good idea cuas ei am almost always working on a car hehe, and irght now working on a big project so...
send me a PM and ew can go from there
dont get me wrong the polk SR is very nice...thogh i think if you had a little more budget, i think there are stuff tat does a little more
either way, let me know
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send me a PM and ew can go from there
dont get me wrong the polk SR is very nice...thogh i think if you had a little more budget, i think there are stuff tat does a little more
either way, let me know
b
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i found out that the hertz were underpowered when i listened to them. so i did some searching and found out from someone that has them that they sound weird in the mids when underpowered, but when he put full power to them they were great. and the hertz did sound better then the polks except for those mid's which apparently was due to them being underpowered. so i wanna check out the hertz again.
Bing, i'll send you a PM later tonight
Bing, i'll send you a PM later tonight