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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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What model Kicker speaker will work in the door of a C5? Looking for wither one combined with a tweeeter or separate with crossover.
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Any 6.5 will do... Why stuck on kenwood? They aren't particularly... good.
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I've not heard a bad thing about the Kenwood. I love the Garmin Nav system.
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Well, they're better than Infiniti... sony... but don't hold a candle to say, the entry level Focal stuff in a similar price range.
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Never heard of Focal? What makes it so good? Where is it manufactured? Who sells it? Anywhere there are reviews of the product?
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Originally Posted by Kale
Any 6.5 will do... Why stuck on kenwood? They aren't particularly... good.
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I've not heard a bad thing about the Kenwood. I love the Garmin Nav system.
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aren't we talking about kicker?
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IMO look at focal, cdt, polk momo, elemental designs, dls not kicker or kenwood for spks
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The goal is to find speakers to replace the stock speakers in the door. the installer suggested KICKER speakers two piece unit 6.5 speaker and a separate tweeter with cross over. He said they come in a complete package about 375 for the pair. I was just wondering about these speakers? also he suggested 5.25 in the rear. A one piece unit with the tweeter in the center. Again Kicker.
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Originally Posted by scott_fx
aren't we talking about kicker?
sorry... kicker, kenwood... all ends up in a blur of mediocre greyness to me. but yeah, kicker.

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Never heard of Focal? What makes it so good? Where is it manufactured? Who sells it? Anywhere there are reviews of the product?
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Focal is a high end speaker manufacturer, one of the more "mainstream" high end brands... Can't get them at K-mart or best buy for sure.

It's a French company. Also known as Jm Labs in the home audio world. I really like their stuff.

The Access Line is the cheaper line. Many are fond of Polyglass.

Utopia BE if you feel like dropping $3 large though.


DLS and Rainbow are also good, and offer lower lines. (sub $500)

Hertz Mille has also been making a name... Local high end shop picked them up recently. Good reviews, but I haven't heard them.

Image Dynamics makes a good midbass + rebadged tweeter of some sort, that's mid priced and I've heard good things.

I'm not a fan of CDT myself, since they are mostly rebadged and marked up stuffs. Though the Eurosport sets under $275 or so are not that bad of a buy.



Polyglass MSRPs for $379 for a pair and given ~80watts against those Kickers... It'd be like a Vette vs a Civic. Serious.

if you want to stay 'best buy' brands, the Pioneer Premeire S-C720PRS has had rave reviews on its midrange, and not bad reviews on the tweeter. Can be had for less than $300.

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