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Oct 20, 2009 | 11:54 PM

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Which speaker brand is good for vocal and midbass? Looking for 2-way coaxials 6 1/2. Thanks.

Any JL Audio fans here?

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Oct 22, 2009 | 03:04 PM

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For the most accurate vocals...Dynaudio. Same with the midbass. Morel comes in a close second.

Oct 22, 2009 | 03:46 PM

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That's for components, no coaxials.

Oct 22, 2009 | 03:52 PM

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the above brands are good choices but for a little more wallet friendly options you might wanna also check out image dynamics, cdt audio, and maybe even some older mb quarts when they were made in germany, your best bet is components but if your set on coaxials try and stay away from metal tweeters, silk and the like material is the way to go for smooth realistic sounding vocals, in any case if you listen to any speaker in a sales floor of an audio store keep in mind that itll sound alot different once installed in your car, hope this helps in your decision and rock on

Oct 22, 2009 | 05:11 PM

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Thanks guys do appreciate.

Oct 22, 2009 | 05:49 PM

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I've had the older MBQ when they were made in germany. Got rid of all of them. Dyns will do that to you, if you have the budget.

Oct 23, 2009 | 12:59 PM

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I heard the jl audio are really smooth and not that pricey. I think I'm going with components. Deciding to get TR650 or C2650.

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Oct 23, 2009 | 10:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sueno2jz

the above brands are good choices but for a little more wallet friendly options you might wanna also check out image dynamics, cdt audio, and maybe even some older mb quarts when they were made in germany, your best bet is components but if your set on coaxials try and stay away from metal tweeters, silk and the like material is the way to go for smooth realistic sounding vocals, in any case if you listen to any speaker in a sales floor of an audio store keep in mind that itll sound alot different once installed in your car, hope this helps in your decision and rock on

here here, Made that mistake.

I just replaced a rear set of kicker k60 with SL65 Boston,
They were half price at Crutchfield and they sound much smother and don't hurt my ears like the Kickers.

These are both coax but like mentioned above have Kortec soft-dome vs titanium dome tweeter.

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Oct 23, 2009 | 11:31 PM

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So... TR or C2?

Oct 24, 2009 | 09:38 AM

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So... TR or C2?

Same specs save the power handling and size of tweeter, so unless you are going to be powering them with over 100 WPC RMS, you can get the TR's. If they're comparably priced to within $30 of each other, having a larger tweeter usually helps with imaging a bit since it brings the response lower toward the midrange. Great if you're not putting them together in the same location/plane of the car. If you're mounting them in the factory location, the bigger tweet is mo betta.

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Oct 24, 2009 | 03:26 PM

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Bigger tweeters are definitely nicer. I can't stand 3/4" tweeters with an FS of 6000hz

Oct 24, 2009 | 08:44 PM

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Alright... I think I'm going with TR's. Thanks guys!

I want to see the smoothness that people are enchanting about.

Oct 24, 2009 | 09:31 PM

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I should have clarified...the C2 has the larger tweeter at 3/4". If you can get that set for within $30 of the TR (Crutchfield is $60 difference), I'd go with those.

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