What's the best speaker brand

[sbddude]

I'm looking for a good brand of speakers (6.5") to be powered by a pioneer head unit.

[Ace$nyper]

price range what are you looking for in them details damnit!

[mjshort18]

your best bet would probably be components and ones that i really like are infinity kappas, infinity also makes really good 3 way 6.5's they are the kappa's also. hope this helps

[tibby01]

bass or sound quality? the kappas need to be driven by a lot of power, or else, they wont sound to good, and may possibly get screwed up.

[SilverY2KCivic]

Kappa this, Alpine that, blah blah blah....

The BEST speakers for you are the ones that sound the best TO YOU! Go to stereo shops and listen to different speakers, then get the ones that YOU like the sound of the best. What sounds good to me or Tibby or MJshort won't nessacerily sound the best to you. Kappa are definitely very good speakers though, but they may not be the sound you are looking for.

[T!mmy]

As true as this is...lol they hate hearing that. They ask that question wanting you to just tell them Polk Audio, Infinity, JL, Kicker, etc etc. But it is very true. Some speakers will sound reallly good with highs but no bass while others sound muffled but they have alot of bass. Also you need to think about if you are going to have subs or not. IMO if you are going to have subs get the speakers that are really good wiht the highs because your subs will fix the no bass part. These are just my thoughts though.

You just need to find out how much money you wanna spend, what kind of sound you are looking for, future plans for system, etc

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by SilverY2KCivic

Kappa this, Alpine that, blah blah blah....

The BEST speakers for you are the ones that sound the best TO YOU! Go to stereo shops and listen to different speakers, then get the ones that YOU like the sound of the best. What sounds good to me or Tibby or MJshort won't nessacerily sound the best to you. Kappa are definitely very good speakers though, but they may not be the sound you are looking for.

wow, I see someone else has joined the choir

[GScivic7]

Originally Posted by mjshort18

your best bet would probably be components and ones that i really like are infinity kappas, infinity also makes really good 3 way 6.5's they are the kappa's also. hope this helps

he said he wants to power them with his HU, not the best idea to try to power components with your HU.

[mjshort18]

really i didn't know components didn't sound good without an amp?

[GSteg]

It's a myth that components can't be ran off the headunit. SQ will be the same, but volume will differ greatly. People tend to think the louder their music is, the better Sound quality is has, which is untrue. Thats what your mind wants you to think.

You lack output if you put your component on the headunit. People will crank it up because it's not loud enough and the headunit will clip, sending distorted signals to the speakers. This is also how people blow their subs. They turn their gains up thinking it'll help. Before clipping, the components should sound virtually the same, but the only thing that differs is volume.

[Bris]

MB Quart is good stuff

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by GSteg

It's a myth that components can't be ran off the headunit. SQ will be the same, but volume will differ greatly. People tend to think the louder their music is, the better Sound quality is has, which is untrue. Thats what your mind wants you to think.

You lack output if you put your component on the headunit. People will crank it up because it's not loud enough and the headunit will clip, sending distorted signals to the speakers. This is also how people blow their subs. They turn their gains up thinking it'll help. Before clipping, the components should sound virtually the same, but the only thing that differs is volume.

Amen

[Magik Si]

Originally Posted by GSteg

It's a myth that components can't be ran off the headunit. SQ will be the same, but volume will differ greatly. People tend to think the louder their music is, the better Sound quality is has, which is untrue. Thats what your mind wants you to think.

You lack output if you put your component on the headunit. People will crank it up because it's not loud enough and the headunit will clip, sending distorted signals to the speakers. This is also how people blow their subs. They turn their gains up thinking it'll help. Before clipping, the components should sound virtually the same, but the only thing that differs is volume.

Hallelujah!!

(4 - 6.5's run off the head unit...2 door's, two rear's, no complaint's)

Jason

[GScivic7]

Originally Posted by Magik Si

Hallelujah!!

(4 - 6.5's run off the head unit...2 door's, two rear's, no complaint's)

Jason

sounds like you have coaxial speakers, not components.

I just never thought that the HU would be able to supply enough power to power a decent set of components.

[tsugsr]

Well im about to hook up some polk 6.5 components to my Alpine 60X4 head unit so i hope it works and sounds decent lol.