I'm upgrading my front components from polk db6500s and I've narrowed it down to this:

Rainbow CS 265 Profi's - $500
CDT Audio HD-62/M6 - $500
CDT Audio ES-620 - $500
CDT Audio HD-62 - $400
Mmats PRO 6.5 - $330
CDT Audio EF-61FG/TW25 PRO - $300
A/D/S 346cs - $140

my price limit is 500..but the lower the better..im pretty stretched right now....i know there's some extreme price differences there, but ive seen all of those mixed and matched in comparisons with each other at some point or another so i dont think its all that far off...lemme know what you think ...im leaning towards the hd-62/m6 combo...

my main gripe with the db6500's is how they distort when i blare it with my windows down.....i would prefer not to have anything brighter than the polks.....i just want em crystal clear and REAL loud.

 

also feel free to add something else in there if you think it'll top that group and is less than 500

 

bump

 

ed[i] 6500. nuff said

 

i have the CDT EF61CFi's (its the older version of the EF's) and love them!!!! I recommend these for $400.

http://cdtaudio.com/hd62ef_special_orders.htm

im sure those EF-61FG's will sound killer also!

 

i think i can get em for 300 if im not all backwards right now so ill take a look. as far as the eD's....as much as I want to get them, i won't do it without hearing them first....just an issue i have with them...not really sure why....

bump for more opinions!

 

Think of them as...CDT HD-62's with more midbass and a more laid back tweeter.

Not trying to say buy them....but I had possibly the first set in a customers hands...and now I work here because of them

 

amount of distortion when they're blared?

 

As long as the amp is set up properly and the x-over isn't too low...they get f'ing loud.

When I get to listen to music loud on my drives home(read: not with girlfriend) I do so at 78/80 on the volume **** with a Nine.2. LOUD as ____(technical term). Only downside to that, is with a single 8, they get too loud for the sub to keep up.

Feed them 40Hz at that, probably not sound the best...but mine are x-overd at 63Hz 12dB/octave and sound just fine.

 

ill be grabbin the sq10 when it comes out....how do you think those'll match up compared to an 8?

 

In that box, it hit a 130 in my car = louds

For not beating things up in your ears = good

What kind of amp do you have right now?

 

mtx thunder 3404 for the polks right now....i'll prolly be ditching it though.....are the 6500s 2 or 4 ohm? 2ohms it puts out 113x4, 4 ohms 64x4...not nearly enough

 

4 ohms.

And actually, depends on how loud you wanna get

Nine.4(similar power) to 6500s + SQ10 on rear channels = nice setup for listening but not too loud.

2 Nine.2s(130x2 ish to the 6500s and 400x1 to the SQ10) = louder

 

i'd prolly do the second one lol. ok so im all but sold on em.

 

awww man, no CDT's? oh well, picking speakers isnt easy!!!

 

lol well ill prolly still run one more poll to go over everything...so not completely final yet...i really like the cdt's alot, but we'll see how that turns out.

 

opinions about the original speakers are still welcome!

 

You already have my input from your other thread regarding kicker components, and those comments still apply to this thread/poll, so I won't cover it all again. However, I will provide a synopsis by making a simple statement.

I'd rather listen to an average speaker in a good location, than a great speaker in a poor location.

So with your new components, are you still going to use the poor stock speaker locations? Just curious, knowing the stock location is adequate for some peeps.

 

nope...like i said earlier they're not gonna be in stock location....i'm going to be using velcro to attach them to different areas of the interior until i find an area that creates a good soundstage....they'll be mounted to that point.

 

^ Excellent! :D