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Title: 17cm front speakers, which ones to get?
Post by: Mew on 25 February 2006, 03:11

Hi, could someone give me some advice on which 17cm speakers to get please? I don't really want to spend more than £40. I know this isn't big money but i want something that still sounds tight at high(ish) volumes but still have a bit of a bass kick to them. My plan is to amp them although it won't be with anything special. I mainly listen to alternative stuff with dirty riffs/heavy drumming etc if that helps?

Looking at these 2 at the mo, although i have no idea if they are comparible in terms of sound quality?

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3205  Alpine SPE-1702
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=4138  JBL GTO6526e

Or can anyone recommend anything else from this page?

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/index.php?cPath=24_25_279&sort=5d&page=2

Btw, they will be going in the door pods in my mk2.

Cheers for any help, Ben.

Title: Re: 17cm front speakers, which ones to get?
Post by: golfpro on 25 February 2006, 08:23

your goin to get what you pay for im afraid mate. for 40 quid id say go to somewhere u can hear the speakers first and pick the ones that u like the most. dont think there will be an enormous difference between them.

Title: Re: 17cm front speakers, which ones to get?
Post by: gtisteve on 25 February 2006, 09:27

I've always found Kenwood speakers are good quality for the money. If you can stretch get 3 way over 2 way. Always best to listen to them first.......Trip to halfords, although can buy cheaper elswhere

Title: Re: 17cm front speakers, which ones to get?
Post by: Dizzie on 25 February 2006, 15:17

I'd stick with the standard ones if you've only got £40 to spend. save up a bit more and get something better.

U gotta amp 17cm speakers really. the headunit just hasn't got enough power to run them to their full potential.

Title: Re: 17cm front speakers, which ones to get?
Post by: j_s on 25 February 2006, 22:37

Got to agree with dizzie really if you can stretch to a bit more cash and give them about 100wrms a side you'll be smiling.
I've got some Helix components (German made, parent company is Brax - very high end car audio) and they sounded ok with 75rms each, they are now getting 200 odd each and without a sub I get some nice low punchiness from them in my Audioscape pods. They even go down to the really low notes admittedly not enough cone area on them to make a big impact though.

What pods you putting them in, speakers on their own won't give you a thump unless they are installed well, a good sounding install is all mostly in the way it is installed to be honest. My car audio has been in the making a long time, and still a long way to go with my boot install but should be worth it in the end.

If you want to stay around £40 then look at these

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1596

they seem ok for the money and i'm sure i've heard a few people on talkaudio mention about Precision Power being ok, I haven't heard any of their speakers myself though.

alternatively, have a look on http://www.innovationaudio.co.uk, and look at Target and Diablo. My friend is the importer for the brands shown on that website and i'm sure we can look at sorting out something for you  :smiley:

Title: Re: 17cm front speakers, which ones to get?
Post by: Mew on 03 March 2006, 03:02

Right, been thinking...............

what kind of thing am i best going for out of these examples?

http://www.innovationaudio.co.uk/target%20retail%20prices.pdf (the tlk 165 components)

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/1312.html

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/511.html

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/525.html

If they are all amped and in the door pods (i'll adapt them for the 17cm speakers) running off say something like http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/4593.html, am i going to be able to hear the difference between the 35 quid alpine co-axials and the 80 quid helix components?

Cheers for any help you can give!

Title: Re: 17cm front speakers, which ones to get?
Post by: Dizzie on 11 March 2006, 20:41

don't base your purchase on which set have the most watts stamped on them. The watts is a rating of power which the speaker can take. Just because a speaker can take more power doesn't mean they'll be louder than another speaker. :)

The alpine range of speakers are very good.

Title: Re: 17cm front speakers, which ones to get?
Post by: j_s on 14 March 2006, 11:51

I've heard Target speakers and for the money they are very good, in fact damn impressive.

I am currently running/testing a Target TXS12 sub in a ported box  and it surprised us how good it was from such a cheap sub and i've heard feedback from Target component owners that they really rate them  :smiley:

you say amped, do you mean you'll be purchasing a seperate amp to power them or are you meaning just running off that Panasonic headunit?

If you get a seperate amp, you will definitely tell the difference between the coaxials and components.