Looking for speaker reviews
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Looking for speaker reviews
Has anyone compared these 6.5 speakers for bass? Mounted in the fairing.
Focal Polyglass 165 CVX Price: $235.00
Polk Audio MM651 Price: $139.00
Polk Audio DXi650 Price: $75.00
As you can see the price basically doubles each time. So does the sound quality and bass double with it?
I have the H/K radio and 4 year old Hawg Wired DCS1202 2x60 amp and Hawg Wired 5.25 SX504-60 speakers.The amp has a fixed125hz cross over (that kinda sucks). I tested it and it will pass down to 50hz ok.
I figure I will start with the cheapest and work my way up. So I will do my first comparison this weekend between the SX504 and the DXi650's. I bought the Hawg Wired 6.5 speaker adapters and they look high quality just like everything else I have got from them.
Focal Polyglass 165 CVX Price: $235.00
Polk Audio MM651 Price: $139.00
Polk Audio DXi650 Price: $75.00
As you can see the price basically doubles each time. So does the sound quality and bass double with it?
I have the H/K radio and 4 year old Hawg Wired DCS1202 2x60 amp and Hawg Wired 5.25 SX504-60 speakers.The amp has a fixed125hz cross over (that kinda sucks). I tested it and it will pass down to 50hz ok.
I figure I will start with the cheapest and work my way up. So I will do my first comparison this weekend between the SX504 and the DXi650's. I bought the Hawg Wired 6.5 speaker adapters and they look high quality just like everything else I have got from them.
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Just changing the speakers
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in looking at the specs....
the Polk Audio MM651 would be the best choice..
94db sensitivity and they go down to 40Hz..
the Polk Audio DXi650 go to 35Hz but in reality 40Hz isn't even useful for much. the sensitivity rating is more important, the the Polk Audio DXi650 are only rated at 92db.
from what I can tell the Focal Polyglass 165 CVX are more expensive because of the more "exotic" materials.
but that's just looking at specs, I'm in no way an audio expert in this area.
the Polk Audio MM651 would be the best choice..
94db sensitivity and they go down to 40Hz..
the Polk Audio DXi650 go to 35Hz but in reality 40Hz isn't even useful for much. the sensitivity rating is more important, the the Polk Audio DXi650 are only rated at 92db.
from what I can tell the Focal Polyglass 165 CVX are more expensive because of the more "exotic" materials.
but that's just looking at specs, I'm in no way an audio expert in this area.
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I have the Hawg Wired 4 in the face , I changed my fairing speakers 5.25's out for the Hawg Wired 6.5's and it made a pretty good difference
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If you're just changing the speakers and you already have Hawgwired, why not just stick with them? I know they can be a little pricey, but they are good speakers, and the 6.5 will be better than the 5.25, BTW, I've heard the Kicker and Hertz 6.5s, they sound really good also.
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If you're just changing the speakers and you already have Hawgwired, why not just stick with them? I know they can be a little pricey, but they are good speakers, and the 6.5 will be better than the 5.25, BTW, I've heard the Kicker and Hertz 6.5s, they sound really good also.
I'm pretty sure the Focal's could beat them on sound quality for the same price. But the goal here is to find quality sound that I can live with for less. LOL
So I will just have to compare them myself in the bike. Not even bothering to try to listen to them in a store. Waste of time.
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in looking at the specs....
the Polk Audio MM651 would be the best choice..
94db sensitivity and they go down to 40Hz..
the Polk Audio DXi650 go to 35Hz but in reality 40Hz isn't even useful for much. the sensitivity rating is more important, the the Polk Audio DXi650 are only rated at 92db.
from what I can tell the Focal Polyglass 165 CVX are more expensive because of the more "exotic" materials.
but that's just looking at specs, I'm in no way an audio expert in this area.
the Polk Audio MM651 would be the best choice..
94db sensitivity and they go down to 40Hz..
the Polk Audio DXi650 go to 35Hz but in reality 40Hz isn't even useful for much. the sensitivity rating is more important, the the Polk Audio DXi650 are only rated at 92db.
from what I can tell the Focal Polyglass 165 CVX are more expensive because of the more "exotic" materials.
but that's just looking at specs, I'm in no way an audio expert in this area.