Does anyone make a good speaker??
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Tourer
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From: NW Ohio
Does anyone make a good speaker??
OK I have tried J&M they sounded like the music was coming from a tin can. Then went with Hertz from biketronics which sound OK (not great by no means) but I just I just blew my third speaker even know they are warrantied I am sick of going though the BS with biketronics to get them warrantied so once again I am searching for a good speaker without spending the money on focals. Any suggestions?
Cruiser
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Just get the Focals and be done with it. If you continue to buy the cheaper speakers and turn around and replace them because you blew them up or were not happy with the sound it would have been cheaper IMO. Very happy with mine.
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I agree with Street GSP. You get what you pay for, and you don't want to cheap out here. My preference is for JL Audio, but cheap they are not. Then again, expensive is a relative term, it means nothing w/o a point of reference.
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If you are running an amp, are you setting up the amp correctly? Meaning, are you setting it up with a DMM? If you dont have it set up correctly, you are possibly sending it a clipped signal...that can ruin a speaker. Not just too much power, but low power clipped signal can cause damage too.
If you haven't changed anything except your speakers, then that tells me you need to set-up the amp properly.
There's plenty of good speakers out there...I like my HATs, but DLS, Rainbow, etc... The other thing, you can kiss SQ out the window for bike audio...even SQL. I ran the Rokkers...not bad and they have the right idea for a bike speaker, throw all the high freqs (as much as possible) right in your face. <------ This is why you see a couple companies with "tweeter pods". Throw those on in conjunction with your speakers and it makes your system sound louder. It only takes 3dB to make it sound twice as loud.
If you haven't changed anything except your speakers, then that tells me you need to set-up the amp properly.
There's plenty of good speakers out there...I like my HATs, but DLS, Rainbow, etc... The other thing, you can kiss SQ out the window for bike audio...even SQL. I ran the Rokkers...not bad and they have the right idea for a bike speaker, throw all the high freqs (as much as possible) right in your face. <------ This is why you see a couple companies with "tweeter pods". Throw those on in conjunction with your speakers and it makes your system sound louder. It only takes 3dB to make it sound twice as loud.
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What StreetGSP said. Focal provides reliably excellent spkrs. Just returned from a 7-day 3kmi trip to Dragon and around. Ran my stock head unit, HogTunes 70.2, and Focal IC 165s constantly and at a pretty high volume. Fantastic sound for not all that much $$$, $190. Next time I'm moving up to Focal PC 165s, at about ~$350. Should have done that this time. Never seen anyone bitch about Focal (or Polk). Most everything else has some or a lot of detractors.
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