alpine vs infinity?

[chrisl311]

hey all i was hoping to find my answer on the old forums, but came across nothing. i was hoping someone with experience with these brands can make any comments on them, because i was considering their component setups. really, its down to the type r or the kappa's. the kappa's are more expensive, but im not sure if they are worth it since im trying to keep the cost down. also, if anyone has anything for sale let me know, ill be needing a 4 channel amp, too. thanks in advance.

[steelblueSE]

Kappas > Type R's....trust me. I just put in 4 Kappa 682.7cf's in my doors. The bass is more tight rather than booming and deep but the clarity is amazing. They come with tweeters that rotate 270 degrees and crossovers as well. The power handling is 100 watts rms and 300 peak at 2 ohms. I got them through a friend at Best Buy, so I paid about 40% of retail. My deck only has 25 watts rms/50 peak so as soon as I save up some more money I'm adding a 6 channel Inifinity amp and a sub. My buddy has Alpine type R 6.5's and 6x9's in his Sonoma. I heard them before being amped and after. Unamped vs unamped the Infinity's sound wayyyyyyyy better and would still blow away the Alpine's once amped.

my .02

[SVTJON87]

i have kappa comps in the front and daul rang kappas in the rear. there great!!

[CarpePoon]

Any speaker you put into a contour is going to have "tight" rather than "deep" bass because the doors of the contour flat out SUCK for SQ. This is why so many people here use rear-deck subs. Not so you can go boom boom, but just to fill in what the contour lacks compared to most vehicles.
Also if you look at your speaker through the speaker grill of your door you'll notice that Ford did as good of a job lining up the opening to the speaker as Dick Cheney does lining up a quail shot. Half of your speaker is firing right into the door panel. Which is why alot of us here have gone to a component setup with a seperate tweeter. Any speaker will make a nice improvement over stock. But Alpine vs Infinity really won't matter to much on this platform.

[CEM Rider]

Alpine- Great HU and amps -electronics
Infinity-Great speakers -acoustics
I would go Kappa>Type R's

[chrisl311]

ok i appreciate the feedback. i was originally planning on the refrence's becasue they are 108, but the apline r's are 118, i can put an extra 10 in but the kappa's are 158 so im not sure i want to do 50 more than reference's, so do you think the reference's would still be better than the r's?

[SVT3Rivieres]

got 4 kappa's 6X8 on a eclipse EA4000 and its a really thigh and crispy sound and i love them

[CEM Rider]

The REF series 6x8 have very good highs but their lows absolutly suck so I would spend the extra 50 and get the kappas, ir pick the type r's over them

[chrisl311]

ok thats good to know, ill probably do the type r's for the price. i appreciate the feedback.

[CarpePoon]

Alpine- Great HU and amps -electronics
Infinity-Great speakers -acoustics
I would go Kappa>Type R's

You obviously shop at best buy and circuit city and have never heard a pair of Alpine Type X's or F1's Keep in mind that Infiniti has the Reference Kappa and Pefect while Alpine has Type E, R, X and F1 Even though you'll only see 2 in stores.