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I did a quick search and didn't come up with anything, so here goes... I am slowly(and I mean slowly) puting together the pieces of my system and my next purchase is going to be components for the front. I am looking to spend around $300 and the 2 systems I have in mind so far is the Infinity Perfect 6.1, or the Alpine SPX. What do you guys think?

Cooper

Crystal Mobilesound

Custom components:

A pair of Vifa Tweets (D26NC-05-06) - $60/pair (or around $35 on Ebay).
A pair of Vifa 7" mids (M18WN-19-04) - $100/pair.

Link to Vifa's at Speaker City

There are also some really nice 7" Vifa mids here: PE Link for $70/pair.

Then a pair of passive crossovers (I like this a/d/s set) - $20.

Based on my experience with these Vifa tweets (I've got three pair of 'em) and Vifa mids (I've got the 5" mids), I'd say they'd sound markedly better than the Infinity or Alpine components at roughly half the cost. The tweets are very smooth and detailed with excellent dispersion charasterics. My 5" mids have a very warm mid-range with surprising mid-bass abilities (I can only think the 7" models to have even better mid-bass). I'd just make sure to pick a crossover with a tweeter level adjustment to help fine-tune to your liking.

Just some thoughts...

You seem to have some good equipment so far, why not try building your own components?

For $300 I got:

Audio Control 4XS crossover on Ebay $50 to $75

Vifa PL18WO 7" mids $78

BG Neo8s $90 (they were actually less when I bought them)

That leaves you with about $60 for tweeters.

If you look hard enough you can find all sorts of good deals for speakers and put them together yourself. It's pretty rewarding to be able to piece something together and have it sound so good. I suppose however, you would have to key shipping into the equation, and you can't walk into a store to buy them.

I would imagine you could put together a really impressive 2 way component set for $300. You wouldn't need a 4way crossover either, so axe about $30 off the price up there.

If you don't like the do it yourself idea

You can get the SPX-177A for well under $300 despite it's MSRP. I was offered a set of SPX-F17T components off the display wall at the place I've shopped since I started this hobby for $500 canadian ($1,199.00 msrp), which I turned down because $500 is more than I have to spend on speakers.

I have heard many great things about crystal mobilesound components...I would definitely give them a look, especially for the price.