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where did you put the crossover(i.e where did you hide athe crossover so it is not visable)
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IT is in the door. mounted on the inside of the door. Just throw it in there and secure it somewhere so it doesnt rattle all over the place.
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It's not imperative, but I'd highly recommend an outboard crossover. Installation is not a problem, you've just got 2 pairs of wires to hook to the speakers instead of one. If you can read, you can install some drop-ins with an external crossover.
There's no setup or fine tuning. It's just a little plastic box that'll mount to your door near the speaker. Mine are mounted up and to the left of the factory speaker location.
Taking a look at the CC/BB websites, I don't believe anything they offer can compete with the Crystals, especially with that Panasonic HU powering them. The Crystals are really component speakers configured for easy drop-in installation.
Anything beyond a 2-way coaxial is a waste. A tweeter and woofer can easily cover the entire frequency range.
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I have to agree on the Crystal sets as well, forgot completely about them, great for the money. As for the Polk's, I have never been impressed by Polk's stuff, not my cup of tea. Anyways, good luck finding something, I'll be around if you need anything else...
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If these crystals are as good as everybody says they are, than you are much better off with those. $80 a pair is really cheap. A lot of people here seem to know some good speakers and subs that are cheap...i've never heard of these brands though. I don't know much about car audio, so I just went with the brands I have seen in top of the line installs. My polk/momo speakers retail for $199 a pair, but I got them for $150 a pair. I love my speakers, and don't really care if I could have gotten some lesser known good brand for less. I probably could have gotten jsut as good a sub for under $300, but I like opening my trunk and seeing a pretty aluminum eclipse sub. You hardcore audio guys will probably think I'm crazy.
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Originally posted by path914:
Another great option is these Cadence components, $89 on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32819&item=5732687647&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Titanium tweets, tho. I've yet to hear a metal tweeter than I didn't find harsh/tinny. I prefer silk/fabric tweets as they're a lot less fatiguing on my ears. Everyone has different tastes tho.
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Originally posted by cthomp21:
Originally posted by path914:
Another great option is these Cadence components, $89 on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32819&item=5732687647&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Titanium tweets, tho. I've yet to hear a metal tweeter than I didn't find harsh/tinny. I prefer silk/fabric tweets as they're a lot less fatiguing on my ears. Everyone has different tastes tho.
I used to say the same thing (in fact, I have Vifa silk tweets in my own car), but lately I've been hearing some very nice sounding metal ones.
I heard the lower model Cadence components in a buddy's car and they were great, not as warm as my Vifa PL/Vifa tweets, but sharper and not fatiguing at all. I could only assume that the higher models are even nicer.The ones listed in that ebay ad retail for around $350, so its a good price if nothing else  
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well all the good word the Crystals are getting I might go w/ them ...$80 is pretty damn cheep too. Only thing that is worrying me is that the Crystals are rated at 100 Peak. Thats not very high, I wonder what the RMS is. If I buy the Panasonic MXE CQ-C9800U will it blow or distort the crystals????
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Originally posted by path914:
Originally posted by cthomp21:
Originally posted by path914:
Another great option is these Cadence components, $89 on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32819&item=5732687647&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Titanium tweets, tho. I've yet to hear a metal tweeter than I didn't find harsh/tinny. I prefer silk/fabric tweets as they're a lot less fatiguing on my ears. Everyone has different tastes tho.
I used to say the same thing (in fact, I have Vifa silk tweets in my own car), but lately I've been hearing some very nice sounding metal ones.
I heard the lower model Cadence components in a buddy's car and they were great, not as warm as my Vifa PL/Vifa tweets, but sharper and not fatiguing at all. I could only assume that the higher models are even nicer.The ones listed in that ebay ad retail for around $350, so its a good price if nothing else
The question is whether you've had to live with them. I've used some titanium tweets that initially sounded very crisp. After an hour commuting, I had horrible listener fatigue from them. I installed some Blau components that had metal tweets that I was actually quite pleased with. But, I didn't listen to them for a long time span to really test the listener fatigue I get with brighter tweets.
It's no be-all, end-all but I usually prefer the soft dome tweets (silk, fabric, or other synthetic materials). I'm not saying that metal can't sound good either.
I've got the Vifa Neo's/PL's too. 
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