Want Focal speakers.... which to get and what amp?

[Midgetclown]

Front and rear passenger side speakers are now blown in my truck so i wanna get some new ones all around. Ive been hearing nothing but good reviews about focal speakers and i want to buy speakers that i wont be replacing a couple years down the road. Which would you guys suggest for comps/tweets up front and coax's in the back. Also need to know which would be a good amp to power these. Im not going to be able to buy everything up front but i would like to spend at most $350-400 up front, $250 in back and i guess ill have to spend whatever i need to on an amp thatll work for them. Just recently quit smoking and have been putting the money i would spend on smokes aside and its adding up very quickly so even if i have to buy this stuff piece by piece i dont care. Figured working on stereo equipment in the truck would be a good way to keep my mind off smoking as well so its kind of a win win haha. Any input is appreciated as always.

Just for further info ive got stock speakers all around, Double din Pioneer AVH-4300DVD head unit, Fi SSD12 sub in a temp 1.2cu' sealed box with my Kenwood X1200M wired at 4ohm's (800w rms).

 

[Tahoewhat]

Just recently quit smoking and have been putting the money i would spend on smokes aside and its adding up very quickly so even if i have to buy this stuff piece by piece i dont care. Figured working on stereo equipment in the truck would be a good way to keep my mind off smoking as well so its kind of a win win haha. Any input is appreciated as always.

Just for further info ive got stock speakers all around, Double din Pioneer AVH-4300DVD head unit, Fi SSD12 sub in a temp 1.2cu' sealed box with my Kenwood X1200M wired at 4ohm's (800w rms).

I commend you on quitting smoking. Tough to do. That money will add up fast. For actually helping you on this, lol. no help here. Except i have focals, and that radio and love it.

 

[Midgetclown]

Nothin at all?..... bummed

 

[Cobra]

Focal PolyGlass 165vr components up front / Focal polyglass 165CVX in the rear doors. I also have two 10" Mtx Subs .. ALPINE PDX-5 is running them all quite well. RCA's and all speaker wire has been changed to Monster products. I am planning to dynamat the doors and really need to do the rear hatch due to some rattle back there. My friend has polk audio and I have to say his set up also sounds great. CHeck your budget and google wat you want. Amazon has some great prices rather than going to audio store. Good Luck..

 

[Midgetclown]

thanks for the info man.... im gonna do some price searchin now.

 

[bottomline2000]

I have the 165 polyglass in the front and 165 access in the rear with a JL300/4 running them for almost 5 years now. Not even my W7 with JL1000 will drown them out. really clean sound and sound as well as they did when installed.

I want those Kevlar ones just cause they yellow, but they were $1k when I was building my system and I couldn't tell the difference in sound so not worth it to me.

 

[Midgetclown]

Just to clarify do you have the 165 polyglass comps up front and the 165 access coax in rear or both comps?

 

[thegreat22]

you can get a crescendo four channel amp

 

[bottomline2000]

Just to clarify do you have the 165 polyglass comps up front and the 165 access coax in rear or both comps?

I have polyglass comps up front and 2 way access in the rear. I seem to favor the access more for some reason. They seem to be louder and they are all running off the same amp and the gains are the same. Weird.

 

[Midgetclown]

Quick update.... got these FoCal 165A3 comps for the back set and a HiFonics Zeus ZXi80.4 amp. Got the speakers for a good deal off of the caraudio forum and the amp off of amazon pretty cheap. Still waiting to see what speakers i want for the fronts.

Heres the links
Focal 165 A3
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_21444_Focal-165-A3.html
Hifonics Zeus ZXi80.4
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_23553_Hifonics-Zeus-ZXi80.4.html