Need some opinions

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Hey guys,

seeking some good advice here.

First let me say there is not much to choose from in my area except the usual mainstream brands in the nice wall displays. I have Infinity home floor speakers (cant recall model right now), and 2 Infinity 12" Entra Sub two's and I have been pretty pleased with them, so I went and bought some refrence 6.5 coaxial and a set of refrence 6.5 seperates for the Yukon doors. I bought them mainly because I like my Infinity home set up, and the fact they are both 2ohm so they wouldnt require any special wireing to get the most out of my amp.

Well that turned out to be a bad idea. The amp I am using for mids/highs is the Rockford Fosgate 450.4 putting out 60W x 4 @ 4-Ohms RMS and 110W x 4 @ 2-Ohms RMS. The Infinity sounded kind of harsh hooked up to the factory radio even with the tweeter set at -3, but now that the 450.4 is hooked up to them, well........they sound like pure chit.

As some of you may know, I am taking Quentin up on the free enclosure deal with 2 15" xcons running 1000W to each, and since there is more to life than lots of bass, I realize that I will need to upgrade my front stage asap. I hope that wont offend the bassheads. : )

I will be purchasing these sight unseen and with zero knowledge of how they will sound. I cant do worse than what I have now, so here I am seeking some advice from you that do have access to higher end car audio. I mainly listen to rock both new and classic, but I really listen to a little bit of everything. Some R&B, a little Rap and even country. I hate on nothing.

I have been doing lots and lots of reading and from my search I have gathered that Rainbow and Focal would be good choices. What I would really like to do is get a nice 3 way set up with a 6.5 midwoofer, 4" midrange, and tweeter. I think I can get these to fit into the front door of the Yukon with a little modification and not have to seek out custom door pods since thw factory tweeter had a large cutout already.

I really dont like a totally flat sound and would prefer more of an open and bright sound, but not harsh. (I got that now!!)

I hope that makes sense.

I plan on leaving the rear coax in there as they are not as bad and the front and I dont have them turned up very loud now.

Budget, I would like to be as close to $350 as I can. Less would be great, but a little more would not be a deal breaker. I want a good value more than I want a cheap price. The best bang for my buck.

My question/s for you guys is ...

Am I on the right track with these two brands?

What other brands are you guys running?

Is a 3 way set up overkill if I am not willing to modify my door panels?

Do I need a 3 way set up, or will I be okay with a 2 way set up? I guess the question is will a 3 way set up sound bad if I dont go with custom pods?

Is there a high end component set that is 2ohm so that I can maximize my amps power or is there something else I can do to get 2 ohm out of a component set?

Sorry for the 20 questions, but I really have few choices locally except potentially making another bad purchase.

Thanks in advance for any help, it will be appreciated.

Lance

Edited April 30, 2009 by Sir-Lancelot

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

How about these?

RE AUDIO XXX6.5C

They would give me the 2ohm I want and a seller on the bay is selling for $270.

Anyone have these\? Opinions?

[dbjunior 0]

great two ways good components great crossover, slightly better components not as good a crossover good 3way little more than you wanted to spend as far as power just bridge the channels to get the most power from the amp at 4ohm

Edited April 30, 2009 by dbjunior

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Hey thank you for the reply and the links dbJunior.

How are the highs on those? Looks like they have some on sale right now and that would be a nice deal.

I had not thought of bridging the amp and running it to the front. That will work out nice. Thanks for the tip.

I wanted to wait until I get the subs in to see how it sounds as a package, but the Infinity's are killing me. They hurt when they get loud.

I need to do something soon I am afraid.