Focal Car Audio

Great alternative to subwoofers!, October 7, 2010

I had never installed speakers myself, but I figured I’d have a go at it as a learning experience. These were easy to install, and the only troubles I had were related to the vehicle I was working with. For anybody whose wondering, this listing by Amazon is for 2 speakers. Their isn’t anywhere that it’s clear (besides that speakers is plural in the product name), but they come in one package from Lanzar as a a pair.

If you have an aftermarket deck with the typical 48/50/52 watts x 4 then you can run these speakers fine. Yeah, they may sound better with 4-way amp but regular decks work great for almost everyone. The bass is awesome. I had 2 12′s in my WRX, so “bass is awesome” is coming from someone whose had subs. It’s not overpowering though, but way more than enough to vibrate your mirror noticeably different at different bass frequencies (that’s how I benchmark bass I guess). It hits the lower bass frequencies fine without making that annoying flapping/rattling sound that you get when you listen to high bass frequencies on 15 inch subwoofers or low bass frequencies on 10 inch subwoofers. I believe the frequency response rating they give goes down to 37 hz? Which is pretty good.

The midrange is great too. Make sure you find someway to keep the tweeter and midrange speaker wire away from the excursion space of the woofer or you will get really bad sound, you could probably zip tie it to the grill or use electrical tape. The music I listen to is a lot heavier on bass and treble, but you can tell from the vocals that the midrange is great.

The treble is good too. They aren’t the most powerful tweeters, but they are pretty darn good. Keep in mind that the sound you get has a lot to do with your CD player, which mine is pretty old. You get nice, natural sounding treble that isn’t tinny, just don’t expect insane piercing highs.

One thing to consider is that these are fairly deep mounting speakers with a fat magnet (400 watts peak!), so although the diameter fits in OEM locations, I would say these are pretty much exclusively for the rear deck. If you have a car with 8 inch speakers in the door I’d look elsewhere. I wish I would have taken measurements for you guys, but from my memory of installing last night the magnet goes about 3 to 4 inches down from the mounting bracket, and the diameter of the bottom of the magnet is about 3 inches. Be careful of the input connectors too.

These speakers are 4-ohm impedance btw. I don’t think that’s listed on here. I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for good full range in one package. It’s a great alternative to having speakers then having to custom mount tweeters on the pillar or door.

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