Audiobahn or Focal System?????
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Audiobahn or Focal System?????
Ok I Ask Everyone To Please Give Me Your Opinion On This......Is A Audiobahn Or Focal System Better In Your Opinion.......But I'm Really Caught Between The 2 Systems. 
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Rep Power: 329 I dont really care for either....AudioBahn is un reliable, sloppy sounding, although their subs do look cool. Focal does make a good speaker, I just find it a bit harsh, I like my speakers to sound smoother with a flat response....the Focals I have heard tend to emphasize guiter extremely loud, as well as being too harsh. This may or may not be a function of the way they were installed, since all were in custom cabinets deisgned simiarly from the same shop.
Personally I would go with JL XR, MB Quart PSD, or Diamond HEX.
Personally I would go with JL XR, MB Quart PSD, or Diamond HEX.
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Re: Audiobahn or Focal System?????
Originally posted by 7thGenCivicGuy
Ok I Ask Everyone To Please Give Me Your Opinion On This......Is A Audiobahn Or Focal System Better In Your Opinion.......But I'm Really Caught Between The 2 Systems.
Ok I Ask Everyone To Please Give Me Your Opinion On This......Is A Audiobahn Or Focal System Better In Your Opinion.......But I'm Really Caught Between The 2 Systems.
Neither. Polk audio MOMO's. Excellent mids and highs!! Id go with Focal out of the 2
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I dont really care for either....AudioBahn is un reliable, sloppy sounding, although their subs do look cool. Focal does make a good speaker, I just find it a bit harsh, I like my speakers to sound smoother with a flat response....the Focals I have heard tend to emphasize guiter extremely loud, as well as being too harsh. This may or may not be a function of the way they were installed, since all were in custom cabinets deisgned simiarly from the same shop.
Personally I would go with JL XR, MB Quart PSD, or Diamond HEX.
I dont really care for either....AudioBahn is un reliable, sloppy sounding, although their subs do look cool. Focal does make a good speaker, I just find it a bit harsh, I like my speakers to sound smoother with a flat response....the Focals I have heard tend to emphasize guiter extremely loud, as well as being too harsh. This may or may not be a function of the way they were installed, since all were in custom cabinets deisgned simiarly from the same shop.
Personally I would go with JL XR, MB Quart PSD, or Diamond HEX.
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Rep Power: 0 Let's Do The Extreme I Wanna Put Together A Nice Show Quality Layout For My 2002 Civic Coupe.......That Means Serious ICE, Now Here Is The Challage To All Especially "Mystic3030" Cause You Seem To Know Quite A Bit. Build Me A Killer Layout For Show. That Means....System, Screens, Custom Layout, Etc. I Juz Want Help My 7thGen Friends. 
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Rep Power: 0 I have an EX sedan and I have :
4 Alpine Coax (doors and rear deck)
2 RF Finatic componemt tweaters on the sail panels
1 JBL P 80.4 running allof the above
1 Infinity 12.1 Kappa Perfect Sub in Sealed Sub Zone Box
1 RF Power 551 S 2 Channel Amp Birdged to 550W RMS to the Sub
1 Pioneer Premier 850mp head unit
RF Power series Amp Wiring Kit with Distribution Blocks and fuses
Monster Cable RCA's
Optima Yellow Top Battery
Let just say with that setup..THE SYSTEM IS SICK!!!!!!!! LOUD AND CLEAR WITH HARD HITTING BASS! NO DISTORTION
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4 Alpine Coax (doors and rear deck)
2 RF Finatic componemt tweaters on the sail panels
1 JBL P 80.4 running allof the above
1 Infinity 12.1 Kappa Perfect Sub in Sealed Sub Zone Box
1 RF Power 551 S 2 Channel Amp Birdged to 550W RMS to the Sub
1 Pioneer Premier 850mp head unit
RF Power series Amp Wiring Kit with Distribution Blocks and fuses
Monster Cable RCA's
Optima Yellow Top Battery
Let just say with that setup..THE SYSTEM IS SICK!!!!!!!! LOUD AND CLEAR WITH HARD HITTING BASS! NO DISTORTION
Greg
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Rep Power: 0 Check out my sig.. the subs share 700 watts in a ported enclosure and pound like crazy with sweet SQ to boot.. my front stage highs sound incredible from the 1" silk tweets and the indoor midbass really knocks, both sets running off only about 100 watts each.. my HU connects them all, I'm a freak when it comes to finetuning and all 3 of the pioneer units I've ever had let me do so much with tons of options and nice high voltage pre-outs.. deaden the fawk out of your trunk lid, license plate, and if you want to really stop the rattles the rear deck is a must.. props to audiobahn for making pretty good wiring kits, inexpensive and comes with enough wires and such for any amp install, might even pick up an audiobahn cap real soon too... hope this helps, good luck. Payce!
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Rep Power: 0 are you serious about this focal vs. audiobahn??? thats insane... audiobahn is the equivalent of pyramid imo. just look at how gaudy tacky and cheap everything they make looks. focal speakers are made in france by JM Lab which is a well respected driver and home speaker manufacturer... so yeah, id say focal is a bit better
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Let's Do The Extreme I Wanna Put Together A Nice Show Quality Layout For My 2002 Civic Coupe.......That Means Serious ICE, Now Here Is The Challage To All Especially "Mystic3030" Cause You Seem To Know Quite A Bit. Build Me A Killer Layout For Show. That Means....System, Screens, Custom Layout, Etc. I Juz Want Help My 7thGen Friends.
Let's Do The Extreme I Wanna Put Together A Nice Show Quality Layout For My 2002 Civic Coupe.......That Means Serious ICE, Now Here Is The Challage To All Especially "Mystic3030" Cause You Seem To Know Quite A Bit. Build Me A Killer Layout For Show. That Means....System, Screens, Custom Layout, Etc. I Juz Want Help My 7thGen Friends.
What kind of music do you listen to?
Do you want to focus on bass or mids/highs? (this also ties into how much you want to spend)
Do you like your mids/highs to be crisp, harsh, or smooth and mellow?
As far as show quality, I assume you mean install, so are you going to do everything yourself or are you going to a shop?
P.S. No offense, but please dont capitalize the first letter in every word....makes it hard to read your posts.
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Rep Power: 0 OK I just bought a set of Audiobahn 6 1/2 components & they are down right crazy loud, I'm loving them. So i got my 6 1/2's taken care of.........the rest is the world.
Ok here's what's going in this evening.
2 12" Cerwin Vegas
Alpine V12 Amp
Tsunami Cap (1 farad)
sealed box
what you guys think????????????
Ok here's what's going in this evening.
2 12" Cerwin Vegas
Alpine V12 Amp
Tsunami Cap (1 farad)
sealed box
what you guys think????????????
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Loud and sloppy....no SQ....but if you like it, all the more power to ya.
And you can return that cap and save the money....it won't do anything for ya.
Loud and sloppy....no SQ....but if you like it, all the more power to ya.
And you can return that cap and save the money....it won't do anything for ya.
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just look at how gaudy tacky and cheap everything they make looks.
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are you serious? i just got an a6004t intake amp and it is chrome. find me some cheap chrome and i'll buy and resell, cuz, baby, chrome ain't cheap!
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are you serious? i just got an a6004t intake amp and it is chrome. find me some cheap chrome and i'll buy and resell, cuz, baby, chrome ain't cheap!
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Rep Power: 0 well, i kinda like the 300 watts X2. plus the fact that it is a four channel, so when i want to, i can switch it from sub to internal speaker amp. it may be cheesy, but it is FUNCTIONAL. thereby removing the cheese, and any rice that goes along with it
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Rep Power: 0 Oh man. The intake is where the fan is. It has a built in fan. You did realy well in buying the 2 12" Cerwin Vegas. No one that knows anything about car audio can say that the Vegas are not good. You have an Alpine V12. So that is good too. SO you have the bass taken care of. I haven't heard your components yet. I'm not sure if the AudioBahn components are good. Their amps are pretty good, and they look syc in that chrome finish with the blue lights inside them.
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Oh man. The intake is where the fan is. It has a built in fan. You did realy well in buying the 2 12" Cerwin Vegas. No one that knows anything about car audio can say that the Vegas are not good. You have an Alpine V12. So that is good too. SO you have the bass taken care of. I haven't heard your components yet. I'm not sure if the AudioBahn components are good. Their amps are pretty good, and they look syc in that chrome finish with the blue lights inside them.
Oh man. The intake is where the fan is. It has a built in fan. You did realy well in buying the 2 12" Cerwin Vegas. No one that knows anything about car audio can say that the Vegas are not good. You have an Alpine V12. So that is good too. SO you have the bass taken care of. I haven't heard your components yet. I'm not sure if the AudioBahn components are good. Their amps are pretty good, and they look syc in that chrome finish with the blue lights inside them.
i dont think those vegas are good, you gonna tell me i know nothing about audio?
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Rep Power: 338 your very right. pioneer radio's are very very common in showcars. also competition cars. many of the SQ competition cars here run pioneer radios.
that includes my own car, and the radio is damn near 5 years old.
and none of us would be caught dead with any CV stuff.
if theres anything i have to admit, is that CV makes a bitchin SPL woofer, but thats all i can think of that they make thats "good"
that includes my own car, and the radio is damn near 5 years old.
and none of us would be caught dead with any CV stuff.
if theres anything i have to admit, is that CV makes a bitchin SPL woofer, but thats all i can think of that they make thats "good"
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