The KS's are my favorite, they work perfectly and sound great. And yeah the guy above is right. Hah 2 12s is alot dude. In the Jeep any sub could work, dont just stick to one brand. An amp to the speakers defiantly gives them some more power so if u can that would be good too. If you are going for loudness to be heard from far away and shake everything then get 12s, if you want more punch and the feeling of the bass in your chest and body get 10s.

 

comments like these are brand biased. while alpine makes good stuff, i wouldn't say by far the best. thats like people brand whoring JL. there are simply much better options out there that are out of mainstream brands for cheaper moneys. plain and simple.

if you really want the best bang for you buck do a little DIY research and you can find components/amps and subs thatll hang with if not out perform these mainstream companies for much less. check out partsexpress, etc for the aura amps and components (just an example). dayton makes a great 10" sq/spl sub that does great in smaller enclosures but is a little power hungry.

imho RF is not one of the best, kicker is not any better than polk. just my opinion. the tweeters will not affect the "professional" sound of your speakers nearly as much as a good set of mids will. proper crossover points can make a cheap set of tweeters sound decent b/c they are only playing higher octaves, a crappy set of mids suck one way or the other. your voices and midbasses where most of your frequencies are coming through your mids will shine. blasting loud tweeters does not make you sound "pro"


its certainly not about what brand you go with either way. i could take a "crappy" set of woofers and tweeters for $20-50 bucks for the SET with the proper headunit and amps and make them sound better than 99% of the **** you buy in best buy or is ployed by brand ******


power means jack ****. good CLEAN and properly tuned 250w setup will DESTROY 99% of 1500w best buy set ups.

 

No offense, but if you're buying your speakers at Best Buy and claim that polk are terrible speakers, you don't have a whole lot of credibility. Anyone that knows anything about speakers will tell you not to buy speakers from best buy.

 

this is what i was trying to say... in a less hateful way polk makes a few decent set of components.

 

I guess installing a few sets of speakers in your buddies cars back in high school automatically qualifies you for "pro" at speaker selection? lol...

Personally, I think Kickers don't sound anywhere close to what a solid set of Alpines or Polk speakers do. All of the "major brand" speakers are going to sound fine when you put an amp on them with enough power. I've had speakers from MB Quart, JL, Alpine, Boston Acoustics, Polk, Kenwood, Infinity... yadda yadda yadda. Currently my car has a set of boston acoustics components in the front and Infinity kappa series 6x9's in the rear mated to a 75 watt/channel Alpine amp and they all sound great. My boat has Polk db series components and a few extra sets of tweeters around the boat for the highs. They also sound great.

The best way to make a speaker sound good (no matter what speaker it is) is to put an amplifier on them and have enough power for the speaker. Don't buy a speaker that takes 160 watts rms and then give it 40 watts. Give it the power it needs and you'll have great sound. An aftermarket deck will barely give you 20 watts of RMS power. Don't use that to power some high end set of component speakers or anything else for that matter. You'll get distortion and ruin a great set of speakers by underpowering them before you'll blow a speaker by overpowering it.

 

No actually, by working at a mechanic shop, and a car audio shop, and also taking sound engineering classes helps. Does NOT make me a god or anything like that. But if you guys had read the entire post I said suggest not BUY THIS. I am not brand biased at all, it is the power behind the speakers that determine the quality. I never said that Polk is terrible? I said lower quality (please make sure you read before putting words in my mouth).
I'm sorry but aren't the speakers that come in the box at best buy the same as the ones you would buy online or at an audio store? That is like saying it's stupid to buy the same tires from a one tire shop than another?

You're right, I should not have said "professional" sound. Sorry for my lack of vocab I suppose. But what I meant was a high quality sound rather than a stock sound. Pardon me on that. But you got the point.

I don't want to start anything with anyone, I was trying to help someone out that wanted it. I gave him my suggestions. But I do agree with the DIY stuff. If you want to really buckle down and spend the time to do some stuff yourself then go for it. But I think this guy was looking for something already set up. And yes, power does matter, you'll blow your system, subs, speakers or something else if you mess it up. Or you will have it all under powered. We could get into ALL sorts of names, set ups, power, wattage, crossovers, mids, highs, octaves, amps, etc. I figured I made it short and sweet for the guy. But hey, it was my 2 cents. Lets hear what products you guys suggest.

Personally I got kicker speakers all around, and a self powered Kenwood bass tube, and that does enough for me.

 

I agree with the part on how you power them. Yes, a deck won't suffice for getting the best sound out of speakers. But don't assume that I've just "put some speakers in cars" in high school. Don't have to start insulting.

 

Best buy carries the low end speakers from the major brands. There's nothing necessarily "bad" about them, but if you want a higher end speaker, go to a local car audio shop.

 

Ok sorry it's been a while but I finally have time and I'm going to tell you exactly what i want. I'm not trying to impress anyone and I don't have to have the loudest stereo ever but I want to be able to play my music as loud as I want and have it sound clear and good and not distort. I think now it's between Polk and kicker. I like the alpines but I don't think it's worth spending the hundreds of extra dollars on just the speakers.(if I'm wrong feel free to correct me) I guess it's between these polks for the front: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Polk+Aud...&skuId=1003299

And these polks for the rear 4 speakers: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Polk+Aud...=1218205765007

Vs.

Kicker doesn't really have a comparable component set on best buy?

And these for the back 4: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Kicker+-...=1218277759264

Ok one thing I like about the polks is that more people have them according to best buy and one thing I like about the kickers are that they are rated for more rms. What should I do? I will talk about amps when I figure out what speakers I want. Thanks

 

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don't skimp on the front component set. you want my personal opinion? if you want to sound best but are on a budget, buy a nice set of front stage components and don't even worry about the rear right now if you can't afford both. a good set of front stage with a sealed/deadened door and good clean power will be much better than mediocre front/rears since rears are only really "fill" if properly adjusted anyways.

if it were me alpine type-r would be a good bet, massive ck6 (look them up), polk mm series. all these are fairly budget minded.


even something like the $75 set of cadence components are said to be a damn good bang for your buck budget setup if you wanted to run front and rears and save some money.

i will never purchased from local retailers again for car audio stuff.

 

Ok I just went and looked at the alpine type r and Polk mm on crutch field. Here's my cart: http://www.crutchfield.com/app/cart/default.aspx
The mm's are quite a bit cheaper than the type r's. What do you think?

 

lets keep the tone down guys..

I've got the kickers and they're a pretty damn good speaker. The subs are excellent quality, and their door speakers are very nice. By far the best sounding door speaker ive found are either the infinity kappa perfects, or the Memphis M class. I havent actually listened to a memphis in the last few years however, this was something close to 4-5 years ago. You have to take into account which one sounds the best to you, because what some may say is the "best" speaker may have been true when they were looking for them, but isnt now. Brands change and so do companies, for instance it wasnt too long ago that Rough Country was bashed and known for selling lift components that werent so up to par with some of the others. But look at them now. more than likely you'll be more than happy with whatever speakers you get door speaker wise as long as your not building it for sound competitions.. Just about any good brand will sound wayyy better than stock.

 

i THINK, and very well could be wrong... the kappas are/were too deep for our doors the last time i checked. i may be thinking of something else.

but yes, they sound good as well.

 

The kappa perfects may be.. I know the normal kappas will fit, my cousin has 6 1/2 the in front doors and the soundbar in his 01. However the fronts are components.. so who knows