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sbp · Post by **sbp** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:19 pm

Hey guys, it's your Belgian friend here again

I don't know sh*t about ice.. But I do want to have a sound thats blows me away. What's a very good composet? I already have a lanzar vibe amp(4channel). Which brands should i look at? I have about 400euro's to spend so fire away..

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:18 pm

Go for either Audiobahn (my choice), Fusion (ugly speakers but sound cool) kicker or rockford fosgate.

Vibe are supposed to be quite a good budjet buy as well.

The best bet is get to your local ICE dealer and have a listen

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 10:04 pm

Focal Polyglass Speakers are LOVELLY!!!

165H Polyglass

tim · Post by **tim** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:33 pm

youll get an amazing set of components from JL for euro400. JL rule!!

tornado_ally · Post by **tornado_ally** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:54 pm

Focal 165 K2P
That will scare the people on the street and make u death- no joke
The Audiobahn ones sound well crisp but nothing i have heard is as loud or clear as the 165K2P and believe me I shopped around A LOT.
Go for it mate

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:33 pm

Hey Bart,

It depends on what sort of sound you're after;

Focal is more Sound Quality oriented (not as much punch and bass, but very good highs and clarity/staging) - get the upmarket ones

Boston is more American, i.e. more punch, bit sharper sound (I have the Pro series, pretty good even though they need a better installation/location)

RF; ditto- I'd only consider the upmost series here

CD technologies: the ultimate SQ winner composet (at least, in the Dutch scene)

Lots of choice... Any specific goal for your install?

sbp · Post by **sbp** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:07 pm

it's a long story.. If your interested

Well, I have a DLS composet (B5), 6x9's from focal, a lanzar vibe 421 amplifier and a Caliber sub inthe trunk. I want to get rid of the caliber sub in the trunk, because I have mad plans with my polo and I need the room in my trunk.. I just acctually wanted to trow out the sub, the 6x9's and just replacde all of that with a good composet + my lanzar vibe 421(4channel). But I want my sound to at least as complete as it was with the orignial 4 speakers I had once.. The bass was sufficient and didn't sound as sharp as the DLS comoset I have now,...

Btw: I always listen to punkrock, and I don't like for the sound to be off ("schel" in dutch). Maybe I should just save myself the investment and put the original speakers back in..

I just want a complete sound, you know what I mean..

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:04 pm

Hmm. Punk rock has lots of highs and mids (mid bass) so you may get away with removing the sub, while keeping a decent SQ level.

The goal then would be to have very good (mid)bass speakers in the doors, and have a very dead door. So, essentially I could see your system have 4 channels, with two of them running the tweeters (filtered) and the other two running the small woofers in the doors.

Image would be somewhat off, but you'd still use all four of the channels the amp has.

Key element here is the dead door. It needs to be *solid*. Including the door card, and anything that has any surface, or may rattle needs to be sound deadened (or whatever it's called).

Now all you'd need is a composet (or a set of tweeters and a set of 16cm -I think- woofers) and some Dynamat.

Can anyone suggest a good quality composet? I'd suggest Boston (it's what I have) but it'll be too harsh (schel) for your music. The Focals may be too jazzy/restrained.

tornado_ally · Post by **tornado_ally** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 11:10 am

I put my Focals in and to test them to the max i played Tina Moore's Never Gonna Let You Go and which has a mixture of al frequencies which gives your comps a good test. I noticed that when it got too loud the noise just became painful to the ears and your ears just shut off.

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 8:45 pm

That's why I use an EQ to knock down some (most) of the MID-HIGH's...

I've heard if you position the tweeters so that they fire across at eachother they sound a lot smoother.

tornado_ally · Post by **tornado_ally** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:08 pm

@ Josh
I came to the Uk-polos stand 2 times to see you and the car but you were out eating both times. I wanted to hear the ICE in action aswel

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:18 am

Oops

"Out eating both times"... No wonder I'm fat.

Sorry bout that...

Come to the Polo Show in August and see/hear it there!