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Are the Rsd components much better than the coaxials for:

midbass??

highs??

If you are going to power them with an amp and not HU power, then the components are definitly the way to go. The midbass on the RSD components is incredible (at least on the 6.5 version). The highs are pretty nice too. Best bang for your buck in my opinion.

Now if you aren't using an amp then I think the coaxials are the way to go. I guess the crossover will eat too much power on the components. I don't know this from experience, just what I've heard.

Hope this helps

The drivers between the coaxials and the components are the exact same. The only difference is the crossover between them, which blends the tweet and mid a bit better. You could theoretically take the crossovers from the component set and hook it up to your coaxials, and they would sound almost exactly the same (inaudible difference, if mounted in the same fashion).

stipud wrote:The drivers between the coaxials and the components are the exact same. The only difference is the crossover between them, which blends the tweet and mid a bit better. You could theoretically take the crossovers from the component set and hook it up to your coaxials, and they would sound almost exactly the same (inaudible difference, if mounted in the same fashion).

So, If I'm not too worried about the blending I could go with the coaxial and I would have just as much midbass??

billyrohm wrote:So, If I'm not too worried about the blending I could go with the coaxial and I would have just as much midbass??

Pretty much...

Though you could mount the components with the tweeter above the speaker, for the same effect with better quality.

stipud wrote:

billyrohm wrote:So, If I'm not too worried about the blending I could go with the coaxial and I would have just as much midbass??

Pretty much...

Though you could mount the components with the tweeter above the speaker, for the same effect with better quality.

Basically I'm looking for good sound without the power robbing of the crossover. I'm not worried about the amp, they will be powerd by a ZX475Ti, but I'm not planning on running new wires to the doors. Do you think that I would be fine with the crossover or should I just go witht the coaxial and bypass the external crossover all together.

billyrohm wrote:Basically I'm looking for good sound without the power robbing of the crossover. I'm not worried about the amp, they will be powerd by a ZX475Ti, but I'm not planning on running new wires to the doors. Do you think that I would be fine with the crossover or should I just go witht the coaxial and bypass the external crossover all together.

If you're just doing it for "power loss", even the low slope crossover on the coaxials will soak up some power. In this case I would say the power loss is well worth the advantage of the external crossover, as you would hear the improvement from the crossover more than the volume decrease from the power soak. A ZX475Ti will be plenty to play a set of components loud on 75 watts.

Hook up the crossover on your door panel somewhere... stock wiring should be fine for a short distance.

stipud wrote:

billyrohm wrote:Basically I'm looking for good sound without the power robbing of the crossover. I'm not worried about the amp, they will be powerd by a ZX475Ti, but I'm not planning on running new wires to the doors. Do you think that I would be fine with the crossover or should I just go witht the coaxial and bypass the external crossover all together.

If you're just doing it for "power loss", even the low slope crossover on the coaxials will soak up some power. In this case I would say the power loss is well worth the advantage of the external crossover, as you would hear the improvement from the crossover more than the volume decrease from the power soak. A ZX475Ti will be plenty to play a set of components loud on 75 watts.

Hook up the crossover on your door panel somewhere... stock wiring should be fine for a short distance.

What do you consider a short distance??

billyrohm wrote:What do you consider a short distance??

Ideally as short as possible, I'm just saying it won't be the end of the world.