Bfowler wrote:nice!
yeah, they aren't to impressive to look at...but the subs are the same way.
the tweet can come out of the housing.give it a quarter turn and it should pop out
Yeah the basket was pretty thin. Overall it also seemed smaller than my old speaker set, but no worries.
I figured out the part bout the tweeter by double checking the manual
So i got them to barely fit in the stock tweeter hole with some sticky putty.
I used to use the sail panels but I figure I'll give the stock location a shot since these are rather big and my sail panels are really small. Also i understand that it's good to have the tweet as close as possible and on the same plane as the woofer.
So right now it's about 6 or 7 in from the center of the woofer , up in the door. Good position for on axis listening though although it is a bit far away from the woofer. I wired the tweeter out of phase but I'll try it out in phase too..
But no worries since I'll time align them perfectly with computer software anyways, but not till this weekend i think. Also i want to give active crossover a shot but i only have a crappy BOSS amp in addition to the two channel Audison I'm running now. Maybe it could drive the tweets or mids, it's rated at 2x110W / 4 ohm and it seems kinda heavy so i think it can deliver at least 50 watts, possibly up to 80 or 90.
Anyway on to a review. I did the passenger side first and tested with my old speakers (Fusion powerplants 3-way) on the left side, RSDs on passenger side. At first it seemed the midbass was more powerful on the old speakers and the tweeter on the RSDs was just all around better, more pronounced and smoother. Midbass on old speakers was noticably louder and more powerful.
I was a bit disappointed. Did the other side though.
Okay. At first, i was a bit disappointed with the midbass output. But, i then turned the HU all the way up and at about 32/35 it just took off. Turns out these need more juice than my old ones to really get the midbass going. Or their impedance is a little higher.
They also seem to handle a lot more wattage. I'm maxing out the HU and they still go on clean and strong where my old ones would sound like shit at volume 28/35. I need to up the gain just a lil bit on the amp now, but it's getting late so i won't bother till tomorrow..
They play overall louder and stronger and the midbass is very clean and powerful even at very loud volume. The midbass isn't really over emphasized compared to the mids and highs but they are emphasized a bit but it still does seem very natural and the midbass response is butter smooth all the way with no muddiness or murky bass at all. Very tight and clear sounding midbasses with that extra "kick".
The midbass is just very full and smooth. Drums, bass and electric guitar just sounds really good with real power and authority and it's just really fun and involving to listen to.
The midrange is a bit laid back maybe compared to the midbass but theres got to be some tradeoffs somewhere. This isn't a big drawback for me at all though as i tend to not like my ears being pierced with loud female vocals and loud piercing guitar solos. It doesn't seem lacking or masked in anyway though and sounds clear with good definition. Off axis response does indeed seem really good although it's a one piece cone (no phase plug). It could be better though but it's fine really.
The tweeters are also pretty nice. I run mine on 0db and out pf phase. Cymbal crashes are well pronounced and instrument attack etc. all really snap and are easily distinguised and in conjunction with the good midbass really gives you that good "thud". They are pretty smooth tweeters and are generally very nice on the ears. At incredibly loud volumes there's a bit of ear pain/fatigue though but this is at LOUD volume and it could just as well be amp distortion as it could be a chracteristic of the tweeter. There is some very slight chainsawy messiness maybe at around 3-4k. Could be the quality of the recordings, or could be that the tweeter isn't as clear sounding as it should be in this frequency region. Or it could be a side effect from out of phase wiring, or a flaw in the xover. Blah blah. Overall the tweets are pretty good. They're not amazing like the woofers, but they're by all means good tweeters with a quality sound, some minor flaws are to be expected at $87 for the whole set. I could see an upgrade to some Seas in the future.
Overall this set outperforms my old one which was 3.5x the price. The tweets were messier and more masked, the mids were piercing and the mid basses couldn't handle as much power before they sounded messy. There's nothing in this set that stands out as a major flaw apart from the seemingly flimsy constructed woofer and large plasticy shell around the tweet, but that's really really minor when you get sound this good at this low a price. Some minor flaws are that the tweets are a little messy sounding around 3-4k and the midrange might not be pronounced enough for some. And the woofers really love and need lots and lots of power. I think I'll need to upgrade to more amp power to push this kit to the max.
BTW i read the midbass gets even nicer after break-in? True? What kind of hours are we talking?
New PG owner here 
This is supposed to be a really kickass woofer though, dunno if you've heard it but it generally wins about every SQ comp it's in around here and it fucking SLAMS if you want it to. Lol I'll probably burn this one too though 
Burnt two subs now in 5 days 
It didn't like 60hz 0dB 
I don't think there was any clipping going on since i would've heard it i think, and i wasn't really playing it that loud.
I have them running at 50hz now and they love it