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Great Speakers, Innacurate Specs |
March-04-12 |
| Reviewer:
Pablo
from Yorktown, VA
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I installed two pairs of these in my 2011 F-150 and I noticed an immediate improvement over the stock speakers. The speakers are very well built and can handle most frequencies with ease. Because I'm using a 4-channel amp to drive these 4 speakers and a subwoofer, I have the front and rear left speakers wired in parallel to channel 1, the front and rear right speakers wired in parallel to channel 2, and the 4-ohm sub bridged on channels 3/4. Since these speakers are advertised as "true 4-ohm" (2-ohm speaker + resistance of speaker wire) this would theoretically show my amp a 2-ohm load on channels 1 and 2 which my amp can handle and will provide 125W RMS. Unfortunately for me (maybe not for others) these speakers area still showing 2-ohms each even with speaker wires so my amp is seeing a 1-ohm load (meter verified) with my speakers wired in parallel. Don't get me wrong, the extra power to my speakers is appreciated (makes them sound great) but I don't know how long that will last before my amp self-destructs. If I wire in series, channels 1 and 2 will see a 4-ohm load and only provide 80W RMS which will result in 40W RMS per speaker. I left it alone for now because the sound is amazing and my amp is not clipping. If not for that, I'd give them 5 stars. The most annoying part of the installation was having to figure out where to mount the crossover so it wouldn't rattle around inside the doors. Eventually I just zipped tied them to wire bundle.
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not to happy |
October-19-11 |
| Reviewer:
Kevin
from Honolulu Hawaii
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i just got 2 pairs of these in today and i installed them into my 2003 ford explorer, im not happy at all, if i compared the stock and these they sound exactly the same, i have a kenwood bt848u deck and im not sure if this is the problem because i realize someone else with kenwood deck didnt really notice the difference either. its just not as loud or good as i expected. i coulda saved money and stuck with my stock and been just as satisfied
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Ok I guess |
September-20-11 |
| Reviewer:
larrabee
from Tucson, AZ
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Bought this as part of an 'outfit' for my crew cab. They just don't seem to make their presence 'known'. It might just be the Kenwood head but they are kind of dissapointing.
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Infinity Kappa in F150 crew cab |
September-17-11 |
| Reviewer:
mark
from houston, tx
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Just installed 4 of then in my '05 F150 crew cab. Seems to be a decent upgrade of the Audiophile factory speakers. Bass is more responsive (but I have the factory sub) and the highs are a bit more pronounced. Overall seems to be a good set for the price. Fit into the factory openings were good (after removing some of the extra mounting tabs on the speaker frame). Two gripes. One, they require a bullet speaker wire connection so they should add them to the supplied hardware. Second, info for the decible cut is hard to find...This audio option should be well displayed on the Infinity paperwork. Same for the aiming of the tweeter.
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Infinity 682.9 speakers don't live up to pedigree |
September-12-11 |
| Reviewer:
Avan333
from United States
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I bought these to replace my nearly 10 year old Infinity Kappa 572.3 speakers that I feel were the best 5x7 speakers I had ever heard, and the best I ever owned. I even bought the Infinity Beta 20 bookshelf speakers that were based on the same driver design, and I still enjoy them today. Finally one of the woofer cones in my Explorer gave out. These speakers seemed to be very similiar to my old ones, and I never had a problem (like others with these), with the external crossover wiring pulling from the drivers on my 572's. The glass fiber woofer provides muddy bass in comparison to my old speakers, Also, listener fatigue (for me) became apparent after 10 to 15 minutes. There is a button on the speaker to reduce high frequencies -3db, so I guess I should set it at a reduced level. However the lower frequencies are very disappointing. Infinity should go back to the lighter weight polymers for the woofer construction. I give these speakers a 2.5 rating for average performance, then subtract 0.5 for above average price.
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