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Old 06-23-2011, 03:02 PM   #30
JohnnyComeLately
 
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Drives: 2010 SS/RS
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Location: San Diego
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Originally Posted by Dmundz View Post
How are the hertz speakers I was leaning towards the alpine spr-60c
I love the Hertz. I listened to quite a few Alpine, JL Audio, Focals, Dynaudio, MB Quarts and others. I even went to three Hertz dealers just to see if I still migrated back, and I did. Every time the Hertz HSK 165s sounded the best to my ears. The only exception was the HSK 165 XLs, but my local dealer didn't carry them and I was too impatient to wait the 2 weeks to go back to the one that did carry it (4 hour drive north of my house).

The Hertz's have amazing highs. I can hear the singer exhale, guitarist slide his fingers across the frets, and the stick hit the high hat. I like bright, accurate highs, that aren't overly harsh (e.g. listening fatigue inducing highs that "harsh on your melon" I also noticed that afterwards, when they asked which ones I liked, all three dealers said, "Yeah, those are the ones I run in my car." The Hertz Milles sound good too, and with certain amps/CDs sound better, but I found the HSKs had better off-axis imaging. Meaning, in my car I'd have to lower my head down, next to the center console, for them to sound better. Just driving around, sitting up, you're well above the neutral center point (which would be on-axis).

Long story short: In a practical car audio situations, the HSKs will sound best in more cases.

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Originally Posted by Agent WD-40 View Post
Have any pictures of how you mounted your x-over and wiring? Sounds pretty slick though.
Pics are at home on my home computer (I looked when I posted this reply), however, I do have it in my video.

Fast forward to 14 minutes and 37 seconds into this 15 minute video and you'll see a few seconds footage of where I've described putting the crossover. In one door I physically double adhesive attached it, and the other door I literally just placed it in there. Neither side rattles with BA amp turned all the way up. I haven't gotten my system dialed in yet to see if 100 watts per channel from a PPI A404 rattles.

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