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I'm looking at finally putting a set of replacement front speakers in, and want to keep a tight budget.

I don't want to spend more than about $180-200 on the fronts, so I'm leaning towards the Jaycar Kevlar 6.5" Splits. I've got 2 channels on a Response 4x100wrms amp to run them off, so they'll have plenty of power. I'm not interested in spending $500 on Focals (although it would no doubt sound great).

I haven't found much feedback about them other than people saying they're good for the money. Given that I'm not running a top of the line amp etc, does this sound like a good way to go in that price bracket? (they sound decent to me)

Alternatives are things like the Pioneer TS-A1670S or the TS-C1602 maybe. I'm thinking the Response are probably the nicest splits for under $200 though?

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that or the some hertz splits.

ur amp is decent..matches the speakers well...shouldnt be that much of an issue for most speakers u choose...decent amount of power..

i'd prefer the hertz tho...

quality will improve with like $50 of sound deadener if possible...but up to u on what u want to acheive (:

good luck

tell us how it sounds

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i answered a PM like this just yesterday

yeah they are decent etc. but they can he bought for like $150 from what i remember.. for another 30 or so $$ you can get some pheonix gold octane r splits which are very decent as well. good bright sound

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I bought them and have now put them in, they're certainly crisp and bright sounding, with the 6x9s in the rear it all sounds very full and balanced now. For a while I was dissappointed with the extreme lack of bass coming from them, but discovered I had the amp high pass filtering (and adding plenty noise in the process - a think they're known for a shitty preamp stage) - oops.

$500 Pioneer DEH-P6450

$350 Response 4x100 amp (on special)

$200 JL Audio txi690

$170 splits

$60 cables/rcas

For a total cost of about $1300, am quite happy with the sound. Probably should have bought a better 4x50w amp for maybe $450, but this thing might be good for subs at some stage in the future.

Just put on a hacked RCA for aux input on the p-bus on the head unit too, will try an iPod tonight...

(that was my PM NO_RSPECT)

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