The best thing is to go right to there websites read about them and then google reviews. But honestly those products listed make awesome equipment, pricey but very nice. I would also recommend buying them from an authorized dealer, none of those companies sell online. Last I check anyway

 

awesome, thank you so much!

i'm going to do my research tonight on those and see what looks like a good fit for my setup

who knows, i might decide to stick with what i originally thought, but i really appreciate your ideas, and i will read about them tonight

 

No problem. Its better for you to read about them then have me tell you my thoughts. As I might have different listening tastes than you. But any of those would sound great!

 

Good advice. The MB Quarts are the most harsh tweeters in the business, if you like EXTREMELY bright highs than that's your speaker, but otherwise they'll beat you to death after half an hour. Super-detailed though.

For what you listen to, stay with a silk-dome or (in the case of Alpine Type-X) a resin-coated paper-dome tweeter. I'm a big fan of the Alpine Type-Xs, probably the most balanced component set that I've heard. Also, as I've said before on this site, they're made for layouts where the midrange and tweeter are spaced further apart than usual (such as the stock speaker locations on S2000s), so you won't have to worry about screwing your Q up. Focal, Boston, all the brands mentioned besides MB Quart make very balanced setups, just realize that if you go with a titanum dome tweeter you will get very bright highs.

Don't buy a cap, he's right you're not running nearly enough wattage and you don't listen to music with emphasized lows. The general rule on caps is one farad for every 1000 watts of bass, so you have nothing to worry about. A good, cheap, quality way to get around it (if you are still worried about running down the electrical system) is to upgrade to thicker wiring from the alternator to the battery. Throw some 4ga. wires on there and it will alleviate a substantial portion of the power loss. Good luck!

 

awesome! thanks for the input. I will research that stuff, too now!

i'm all about getting people's input, so i really appreciate that. I didn't even know about a lot of that stuff, I'm lame

 

I listened to the MB Quartz before and the tweeters really made me cringe

 

Yeah, I think it's a love-it-or-hate-it speaker

I think it also depends on how the system is tuned. Personally, I don't think that any demo place at a retail store really does it justice because each head unit is set to run every speaker, but each set will have different characteristics. If there were enough equalizing and processing available, I bet you could make even lower end speakers sound good

 

It really has more to do with a quality install and tune, just like installing performance parts. Generally I've found that if a set of speakers sounds great on a demo wall, they won't sound as great in a car (because they were probably designed to sit on a wall and sell themselves that way). You can take some of the edge off of MB Quarts, but even with the crossovers set as low as possible they'll be bright as the effing sun. That's me though, I like smoother speakers personally. If you are one of the many who likes MB Quarts, go for it! Best of luck, I'm sure that you can tune the system yourself, or at least sit in with an installer and make it sound great.

 

Just to be clear, I listened to these installed in a car, setup by a local respectable auto shop.

The owner wasn't very happy with them either. But if you like them... enjoy!

 

The local reputable auto shop may have left the tweeters crossed at factory specs, I run them at -3db and love the sound. They are not as bright at this setting. But that is my opinion, I have always had mb quarts in my cars.