I gotcha. I prefer a smoother, more natural sound.

Personal preference


And...I'm not a big fan of Alpine (as most people on this forum know, lol). I ran Alpine HUs for years (top of the line even) and always had issues with the way their sound was reproduced. Finally the faceplate on the last one I had broke (one of the buttons) so I replaced it with an Eclipse 8495 and the sound was so much smoother, cleaner, more natural. I haven't looked at Alpine since. (and again, PDX amps are all Class D - I don't care what switching freq you use, you can't match the performance of a high quality Class A/B)

 

I found Alpine to go very well with this car. You will never achieve fantastic SQ in an S2000, and my Alpine setup exceeded my expectations. Alpine's drawback is the overpowering mid high freq range, and if you want to go crazy, this can be corrected with a separate EQ. Eclipse is very good- I've used their stuff for years, but I wanted the best IPOD integration.

BTW, Polk sucks. Their crossovers fell apart, and the sound was subpar when compared to my Alpine speakers. Again, I do prefer my Alpine amps over my old JL stuff.