[smoketitan]

hey im different thats all

the dls build qaulity is very nice IMO, the magnet structure, pressed cone material

the focal has a heavier magnet(hence larger xmax), the cone is a poly material, nice phase plug, basket is a nice cast

id give it to focal in the overall build department

soundwise

id take the dls over the focal simply becuase its more natural like a real speaker of voice,

but for rock, or live recording the focal is by far the better driver becuase it has a sense of "jumping out" at you almsot like your present in the music,

the dls is reproduces the sound with a more melodic representation,

jazz. rnb, even hip hop(becuase in the proper IB ennvironment these things output)

I jsut dont get how you were able to bottom them out? I was never able to do that in a larger door than on the 4 runner

tweeters--same difference, smooth laidback , not as much hihg end spirit (the dls tweets) versus very detailed, broad spectrum (but also can be harsh up high) hence the reason you have so much attenuation in the k2p passive

crossvers

the iridium used a better pcb,a nd better coils, , hence the weight, but hte focal has far more flexibility with the woofer/tweeter attenuation combos with all those switches

so all in all its kind of up to the listener I guess as I personally dont think one is overall better than the other if that makes sense

as far as my stuff goes

jsut sold IT ALL, as Im either going to fight nissan to replace my truck, or get rid of it as Ive had it with going to the service department all the time


im going to focus on home theater till my truck BS gets taken care of

im back to the peice or crap fosgate package

guess I should have moved to the toyota like you did

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and hey man I have chance to get a deal on a zapco 9.0xd is it REALLY worth all that cash?