Hey Guys. I have an 04 Mustang GT vert. It Has a speedster cover that stays on all the time. I like the Hex600s and the Focal 165 alot. Are there any pro's and con's? Let hear your feedback.Remember that it is between hex and focal only. Thanks Dan
the hex's are VERY nice, i would take those over the focal any day of the week, but might i make a suggestion, you should probably look into the s600a with the aluminum dome tweeter, i know in a convertible that when you have the top down it will be loud.
all focal tweets are too harsh for me. I'd rather have two sets of silk tweets than one set of the focals to get alot of highs. I prefer the CDT silks, they're very nice and smooth. The focals can get loud but they're too raspy for me. The Hex tweet isn't my favorite but sure as crap beats the Focal. The HEX mid is pretty darn nice and get good results too.
even with tuning they need lots of it. I used them with my Eclipse 8443 and a coustic XM6 to run them active and they still were too harsh and when they weren't harsh it seemed to take away from the tweet's sound.
I've had Utopias. They do need some attention, the power handling of the tweeter sucks and low end isn't good. It's an on axis tweet too, off axis dispersion is pretty bad. Tuned and installed well, though, they're the most detailed conventional tweeters I've dealt with. I still have other preferences, though.
It's like having the drawbacks of a ribbon, with fewer of the benefits If I want transparency, shimmer, and detail, combined with smooth sound, some LCY Ribbons would be my choice. Glorious treble reproduction.
CDT Tweeters are very smooth and nice. I whould have to agree. I am planning to upgrade to the DRT-25 tweeter for my HD62 set with the 480 crossover. That should give me the extended range for better off axis install.
Crossover settings and equalization. Particularly in lower treble frequencies for those tweets. Excellent detail from the tweets, they're just quirky to work with.
If I want transparency, shimmer, and detail, combined with smooth sound, some LCY Ribbons would be my choice. Glorious treble reproduction.