ROCKFORD P162s 2-way 6.5" Component

[Chiqinhan]

any feedback about this speaker? find tat it looks cool... thinkin of gettin it or my coming new ride, FD1.

 

any currently i'm using 5.5 inche component for my ride, FD1 is 6.5 inches opening, any idea whether can the 5.5 fit nicely into FD1?

[Chiqinhan]

lookin for a pair of component speakers for new ride, this phd 6.1 is better or ROCKFORD P162s 6.5" 2-way Component is better?

 

know nuts about speakers. jus know hw to listen only. haha...

 

currently my HU is on sony GT700, a 2 ch amp for my subwoofer, 4 ch amp for my front 5.5 inches canton component and rear 6x9 pioneer speakers.

 

for my upcoming FD1 i'm thinking of getting a new 6.5 component, but something nt so exp, nt more than 300. and isit possible to transfer my existing 5.5 component to the rear? need to drill holes or do alterations? as i prefer front n bk also got sound.

[Dunno]

It's difficult to tell which speaker is better cos both have their own characteristics. It really depends on what music you listen to most of the time. Rockfords are better at rock, heavy metal, pop, etc, those blasting type. PHD on the other end are more suited for vocals, jazz, instrumentals, classics, etc. The type of music I listen to and by looking at my speaker setup, you can say I'll choose PHD

 

However, beware of fakes for Rockford components, get them from authorised dealers, cos too many cheap fakes in the markets.

 

There are also many others in the same price range to consider, like CDT, Rainbow, Helix, DB Drive, etc.

[Chiqinhan]

i'm more into r n b, hip hop n mandarin pop....

 

i think rockford suits mi better ba. asked for the price for rockford 162, 400 plus... out of my budget, mine nt more than $300

[Tarzan666]

Im using tis set of speaker..like it so much i install on both front & rear speaker..

gd 4 listening loud music..rnb,dance,house,pop etc..bass is gd..

 

i bought it around 350-380 a pair incl installation..value 4 $$ in my opinion...

[Chiqinhan]

wher u got it? cos i ask a shop, sellin about 440 a pair

[Tarzan666]

I got it at audioedge...

[Toalson]

Would you consider helix blue? I find them impressive even without an amp. N recently just added an amp and it is awesome.

[Hyun]

It really depends on what music you listen to most of the time. Rockfords are better at rock, heavy metal, pop, etc, those blasting type. PHD on the other end are more suited for vocals, jazz, instrumentals, classics, etc.

so how come the rockfords are better for those types, they got more bass than normal speakers?

and PHD leh? got just the correct amount, or purposely less bass? or it's not the bass?

[Dunno]

Some speakers are not meant to blast with strong bass, the midbass start to give "cracking" sound at high volume.

[Onenightstd2]

P162S is the beginner stage set, I am still using it since 2004, it is good but I think T162S is much better.

[Chiqinhan]

for budget around 300, wats the recommendation for component speakers got for bass, as i love to blast bass at high volume...

 

thks

[Hyun]

> Some speakers are not meant to blast with strong bass, the midbass start to give "cracking" sound at high volume.

 

orh.. so it's not got more bass or less bass, but what u're pointing out is maximum power handling ah? so ... can just look at the max power handling figure and compare from there?

[Chiqinhan]

ic, then in order to hand high level of blasting, wats the minimum level of power required

[Hyun]

dunno whether i got it right or not. this one must consult Mr Dunno ...

 

but going by my understanding,

 

Max RMS volume at 1 meter (in open space without car internal cabin gain) = Sensitivity (db/1W/m) with some log function of RMS Power Output of Amp (W).

 

e.g. Sensitivity = 90 db/1W/M and amp max power = 100WRMS

at 1WRMS it produces 90dBRMS, at 10WRMS it produces 100dBRMS, at 100WRMS it produces 110dBRMS. so the Max RMS volume u can attain for this combo running at max of 100WRMS is 110dBRMS and that is at 1 meter. Your left midbass is usually about 1.4 metres away from you, so the dB drops by 3 dB. So u're left with 107 dBRMS. and that's for one speaker only. Add in the right speaker and it increases by about 3dB again.

 

you could say that some speakers can play nice bass (low bass) without the help of the subwoofer, and others can't. I believe this is one criterion for saying whether a speaker is good for bassy music - when it can play independently. Of course if you have sub, you'll solve part of the problem, except that if you rely too much on the sub for frequencies exceeding about 50 or 63Hz, you'll end up having sound localised to the rear of the car where most people's sub sits. And that's no fun at all.

[Wankie]

trying to be funny again ah

[Rtth84]

but sub frequencies are non-directional to the human ear. what you mean by hearing the sound from the rear?

[Dunno]

Wah cheem...but 2 things you have to consider too if based on your theory.

 

1. Power rating of the speakers. RMS and Max ratings. Plays a part on how loud it can go without distortion.

2. Frequency response of the speakers. Plays a part on how low it can go without distortion.