Quote Originally Posted by joms View Post
Guys pa audition naman ng new focals. Dati kasi i find the tweeters ng focal medyo matalas and fatiguing. Some say na iba na daw ngayon. I plan to install a sound setup sa starex namin and i want to see kung ok na yung tweeters ng bagong focal ES165k / ES 165K2 / ES 165KX2. I plan to power them with Helix G5 (subs is JL 12w3v3) using a Helix DSP.2 (Head unit = Pioneer 8850)

Kung meron din sa inyo merong 10" in a sealed box, baka pwede din pa audition. I want to see kasi kung kaya na ng 10" sealed yung starex para mas maliit lang yung box.

Music pref ko is pop, jazz, 80s, disco and the like. Im not really into rock/trance/hard core music/etc

Salamat!
It was never "iba" but it's really more of proper tuning above all else.

The sound characteristics of Focal's old metal dome tweets are known to be "matalas" but that's because of people not taking advantage of the material properties. All materials have specific behaviors and while their ultimate purpose is to recreate beautiful sound, they also behave differently. Each has their own pro's and con's so to speak. For example, should the material (metal) enter its break-up zone, it will really sound harsh (again, due to the material characteristics of metal) versus a soft dome tweet as comparison which has a more pleasing "break-up" personality.

I have the Focal Kevlars. If you're around Banawe or plan to visit it, just hit me with a PM and I'll let you listen to it. Nobody in my book has ever complained about it being harsh and many say the opposite actually.