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I am looking at the K2P's .. compared some of the Focals and JL's at a local shop and thought the K2P's sounded phenomenal. A different local dealer/installer told me

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Old 10-10-2012, 06:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I am looking at the K2P's .. compared some of the Focals and JL's at a local shop and thought the K2P's sounded phenomenal.

A different local dealer/installer told me the following when I mentioned the K2P's to him (he doesn't sell them):

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I have not really listened to the Focals but I have replaced some. Mostly
due to the cone becoming distorted / mis-shaped after high temp. exposure.
(AZ summers) For a higher end speaker in the Rockford line up. I would
recommend the T5 series or the T3 series components. The T5s are the best
ones Rockford makes. Also more power handling thant The Focals.

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I am looking at the K2P's .. compared some of the Focals and JL's at a local shop and thought the K2P's sounded phenomenal.

A different local dealer/installer told me the following when I mentioned the K2P's to him (he doesn't sell them):
Their nice (focal) I would run from RF components, very harsh!

As for "melting" considering 2 of the sets were installed in California I doubt they will warp or melt.
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I am looking at the K2P's .. compared some of the Focals and JL's at a local shop and thought the K2P's sounded phenomenal.

A different local dealer/installer told me the following when I mentioned the K2P's to him (he doesn't sell them):
I have the Focal K2p upgrade version in my Z. It's the old version. The mid-bass speaker are great. I actualy like to old version rather than the new version sound-wise. The tweeters are bright sounding until you dial in the crossover range. I have an active system (non-focal crossovers) controlled using a bitTen signal processor. The signal processor greatly improves the tweeter and mid-bass speaker sound IMHO. Those mid-bass speakers like power (100 watt RMS or more). I would put money on the best tweaters for the money; but that is my preference. Braxx makes a great tweeter.

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