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Should I invest $500 in my Titan IIs, or put the money towards some $1000 wet sounds or samson speakers?
I have Titan Series II tower speakers from about 2007 on my 2007 Nautique 220 tower. The internals are MB Quart 6.5 2-way kit with crossover and separte tweeter. Each speaker is powered by a separate JL Audio 2250 2 channel amp, bridged. I control the power to the speakers with a line control input control between the head unit and the two amps. Last year I noticed they distort at higher volume and generally dont sound very good so I am looking to replace either the internals of the Titan cans, or get completely new speakers such as Wet Sounds or Samson. I like the Titans because they still look like new and they are lightweight, and hug the tower nicely, however I dont want to put a lot of money in them and have them still not sound well. I am not too interested in sacraficing sound quality to hear the music while I am riding, its mostly for in the boat and when surfing. I would really rather not spend the $1000+ it will take to get completely new speakers, but I would if it was money better spent than fixing my current Titans.
I brought one of the Titan II speakers to my local Car Toys and they tested the components with a meter and told me the ohms were at like 2 for the tweeter and 6 for the mid (or the other way around, i dont remember) and they were supposed to both be at 4 ohms when new). They said some age and corrosion can cause this and they recommended i replace them (of course). Car Toys really pushes Focal I know from previous experience, which I know are good speakers. The ones they recommended are Focal 165V30 which are $499, and they said they would install them in the cans at no cost for that price, which they guessed would take some labor as the speakers are deeper than the existing MB Quart.
How we came at the 165V30 was that they played them in their listening room with the type of music i would normally listen to. They switched between some JL Audio and other lesser model Focal speakers ranging in price from $180 up the the $499 V30s. The V30s sounded the best and had the most bass from what i could detect. However, it is difficult to tell as you dont know how they are powering them and how it would compare to the JL Audio 2250s I will be using with them.
Car Toys website
https://www.cartoys.com/products/pro...IMITED_EDITION
From Focal website
http://www.focal-america.com/category/speakers/
6.5″ 2-way kit, separate crossover with tweeter level control
specifications
woofer Polyglass conetweeter TNBchassis Zamacmax power 160Wnominal power 80Wsensitivity 92 dBfrequency response 55Hz - 25kHz
I have Titan Series II tower speakers from about 2007 on my 2007 Nautique 220 tower. The internals are MB Quart 6.5 2-way kit with crossover and separte tweeter. Each speaker is powered by a separate JL Audio 2250 2 channel amp, bridged. I control the power to the speakers with a line control input control between the head unit and the two amps. Last year I noticed they distort at higher volume and generally dont sound very good so I am looking to replace either the internals of the Titan cans, or get completely new speakers such as Wet Sounds or Samson. I like the Titans because they still look like new and they are lightweight, and hug the tower nicely, however I dont want to put a lot of money in them and have them still not sound well. I am not too interested in sacraficing sound quality to hear the music while I am riding, its mostly for in the boat and when surfing. I would really rather not spend the $1000+ it will take to get completely new speakers, but I would if it was money better spent than fixing my current Titans.
I brought one of the Titan II speakers to my local Car Toys and they tested the components with a meter and told me the ohms were at like 2 for the tweeter and 6 for the mid (or the other way around, i dont remember) and they were supposed to both be at 4 ohms when new). They said some age and corrosion can cause this and they recommended i replace them (of course). Car Toys really pushes Focal I know from previous experience, which I know are good speakers. The ones they recommended are Focal 165V30 which are $499, and they said they would install them in the cans at no cost for that price, which they guessed would take some labor as the speakers are deeper than the existing MB Quart.
How we came at the 165V30 was that they played them in their listening room with the type of music i would normally listen to. They switched between some JL Audio and other lesser model Focal speakers ranging in price from $180 up the the $499 V30s. The V30s sounded the best and had the most bass from what i could detect. However, it is difficult to tell as you dont know how they are powering them and how it would compare to the JL Audio 2250s I will be using with them.
Car Toys website
https://www.cartoys.com/products/pro...IMITED_EDITION
From Focal website
http://www.focal-america.com/category/speakers/
6.5″ 2-way kit, separate crossover with tweeter level control
specifications
woofer Polyglass conetweeter TNBchassis Zamacmax power 160Wnominal power 80Wsensitivity 92 dBfrequency response 55Hz - 25kHz
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