i can't decide which front speakers to use in my VT Calais. I've narrowed it down to either alpine spx-17ref for $599 or alpine ddl-rt17 for $399. I've used the ddl's in a previous car & the were really inpressive- nice smooth mellow sound, but the spx's in the board at the audio shop sounded even better. if some has these, i would be keen to know what they're like in the real world. I'm running 100 watts rms per channel.
if they sound better to you, buy them, its really that simple
although personally I think you money could be better spent, for that kind of money I would be looking at Crescendo Opus 5, Diamond Audio D662s or DLS MS6A to name a few
Also how speakers sound on a speaker board will sound much different to in a car.
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