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My daughter has a new Pontiac G6. She's thinking about replacing the door speakers with JL CSI 6.5's, crossovers and pod tweeter along with the JL 300/2 amp. Any opinions regarding the JL stuff would be helpful. Thanks.
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My daughter has a new Pontiac G6. She's thinking about replacing the door speakers with JL CSI 6.5's, crossovers and pod tweeter along with the JL 300/2 amp. Any opinions regarding the JL stuff would be helpful. Thanks.
JL is a great brand and they are loud and have a good sound also. i have one 10" JL sub and have had no problem with it, it hits hard as hell in a hatchback, people think i have two twelves or fifteens.
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Plenty of experience with JL. Quality stuff, good sound, decent price and as stated, doesn't require megawatts like certain others do. She'll be happy - it's money well spent.
On a side note:
Hey JL, how 'bout hookin *US* up for all the free advertizing here, huh??
On a side note:
Hey JL, how 'bout hookin *US* up for all the free advertizing here, huh??
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I have a 99 TA and just recently gutted the Monsoon and replaced everything with JL VR components along with the JL 10 in their stealth box, all powered by JL amps. Bang for the buck, I am extremely happy with my JLs. Very loud, and very clear. I know there are better set ups, but I'm not fortunate enough to be able to afford them. I've been using JL for a couple of years. I think she will be happy with it. And you never know, you might end up with JL in your rig 
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my advice regarding replacement speakers is to take her (or have her go) to several different places to have her actually listen in person to a few different brands within price range, and have her decide that way. she should not be afraid to bring a few CD's of her own to listen to during the demo, as she will already be familiar with the music she intends to listen to, and will know which speakers will come the closest to what she is expecting.
obviously, the vehicle's acoustics are going to make them sound a bit different than they do in the showroom, but you can at least get a general idea of how they sound. the main thing to listen for is any harshness in the tweeters. if the tweeters are really harsh sounding, it can screw up the whole sound that you are trying to achieve.
some other brands i would recommend giving a chance are Boston Acoustics, MB Quart, Infinity, Polk, Diamond, & OZ Audio. obviously a component set will give MUCH better results than coaxials, so i would recommend sticking to the component sets only.
but if she more or less has already decided on JL Audio, i think that she will be really happy with them, they are one of the leaders in the car audio industry, constantly bringing innovations to the scene. well worth the money spent on them, if you ask me.....
obviously, the vehicle's acoustics are going to make them sound a bit different than they do in the showroom, but you can at least get a general idea of how they sound. the main thing to listen for is any harshness in the tweeters. if the tweeters are really harsh sounding, it can screw up the whole sound that you are trying to achieve.
some other brands i would recommend giving a chance are Boston Acoustics, MB Quart, Infinity, Polk, Diamond, & OZ Audio. obviously a component set will give MUCH better results than coaxials, so i would recommend sticking to the component sets only.
but if she more or less has already decided on JL Audio, i think that she will be really happy with them, they are one of the leaders in the car audio industry, constantly bringing innovations to the scene. well worth the money spent on them, if you ask me.....
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Thanks everybody. She has decided on the JL 300/2 along with the VR650-Csi component set. The installer is working to aim the mids more up towards the passengers heads rather than their feet. She's hoping there's enough pop to avoid the need for a sub. Her G6 actually has a "sub" someplace in the rear. The install takes place tomorrow. I'll report back with the results.
In any, case thank you everyone for all your advice.
And a special note to snowdevil. You are evil.
The remainder of my boltons go in tomorrow: MTI TB, smooth bellows(for looks) and an LS6 intake. After that it's time for dyne tune and a major decision: H/C or 60" LCD TV. 
Or now JL stuff in the TA. 
In any, case thank you everyone for all your advice.
And a special note to snowdevil. You are evil.
The remainder of my boltons go in tomorrow: MTI TB, smooth bellows(for looks) and an LS6 intake. After that it's time for dyne tune and a major decision: H/C or 60" LCD TV. Or now JL stuff in the TA. 
Nice choice, JL Audio makes real good stuff and at a lower price than similar performing brands such as MB Quart. I have JL Audio subs and component speakers in my taurus sho and they sound awesome. I have MTX subs in my camaro now because I got a killer deal on them but I am really thinking of switching to 3 10in JL audio subs since they hit so hard and so clean. Should sound real nice in the G6.
MadIceV8 - yea I wasnt sure if the JL's hit harder than the 3 MTX Thunder 8000 10 inch subs I have now. I was going to listen to some 10W6V2's next week and maybe go with 3 of them but that might be an overkill. What do you think?
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MadIceV8 - yea I wasnt sure if the JL's hit harder than the 3 MTX Thunder 8000 10 inch subs I have now. I was going to listen to some 10W6V2's next week and maybe go with 3 of them but that might be an overkill. What do you think?
it depends on how you hook them up. if you have each sub on its own amp, just wire a switch inline with the remote turn-on leads so that you can turn any one (or all) the subs off/on as you see fit. that way, you can run with only 1 or 2 on for normal listening, and all 3 for "***** to the wall" bass.
if you run all the subs off a single amp, just make sure that you have a remote bass control of some sort (some head units have them built in, and some amps have an optional external bass control module that you can connect to adjust the bass output) and you should be ok.
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Thanks everybody. She has decided on the JL 300/2 along with the VR650-Csi component set. The installer is working to aim the mids more up towards the passengers heads rather than their feet. She's hoping there's enough pop to avoid the need for a sub. Her G6 actually has a "sub" someplace in the rear. The install takes place tomorrow. I'll report back with the results.
In any, case thank you everyone for all your advice.
In any, case thank you everyone for all your advice.
cool, i think she'll be happy with the setup. are they going to sound deaden the doors also? that will help bass output a lot, without the rattles.
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After that it's time for dyne tune and a major decision: H/C or 60" LCD TV. Or now JL stuff in the TA.
Or now JL stuff in the TA. Teching In
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And a special note to snowdevil. You are evil. The remainder of my boltons go in tomorrow: MTI TB, smooth bellows(for looks) and an LS6 intake. After that it's time for dyne tune and a major decision: H/C or 60" LCD TV. Or now JL stuff in the TA. [/QUOTE]
If you decide to upgrade/replace the speakers in your TA, make sure you spend a couple of extra dollars, as mentioned above, and Dynomat the doors. It will deffinately make your components perform/sound better. It's tough making decisions like that !!! Good luck!!!
The remainder of my boltons go in tomorrow: MTI TB, smooth bellows(for looks) and an LS6 intake. After that it's time for dyne tune and a major decision: H/C or 60" LCD TV. Or now JL stuff in the TA. [/QUOTE]If you decide to upgrade/replace the speakers in your TA, make sure you spend a couple of extra dollars, as mentioned above, and Dynomat the doors. It will deffinately make your components perform/sound better. It's tough making decisions like that
!!! Good luck!!!