Component Speaker Selection

[tubbedII]

Well, a little over 2 months later and I finally should be getting something in return for the broken JBL's. Instead of them sending me a new set (they didn't have any in stock), I got store credit.

With the credit I bought these:

They are Polk Audio MM6501's. The sales rep I spoke with asked me what I was putting the speakers in and recommened these since they can handle fresh water boats even though they aren't marine grade (the marine grade versions are able to handle salt water he said). I read some reviews on them and figured I'd give 'em a shot. I had a set of Polk Audio 6x9's back in 2000 in my camaro, and remember them being very loud hooked up to a 50 watt amp.

The reviews on the MM6501's all seem to be good, so I'm going to cross my fingers and hope for the best! UPS says they should be on my doorstep tomorrow...wish me luck.

[panhandler62]

I used to have a set of Polk RTAs and have been a believer ever since

[stich626]

I'd love to pick the engineers and designers brains, and ask why the open grills,,
no protection at all.. guess they sell more replacement this way..
good luck with them..

[tubbedII]

Originally Posted by panhandler62

I used to have a set of Polk RTAs and have been a believer ever since

Awesome. I'm really hoping for a great sound out of these. For now, they'll be the only thing powering my sound system since subs will be later down the road...just couldn't stand riding with no tunes.

Originally Posted by stich626

I'd love to pick the engineers and designers brains, and ask why the open grills,,
no protection at all.. guess they sell more replacement this way..
good luck with them..

I had the same concerns, especially since they are going in the kicks...but my Alpine Type R's in my S10 have the same type of grill, actually worse because it's only 1 bar that goes through the middle. The magnets are so big on these things I had to cut out the door panel for them to stick out and I used the grill. It's my daily driver, so it sees some abuse. I've kicked them probably 100 times and never actually touched the speaker, so I'm hoping this will be fine as well. I have to say that I kind of like the look of the Polk's grill though.

[Riveted1]

So... how do they sound?

[tubbedII]

I wish I knew...I'm still working on installing the new brake lines and the front end is off right now. Once the truck is running again (hopefully in the next couple of weeks), I'll start on the tunes. I need to build a set of kicks for them. Never done that before either, so I'll be posting progress pics of it.

For anyone that's still reading, what's the best back board to use when building the kicks? I was hoping to use something fairly thin like 3/8", but is that too thin? My plan is to just use sheet metal screws to install them as well...any thoughts?