Good, Better, Best 6.5" Component Speakers Alpine R-S65C.2, Memphis PRX-60C and BLAM S165.80+
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- In this video we go over 3 sets of 6.5" / 6 3/4" component speakers. The speakers under review are the Memphis PRX60C, Alpine R-S65C.2 and the Blam Signature S 165.80+. We go over all the features to each set of speakers and after we hit the demo room for a sound demonstration so grab a set of good headphones to get the full experience.
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GOOD: Memphis PRX60C $149 🚚
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BEST: BLAM Signature S 165.80+ $849 🚚
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Alpines definitely sounded the cleanest, clearest, best in my opinion.
I really like the sound of the Alpine. For the price they are awesome and I think they are the most worth for money out of all these bang for buck speakers.
I thought the sounded the best.
The alpines started to distort. Blam sounded better
@@shernigz all speakers were distorting cuz of the mic
@@shernigz they all was distorted you can’t actually capture bass through a microphone you have to be there in person
I've heard this on headphones, my vehicles stock sound system and my high end home theater! Overall IMHO the Memphis sounded fuller in both categories, somewhat neutral on both highs and lows, the Alpines sounded less full, but cleaner in the highs and vocals, the BLAM had the best bass punch and higher fidelity highs, but felt like the bass interfered with the quality of the vocals a bit. At the end of the day they can all be fine tuned, depending on the head unit/amplifier. Every ear is different, can't go wrong with either choice! Thanks for the comparison!
Nice. I’m glad you were able to hear the differences between them. And yes what your describing is how they sounded up close and personal. Thanks for the comments but your total correct you can tune them to change the frequencies but not the sound quality but you hit it right on the head EVERY EAR IS DIFFERENT. Thanks for the comment !!
This was my thoughts exactly
i totally agree. I think the BLAMs would be complemented well by a 2.5-4" mid range. But over all I had a hard time telling the difference in the Memphis and the BLAM. Only thing I could pick up on was better bass on the BLAM.
"but felt like the bass interfered with the quality of the vocals a bit." Maybe you meant does't blend well, I can agreed with you but only this.
3 ways separate the bass and vocals better and the bongos 😆
Those BLAM speakers are phenomenal, vocals are deep and the highs aren’t harsh. Heck yeah
Yo! The BLAMs knocked it out of the park!
The Lows hit hard (enough to skip the need for a sub for some people).
The Mids were clean and accurate (less nasally than the other two).
The Highs sounded clean and warm without the overemphasis or harshness.
Overall, i would definitely spend the extra money to hear true high fidelity reproduction in my vehicle! BLAM is now officially on my radar!
Call me crazy but I like the sound of the Memphis audio components the best out of the three
It's all subjective but to me, the Memphis was a distant third place. I was surprised by that, I usually like their speakers and subs a lot.
I was thinking the same thing. Idk why I thought the Memphis sound better
No no my friend you are not because that is my opinion too
I really like to Memphis especially for the price
Crazy
Gotta say, those BLAM sound fantastic! I was putting them down due to price but man they sound great! Those were the most clear and accurate of the 3, alpine following behind closely but the blam sound more clear and balanced, I like the punch and clarity from the blam. The Memphis really left some on the table for me. Every time the video switched to them it just sounded too high and not clear on the voice or mids
Agreed 💯 %
I wouldn't mind a set of those blam components really good quality speakers
Those BLAMS sound fantastic. The seperation in the frequency spectrum is fantastic and very well balanced. The other two sounded more like a wall of sound
I take it, that was a joke!
@@juststuff5216 lol true.
lol they all sounded the same. Mic is obviously crapola
The blams had the better bass but the alpines were a lot sharper and clear sounding. I think the alpines take the cake.
@@Jakegarc1ai agree, blam is more mid bass less treble and alpine is very well balanced! Alpine on top, second blam and third memphis
ALPINE FOR THE WIN !!! if i need bass i will get it when i install my subs
I like them Alpine Joints better than the other two
These speakers deliver an incredible sound experience with clear and detailed highs, rich bass, and smooth mids. The Alpine R-S65C.2 stands out for its accurate and nuanced sound, while the Memphis PRX-60C offers a warm and inviting tone. The BLAM S165.80+ brings it all together with its powerful and efficient design. Highly recommended for any audio enthusiast!
I really like the sound of the Alpine.
Signature seems to have more volume but the Alpine's sounds better to me
@@stevenp3176 yeah I hear a moderate amount of color and distortion through the alpines, maybe more so than the memphis. But the blam sound smooth.
Maybe cauze BLAMs are 2 ohms and Alpines 4ohms?
Alpine sounded distorted.
Thanks again Josh great job in depth reviews on all 3 speakers (Gotta go with those ALPINES)
Nice use of the soundboard to compare these 3. To my ears I liked the sound of the Alpine the best. The BLAM was a bit muted overall. Memphis was laking on mid bass. thanks for the video! I have a set of Focal Reference components from several years back I need to re-install in my car!!
At 10:31 on the third take of the first song, you can tell that either the volume was turned up or the microphone was moved closer to the blam speaker, listed to this video atleast 6 times, I'm using LG-1120 neck ear buds. Thanks for the great video
Memphis are KILLER for the price but i liked the voice reproduction quality of Alpine.
My WRX STI Hatchback Have the Alpine R and man they slamming quality sound I love them
Love the detailed videos, doing a great job!
I was wondering if you could do a video similar to the coaxial $100 or less but for component speakers? I'm looking to spend $100-$150 on component speakers.
I bought those Alpine R-S65C.2 clear sound !!!
How’s the bass?
A lot of people with think the BLAM sounds muted, but that is in comparison to the other two REALLY bright speakers. With the second song (real music), the BLAM sounded much warmer... It's all just personal preference anyway. In my Jeep, I just want volume that can cut through the wind noise when the top is down (Alpine)... In my Lexus, I want a warm, realistic sound (BLAM) since it is road noise is minimal... I wish Burmester made car audio for cars other than Porsche & Mercedes!!
real music lmao home depot sounding ass song get ya clown wigs here🤡
I like your take on them. Just my opinion... At times yes the Blam does sound laid back and muted, but the bass is there. The Memphis sounds nice clear and crisp, but at times a little too much highs and the Alpine is similar to the Memphis in my opinion, but a little tamer. I wish the Blam had more high end and vocals and they would be high on my list. For the price I think I'd pass on them vs the other two, but the nice bass is there. The volume seemed like they turned it up on the Blam on the first song at the end which made it sound better at that moment.
@@FRANCIS-mm3jr you know what I mean... Music played with real instruments, ya dope.
All of them sound good in there own way.
I agree! Plus sound is so subjective too.
Alpine 🤘. Sounded the best to me. Very clean
I would use the Memphis with stock power or low wattage amp. They sound fuller but don’t seem like they can get that loud. The alpines sound like they can get loud and clear but missing some midrange. I have the type r tweeters and they get loud and clear. The Blam speakers sound good to me they have that strong mid bass and detail highs. They do sound softer and seemed like they can get loud and clear.
I had an installer tell me once that when it comes to speakers, they all get loud, some just do it better than others. That's helped to kinda keep me "grounded", (no pun intended). But I've found myself on, "mythical quests" fire amazing speaker components and amplifiers. I bought 6 pairs of 6x9's and 2 amplifiers for my motorcycle in the past 6 months or so.
Yes that is true. Especially when if comes to a bike because you just need it loud not needing fidelity. But I bet you bike is super loud!!! 😳😳
Alpine's distorted a bit, sound like the tweeter is crossed to low or the mid/bass has break-up issues in the upper mid register. Thier overall sound is the best, followed by the Memphis. WHile the BLAM clearly have the most accurate midrang and bass production, the tweeter is poorly matched and absolutley neutered, dull sounding. Keep in mind too, smaller dome, wider dispersion, something you may want for staging in a small environment like a car. I would say for rear fill yes, not so much up front unless they have to be mounted high in the door. I prefer 1" to 1.1/8" tweeters up front in the A pillar. At this price I would go with Focal, better yet Morel, hands down.
BLAM sound is fantasttic, clear and real
most realistic for sure.
Definitely impressed and satisfied with BLAM Signature speakers, recommend to everyone and worth the investment
Yeah my boy Ramiro!! We did the signatures in his Truck and they sound DOPE! Take it for this guy he’s running them!! Thanks for chiming in Ramiro!
@@BreakersStereo hi... alpine r-s65c.2 OR blam expree 165 ES ???? which is Best for bass & quality
I'm looking at 2 pairs of the Alpine Type Rs with no sub and the 450 Power Pack amp as an improvement to my 20 year old Mustang factory system.
Am I crazy? Want no sub for simplicity, been down that road before.
Overall they all sound good! Yes u can tell each has their distinct sound. I really thought Memphis would sound better than alpine. Love the bass on the alpine and blam but we usually use our components for mids and highs. I said dam 700 that's baller status lol 🔥
I like the mids of the Blam and the highs of the Alpine...
INCREDIBLY UNDERRATED CHANNEL. THANKS FOR SUCH QUALITY CONTENT.
Man this was a awesome demo!
This is the way I see it. For the price of the Alpine I can get 2 sets of the Memphis Audio. For the price of Blam, I can get 2 Alpine or 4 sets of Memphis Audio. BTW, they all sounded excellent through my Orion XTR components lol
Damm Memphis sounds great but I knew they are not going to last as long as the alpine. That's why I would go with the alpine. Blam sound to stiff for my taste.
I really dig the Alpine The Blam seem to be missing alot of reproduction
To me the Memphis is sounding the best so I just ordered them
Yes Memphis sounds bit open and clean.
😆 yeah I'm thinking about getting the Memphis also Blam can suck it
@Travis Hamler yes but these sounded best in the vid and their cheap so I bought them for my daily truck
@Travis Hamler I found mine for 130 each pair so i couldn’t pass it up and in my opinion they sound absolutely amazing
Some people prefer the sound treble tones.
BLAM for the win! I have the Memphis in my front doors but those alpines have nice crisp high notes.
Used to listening to morel virtus 3 ways with audison amps and dsp. To my ears (everyone is different) the Memphis was a touch too bright on the tweets and mid lacking. Alpine tweet sounded decent to me not great but decent. Mid was lacking. Blam the tweet was very dull, vocals OK, mid was best by far out of those 3
The Alpine type R sets from overseas are the bad boys. So are the DD linear
The Alpines all day from what I hear. Never have had any Alpine speakers, i usually use JBL
You really got to go a store to listen to speakers in person. Just buying is like a shot in the dark. What everyone loves you may not like. You’ll end up like me. Changing brands over years trying to find that perfect sound. For me. Focal speakers have the best sound for a reasonable price
Alpine sounds the cleanest
Crazy that I just saw this and recognized Breakers Stereo, I bought gear from them in the late 80s.
For me Memphis sounds really good 👍
Blam Signature the best to me!
We think so too!!
Sig for me Memphis and Alpine sound cool.
I'm pretty sure that was a coil on the Type R mid, not a cap.
You caught that too!? HA!
Blams we’re clean. Memphis was a lil scratchy and less smooth. Alpines were right where I need them at! My price point and my quality level
Nice sound from BLAM. Can not enter the page from Sweden, i will for sure order products. Running today Infinity and Alpine CDA-9855R, love the sound, clear and crisp, looking for the same type of quality sound but with some more " punch "..
Listened this through my 300w 8 powered speakers the blam definitely felt worth the price premium over the other 2 but personally unless I'm redoing an expensive old school luxury car or something I'd probably just go with the Memphis because I don't think the Alpine were worth the premium over them
Thanks for the comment! Glad you were able to hear the differences. We tried several different method until we found a way to tell the difference between them. Great points on the speakers!
Totally agree, alpine didn’t sound diff enough from the Memphis. The blam was on a different level
Been goi g crazy looking for a 2ohm speaker thank you just Ordered the blam can’t wait
Blam! That midrange hits and sound so full!. Dial it back a bit and have almost no distortion.
1.Blam
2.Alpine
3.memphis
I like the smoother tweeter on the blam personally, they sound like my hybrid 602s they have depth to them
Thanks for the comment
Memphis PRX, Alpine Rs, and the best is the BLAM S by far
BLAM has such a big phat midrange response. Many my sister really likes this style of response.
finally a good sound board instantaneously comparison....why dont other real reviewers do that
Wow those BLAM’s sound fantastic
Wow!those "Memphis"are awesome😲👍❗
We sell tons of those speakers and we constantly sell out
Memphis is my all time second choice
I was thinking the same but it’s not producing as much mid bass like the other two are
Memphis sounds cleaner
The Memphis sound was the brightest and seemed a bit one-dimensional. The bass appeared to be somewhat lacking and flat. The Alpine, on the other hand, sounded like the most balanced and open option with a decent amount of bass. As for the BLAM, it sounded a bit muffled in the upper-mid section of the audio spectrum, which could have been due to crossover settings. However, its highs were the smoothest, most textured, and transparent. It also seemed to have the cleanest and most authoritative bass out of the three, though the missing mid section was disappointing. Based on the audio examples, I would choose the Alpine. I had high hopes for the BLAM, but it may have suffered due to an errant crossover placement causing a dip in the overlapping mid-to-tweeter point.
Alpine x series and audiofrogs are amazing...focals are amazing but no bass, morel tempo are pretty good too. It's hard to find any 2 way component or coaxial to have midrange....you literally need that midrange in a 3 way component..... audiofrog has highs, lows AND mids and that's in coaxials!!! That's crazy!!amazing speakers!!!
Also hip hop, jazz, and especially orchestrated music are the worst to check the quality of speakers........however rock music you can because of the distortion in that genre...I can easily tell with rock music how good the speakers are, but specific songs more than others.
I’m trying to decide for my jeep gladiator front speakers if I should go blam s165 or audiofrogGB 1350 or 800? What’s your opinion?
@@ashebarley77385 GB
Alpine killed the Blams
You guys should do a 6x9 best sound power db test
I love Rockford I’m going to try Memphis
For them to be on flat they had a lot of great sound in them.
I used to really like JL audio but then I found focal and that’s what I’ve switched everything to , focal with mosconi amps
Wow! Very good quality speakers and amps. I like your choices.
Good choice Dale.I have now focal speakers and they are amazing.
What focal's series? Expert or access
Is JL audio good
Would love to see you do a review on the B2 components
Another really great review of some nice speakers. And the sound comparisons are super helpful. You also did an excellent review of the Hertz MPK 165.3 Pro . How do you think those Hertz and these BLAM speakers would compare? Thank you!
These speakers sound quality sounds exactly like the phone I’m watching this video on…
I like the alpine I need them to finish my alpine setup
Yo! Just recently discovered your channel and I'm glad I did. I'm looking to upgrade my 2003 E46's stock stereo system so I've been doing mad research on how everything works, and you're channel has helped a lot. I love the tests at the end! I can actually hear the difference and I must say, I love the sounds that the BLAM makes! Thanks!
What are you planning to get? I'm working on an E46 too
Blam is speakers for the audiophile on the move, Alpine is up there in quality but the Memphis hangs somewhere in the middle. IMo
When I saw the Memphis had a poly cone tweeter, I was out on that one. Then I saw the deals and realized how bright the tweeter was above like 8k or 10k but kinda sounded muddy elsewhere. But listening to that BLAM, it sounds nice and flat on tweeter response blending with the mid, and I even picked up some notes that couldn't be heard through the Memphis tweeters that the BLAM really picked up on and the Alpines let you know they were there but not as audible. This BLAM look nice, but I'd like to see them reproduce those same Sq qualities at a higher rms power rating like 85-100 rms
Those BLAM sound sick
Those Blams are rebranded HiVi speakers.
It all depends how and where you install them, and what amp and tuning possibilities.
Anyone have an opinion on how these 3 selections compare to the somewhat newly entered Sony mobile ES components?
I grew up slightly after the peak of the golden Sony ES days and still have 2 XM-2100G amps. I used one of them for a pair of Sony XS-L1090P5 10" subs with dual magnets mostly for SQ with decent results. I guess in that sense im somewhat old school, and some habbits die hard, so I wouldnt mind giving them another chance if they do actually sound really nice. Again, not looking for max spl as I already have tinnitus for some obvious (and other not so obvious) reasons, just an overall smooth and pleasant sound.
Just because they are your top sellers, doesn't mean that they are best.. boys.
These are not even mediocre
@@ekimandersom4478 the bonneville labs are pretty cool
I would go with the BLAMS
thanks .. super informative!
Dope video
I like 2 and 3
Thanks!
JL Audio son. best of everything car audio
I just doubled my budget for the speakers.... instead of getting 4 speakers i will be getting 2 but good component speakers.
Alpine for me then the blam and then the Memphis
They all sound great, blam has the best punch though
Wow!!! Loved it.
Sounds to me like there price points are backwards. Memphis sounded the best, Apine 2nd best, and Blam last. Blams bass was the best thats it. The $200 set sounded better than the $800 set, with a price difference that wide it should be a night and day difference.
I actually liked the Alpines the most, regardless of price.
I was surprised how poor the Memphis sounded in comparison to the other two.
One doubt... The Blam 2-way kit (S165.80+) seems to me to be the most sophisticated among the three kits tested. Is it best suited for those who like listening to Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Acoustic Music and Jazz? Or does this Blam kit also play other musical styles/genres such as Electronic, Industrial, Synthpop, EBM well?
Great question! All well recorded music will work well on the BLAM speakers. Those genres do well with the signatures.
I'm surprised that jbl not here I have 6.5 jbl and jbl 6x9s in my car and sound great 6.5 running off 4x55 headunit and 6x9s off a 2 channel jbl 125rms per channel no subwoofers
Those BLAM, you can see the owner works at focal and he put the bass that focal lacks on the BLAM, but for that you should have a subwoofer in the trunk
Do u think a focal tweeter would work well with the blam?
Right now is a great ass time to buy the alpines on Amazon they are super cheap
The fist song was really bad quality for testing. Would have loved to hear some Michael Jackson or Daft Punk instead. Second song was much better. Speaker wise the Memphis was definitely the most bang for the buck in my book. The Alpines treble was too dominant. The BLAM was nice and probably the best of them all, but not worth the price. You could argue that the Memphis could use a clearer more sharp treble like the BLAM has, but it seemed like a good balanced speaker to me and taking the price into account it is the clear winner to me if you want the most for your money.
I was listening to this with my Sennheiser HD 650 headphones on a $370 DAC (from my old hi-fi setup) and $250 headphone amp.
The Memphis has a clear and at times too much treble if anything and is along the lines of the Alpine where the Blam has a muted laid back treble not sharp at all, but nice mid bass.
The Blam's are the cleanest, but if i wanted the best sounding (To my ears), the Memphis sound the best to me
I heard the Memphis in a shop I was impressed
Alpine for the win
Hi, can you please make some videos on the basis of warm, neutral, and bright sounding different sets of component speakers? Good, better, best from each type.
Number 1 comment hip hip horrayyyy! Great video bro
Thanks!!
You really have to take in to consideration this sound is coming from a mic in a open room through RUclips’s compressed audio out of our little headphones or nice headphones 🎧. But all in all we are just getting a small taste of all the quality these speakers offer.
Hi, thank you for the awesome video! Nice to see some original content! Teaches me a lot!
I have a newbie question, i hope you don’t mind?
I have the Alpine R Spec speakers that do 100w RMS. I have the Halo9 head unit 18w RMS Output. I only have the alpine 45w RMS Amp. Can I safely turn the gain right up to max on the amp?
I wouldn’t recommend that. Best way to tune an amp is with a scope or distortion detector. But if that’s not available to you then I’d just set the amp a 3/4… not recommended but better than all the way up