Focal Speakers

[rvillano8188]

Hey all, time to upgrade the premium sound system speakers. Got a few shops advice and landed on the Focal ISU 165’s and the ICU 165’s with some Metra adapters for the larger speakers.

anyone run these yet and what were the thoughts? For now I’m gonna plug and play and maybe go amp in the future but I wanted to do something now to improve quality without spending 3k.

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[kennyglm]

I have the focal flax series. I like them but at times i feel there might be a hair to much tweeter noise. i also run the focal 1200.5 amp

 

[kooltoys]

I have the focal flax series. I like them but at times i feel there might be a hair to much tweeter noise. i also run the focal 1200.5 amp

does the xover have tweeter adjustments? some have +/-3 db settings

 

[kennyglm]

does the xover have tweeter adjustments? some have +/-3 db settings

i dont know to be honest with you i didnt do the install but the amp has all that stuff. I listen to spotify it may be the app to.

 

[rvillano8188]

does the xover have tweeter adjustments? some have +/-3 db settings

I noticed that on this set I bought. Gonna have to play with it to see which I like better but nice option to have

 

[kooltoys]

I noticed that on this set I bought. Gonna have to play with it to see which I like better but nice option to have

also make sure your treble in the Eq settings is flat(or close to it) before adjusting the xover itself

 

[rvillano8188]

So little update, I haven’t gotten to the fronts yet, but I finished up the soundbar swap.

Now I’m definitely a novice, so maybe I’m overthinking it or maybe I messed up somewhere.

So there’s a 2 harnesses, one for the tweeter that got pulled out and 1 for the 2.5 that I replaced with the 6.5 that has the integrated tweeter.

I used the metra adapter that came with the kit, and connected the speaker harness to that, and then to the 6.5. The tweeter connection didn’t have anything to connect to so it’s in the subwoofer, wrapped so it doesn’t rattle.

Im only getting what sounds like lows/bass out of the speaker. Is that intentional? Is there some sort of adapter that I didn’t buy to connect both connections to the 6.5?

Probably should leave these things to the pros, but I wanted to learn, so now im here asking for community input.

 

[jebiruph]

Do you have a base system or the premium Alpine system?

 

[rvillano8188]

Do you have a base system or the premium Alpine system?

Alpine, which is why I feel like there’s a missing something going on.

 

[jebiruph]

The Alpine system is designed so the high frequency signals go to the tweeters and lower frequency signals go to the mid range. Your coax speaker as installed is only getting the lower frequency signal. There are lots of threads on Alpine system upgrades.

 

[rvillano8188]

The Alpine system is designed so the high frequency signals go to the tweeters and lower frequency signals go to the mid range. Your coax speaker as installed is only getting the lower frequency signal. There are lots of threads on Alpine system upgrades.

Yea I’ve scoured them but I’m yet to find something to detail a resolution on a speaker with integrated tweeter so I can get both highs and lows. Seems like people are using just the metra adapter for lows that either came with the pods or bought one separately on Amazon but I already have that

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