Product Description
The Alpine SPS-600C 6.5 inch pair of component car speakers are quite impressive! If you enlarge the above photos, you will notice the mids are equipped with a center mounted piece of metal. This is a sign of a speaker that will deliver competition amount of sound quality and power. Each speaker brings 240 watts peak and an incredible 50 watts RMS. The surround sound and clarity on this set is amazing. These have large magnet structures and they go really loud. The … More >>
#1 by dave on July 2, 2010 - 7:59 pm
Sound great, tight rich lows, crystal clear highs. Bass end is a little on the sensitive side if you dial the slightest bit extra in. Definintely want to use an amp with these. Give it at least 45-60 watts RMS and they’ll sing
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Joshua Perlow on July 2, 2010 - 9:09 pm
The sound amazing. They are crystal clear. You can hear the full range of music. Sounds good with everything from hip hop to heavy metal with a pounding double bass.
It took a bit of work to hve them installed properly. It was worth it to take my time and do it right. I had to dremel the tweeter holes in my door but after much calculating and aiming, I don’t think a professional couldve done any better.
Very worth my investment
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by R. Hill on July 2, 2010 - 9:15 pm
I have always loved Alpine and always will. I have a 12″ Type R, MRP-M500, and the Alpine 6×9’s so i thought the door speakers would do great. The SPS-600c blew me away, like all the other Alpine products have. Nice sounding bass for the mids, and the highs through the tweeters have sounds that were hard to hear with the bass from the sub. I haven’t bought an amp for the SPS-600c or the 6×9’s but i am looking into the KTP-445, so i wouldn’t need to run any wires.
So All in All great product. 5*s all around.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Nick on July 2, 2010 - 10:05 pm
These speakers sound as good if only slightly better than the previous stock JBL components. Though this may be more related to the fact that they are running off the stock Harmon/Becker amplifier which is not very powerful. The bass sounds a bit more pronounced and the tweeters do seem to put out better quality sound. They have inline crossovers just like the stock JBL’s so they really were almost like direct replacements. They are running off the stock radio which has a three channel equalizer and I used this to ‘tune’ them. Overall, I am very satisfied with them and would definitely recommend them to someone who is looking to replace their stock components or add a component set of speakers to their factory radio.
Some more details:
Bought these to replace the stock JBL component speakers in my ‘02 Land Cruiser because the passenger side speaker was blown. Had originally went to a car audio install shop to have them replaced and this is the speaker they recommended as a drop in replacement. They were supposed to call me in a couple days to let me know when the speakers were in stock – over a week later they never called – guess it was too small a job, so I decided to try the install myself.
These speakers were very easy to install, the woofer dropped right into the same spot as the old JBL. The tweeter took a little more effort since the original tweeter had a special bracket to hold it in place. I used the same bracket with some JB weld and it looks just like the stock install.
After listening to my radio with that blown speaker for several months, I almost forgot how it sounded before, but in my opinion, the sound quality is the same if not slightly better than the stock JBLs. I think the sound quality would be even better with a more powerful amplifier. The car audio install shop mentioned that these speakers could handle an aftermarket amplifier with no problem if I decided to upgrade the other stock components (ie. back speakers, subwoofer, etc.)
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by listen_silent on July 2, 2010 - 11:26 pm
I bought these speakers from Best Buy for $100. That was a mistake! I should’ve bought them from Amazon!
I have these speakers hooked up to a kenwood amp putting the required RMS power to them, so the speakers frankly have everything they need to perform as good as they will. I am happy with them but I believe I could’ve probably bought better speakers for the same amount of money. The base is good, the mids are okay and the highs are okay. By no means do these speakers suck. They are far better than my stock ‘98 4Runner speakers.
However every now and then on higher volumes you can hear the tweeters crack a little bit. Indeed, as so many reviewers before me have said, the crossovers supplied with the speakers really don’t do a good enough job of keeping the lower mid-range frequencies away (keep in mind that my amp is set to keep all base frequencies away from these speakers, so if you don’t have any type of crossover before your speakers this issue could even be worse!). This isn’t a huge deal as at the volumes I’m talking about your ears are hurting, HOWEVER, what about when I want to open the doors and use my system to keep me company while doing some yard work or while camping? I see myself using these speakers as I see fit regardless of how much damage I do to them. If they finally die on my due to my abuse I’ll just replace them with a different brand – a brand that doesn’t have these tweeter clipping problems.
I am happy with my purchase but I’m not ecstatic – and as a consumer, don’t we all want to feel like we have superior components that didn’t stab our wallets as well? Isn’t that why most of us purchase good online in the first place?
I recommend you go elsewhere for your needs. In my research many people seem to have great things to say about Rocksford Fosgate. In the past I have had great experiences with Boston Acoustics and Kenwood speakers.
Rating: 3 / 5