Team_Obsession

I don't think the dual 4ohm and dual 2ohm coils are going to work out that great in the SPL world, or at least dbdrag anyway, unless your running SPL-D6000DRM's

cujo

Those are some of the fugliest speakers I have ever seen.

JohnVroom

I got there at the right time on the right day (Sunday early) and there were not a lot of people in the booth yet (15) I got lucky. They did quite a few auditions but it was set up to be an impressive surround sound experience. I listened for over 10 minutes, the song list was Hotel California and big band tunes on original media (not on special Alpine discs).
I considered it the highlight of the trip (though seeing the Blue Man Group and hearing the Halcro system was up there too) and frankly it was an honor. The vehicle did many things very well and does make me think about buying some F#1 stuff.

JohnVroom

who Dukk...controversial??? [img]tongue.gif[/img] For one thing yes. They spent $60K US on hardware alone on this one and lets face it if it did not deliver the goodies it was a waste of money. So the question is what did it deliver? Answer- tremendous SQ, it was powerful, it had bass authority (woofers in the dash and in the rear) it had the entire audio spectrum covered, it had a super wide soundstage, it had clarity and a decent level of realism (it was set up to show off sound from the front and rear stage so there was a bit of theater in the presentation). There was tremendous imaging, stage height was very high, the midrange through the mid high treble timbre was spot on. If this was set up as a car audio competition vehicle rather than a demo vehicle it would have done very well in ANY sanctioning body AS IS. And that is impressive since demo vehicles are usually just good looking with over-blown sound, this one had a serious level of realism and accurate pitch definition.

I thought the fit and finish of this vehicle was a notch above previous efforts and sounded good to boot. Most of the others demo vehicles are overdone and gaudy IMO, that is, they will not stand the test of time. This X5 will be as impressive 20 years from now, it was admired by the teens and by the old farts like me.

BUT you have a valid point (as usual) it is not a real world car, but a real world car wouldn’t have had the ENTIRE CES abuzz over the Alpine demo vehicle either. The point of the car is to sell Alpine and this F#1 vehicle was very effective a that

The Morel car did a very good job, as a real world car
The Genesis car would have done very well as a real world car (except Ron Buffington was in a major wreck on the way and totaled the BMW)
The TRU car was very good as a real world car
The Beyma minicar was very good (only $200 in drivers were playing the whole show!!! and it sounded great…. Check out Beyma)

BTW kudos to Clarion and Troy. They had the slickest real world cars from a visual/ HP point of view. The Troy Barracuda was my dream car wooooooo it was the real world car we all dream of (it was a static audio display w/ RF gear). And the cars in the Clarion booth rocked …especially the green roadster…I didn’t get a chance to listen to the Clarion cars but that is the nature of CES

JohnVroom

Subs in the front dash, mid woofs in front and the rear (I didnt look for subs in the rear) I could not tell you where the xover point was but the mid-woofs (front and rear) went pretty low (maybe 60 Hz)... sorry I was misleading

M.C. Ryan

In the back I did see a rear centre though (mid/tweet)...

Tim Baillie.