Scosche Electronics HD Series Speaker Review

When you think of Scosche products. The first thing that usually comes to mind is Wal-Mart. Since Scosche products have been found in Wal-Mart for the longest of time. With such products such as Wiring Kits, Dash Kits, RCA Cables, Speaker Wire, In-Line Fuse Holders, Fuses, and many more.

And, the biggest down fall of a company that makes just about everything. Is that their products tend to lack quality for they make a large quantity of products. But, with Scosche that is not a problem. As to making so many products. The quality of these speaker are as close to prime quality without the prime quality price. For example the HD Series car speakers they make. Yes, you read that correctly. Outside of the large numbers of add-on Scosche makes for car audio. They indeed do make car audio speakers with the HD Series being one of three lines. The other series that Scosche makes are called EFX, and REALM. But, the HD Series is easier to get to than the others.

The HD Series car speakers you can pick up at your local Wal-Mart store in the car audio section. But, why would you pick up Scosche brand speakers when you have other brands to chose from at Wal-Mart. Like Sony, Pioneer, Kicker, and Dual. Well, maybe this review can help you decide a little better next time your in search for some aftermarket door speakers.

Scosche decided with their series to reach all speaker sizes. From 4 inch  to 6.5-6.75 inch to 4x6s, 5x6s, and finally 6x9s. A size fit for any vehicle. Now what point did that make? A lot of brands only make sizes that are popular. Most company choose to make 6.5-6.75, and 6x9 speakers more than the rest of the sizes that are in between to save on resources of certain sizes not selling at all.

Well, for Scosche that's great that they make all sizes of speakers. But, the question that stands is.. ARE THEY WORTH THE MONEY? Well, the answer to that is simple. YES! For the price these speakers are well worth their price tag. In which the price varies per speaker size. But, no matter the size these speakers are in. They all deliver with great sound quality, and music reproduction. These triaxial speakers as Scosche labels them. Perform great with just power output of the standard aftermaket head unit. But, put these speakers on a external amplifier. And, they really shine.

The HD Series speakers on a external amplifier deliver crisp highs, with a great mid-range frequency, and a punchy low bass. Whereas some car speaker mix all these frequencies together. Making listening not so great, and music reproduction sounding sloppy with clipping, and distortion. The built in crossover on the HD Series take care of those problems. Meaning no bass in your highs, and no highs in your bass. Creating a even sounding experience. The IMPP molded polypropylene cone gives these speakers not only a great look, but added durability in construction for music reproduction .

Now wattage to these speakers varies among sizes, but they all have a common variable of 50 watts RMS. Just about all the sizes are built as followed with 1 inch copper voice coils, 0.6 inch tweeter, 0.7 mid range, and 13 to 20 oz magnets. But, specs can't always describe how well a speaker will perform. If your in the market for some new speakers for your car. And, looking for some nice, that will sound amazing, and won't break the bank. Stop buy your nearest Wal-Mart pick up a pair of Scosche HD Series speakers, and try them for yourself. You won't be disappointed at all.

Where to get the Scosche HD Series, or EFX, and REALM series speakers. You can pick the HD Series speakers at your local Wal-Mart, or online at Scosche website

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Audiopipe ACPL1500.1D on AD-1 Amp Dyno - The Numbers Will Suprise You!

We've done a previous post about Audiopipe amplifiers. And, you can read that here. But, since the publishing of that article. Audiopipe has discontinued the AP line that we reviewed. Now in that article we spoke about the new line that would be replacing the AP line. And, that was the APCL line.

But, the question that stood to all consumers of Audiopipe products. Would they stand by the APCL line of amplifiers as they did the AP line? Would the APCL line be as powerful as the AP line? Would the pricing change? Well, as time has progressed some of those answers have been answered.

There have been some Audiopipe customers who have stood by the brand even with the discontinue of their favorite line, and have purchased the APCL line. And, found that the APCL to be as adequate to the AP line, or maybe even better. Now as far as power stands with the APCL line. That answer has came with some hard evidence. The video below provided by Big D Wiz of OldSchoolStereo.com put all the doubts to rest.

Now this test was ran at 0.5 ohms which is really pushing the limit of this 1 ohm stable amplifier. But, the APCL line have proven that it is now joke. Putting out a whopping 2810 watts. That's 1310 watts over the amps dynamic output of 1500 watts. Now imagine running this amplifier at 1 ohm. Estimation wattage is around 2300 watts. That is a estimation figure. Big D Wiz said that he will upload the full test of the APCL-1500.1D onto his channel.  If you don't know how this test was ran. Here is the answer. The AD-1 Dynamic RMS Power test is simulating as if this amplifier is in car, and playing music in real world terms. Sending a sine wave in short burst, rather than one long tone. Which is simulating the bass of a actual song. The AD-1 will read the cleanest output of wattage from the amplifier, and display the maximum RMS rating of the amplifier that was produced before clipping. Check back for the full AD-1 test on the Audiopipe APCL-1500.1D.

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