Why install component speakers?

A component speaker system gives you the best possible performance from your car audio system. A system consists of separate woofers, tweeters, and crossovers, each designed to cover one specific range of frequencies. As separate components, the woofer can move freely to deliver more powerful performance, while the tweeter can be custom-mounted in a better spot up closer to your ears, revealing a whole new world of detail. Separate crossovers are far superior to the simple filters wired into full-range speakers, so the components work together for smoother, more focused sound.

Our take on the Focal Polyglass 130 VR

by Buck Pomerantz

Focal's Polyglass VR component speaker systems use precision craftmanship and advanced materials to make a strong sonic impression. Each system includes two tweeters, two woofers, two crossover networks, grilles, and assorted hardware.

2-layer woofer cone
The 130 VR system features a 5-1/4" woofer with a Polyglass cone that's created by depositing a layer of hollow glass microbeads over a layer of cellulose pulp. This unique material combines the warm sound of cellulose with the incredible strength of glass, for a cone that responds rapidly with extremely low resonance. A butyl rubber surround helps control cone movement and promotes high power handling. The zamak (zinc alloy) basket provides a non-magnetic, non-resonant housing that won't color the sound.

Unique tweeter design
Focal designed the aluminum/magnesium inverted dome tweeter to disperse high frequencies evenly for a big, open soundstage. The external 2-way crossover ensures a smooth transition from lows to highs, so vocals and instruments sound natural. You can select from 3 tweeter levels to get the right balance in your vehicle. Grilles are included.

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Highlights:

5-1/4" component speaker system (includes 2 woofers, 2 tweeters, 2 crossover networks, and hardware)
Polyglass woofer with butyl rubber surround and aluminum phase plug
non-resonant zamak (zinc alloy) basket
aluminum/magnesium inverted dome tweeter
outboard crossover with 3-level tweeter control and midrange matching
grilles included
6-50 watts RMS power range (100 watts peak)
frequency response: 80-28,000 Hz
sensitivity: 94 dB
depth: 2-7/16"
warranty: 1 year
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Features and Specs

General
Speaker Size Loading...	5 1/4
Design Loading...	2-way
Tweeter Design Loading...	Inverted Dome
Tweeter Composition Loading...	Aluminum/Magnesium
Woofer Composition Loading...	Polyglass-coated Cellulos
Woofer Surround Loading...	Butyl Rubber
Parts Warranty Loading...	1 Year
Labor Warranty Loading...	1 Year
Specifications
Sensitivity Loading...	94 dB
Frequency Response Loading...	80 - 28k Hz
RMS Power Range (Watts) Loading...	6-50
Peak Power Handling (Watts) Loading...	100
Impedance (Ohms) Loading...	4
Top-mount Depth (Inches) Loading...	2 1/2
Bottom-mount Depth (Inches) Loading...	2 5/8
Cutout Diameter or Length (inches) Loading...	4 9/16

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Two 5-1/4" Woofers
Two inverted dome tweeters (with attached 22" length of speaker wire)
2 Tweeter flush mount cups (installed)
2 Tweeter angle mount cups
Tweeter removal tool
2 Crossover networks
2 Woofer grilles
2 Woofer grille mounting rings
2 Tweeter flush mount clamps
2 Woofer mounting gaskets
8 Speed clips
2 Machine screws (for flush mounting)
Four 5/8" Self-tapping screws
Twelve 1" Self-tapping screws
Owner's manual (English/ French)
Focal window sticker
Serial number card

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Woofer
Tweeter
Crossover
Dimensions

Woofer

Polyglass Cone: The woofer cone has a cellulose pulp base and is coated with a uniform deposit of hollow glass microballs. The addition of the Polyglass layer significantly increases the cone's rigidity without adding much weight. This combination takes advantage of the accuracy and neutrality of the hard outer surface, but maintains the superior damping characteristics of the cellulose pulp.

Surround: The butyl rubber surround is resistant to ultraviolet rays, temperature extremes, and humidity to add to the speaker's reliability and longevity.

Phase Plug: The bullet-shaped aluminum phase plug in the center of the woofer ensures a smooth, flat off-axis frequency response by preventing the high frequency sound waves emanating from one side of the cone from interfering with sound waves from the other side of the cone.

Zamak Basket: The woofer features a cast Zamak basket. Zamak is a rigid alloy of Zinc, Aluminum, Magnesium, and Copper. Zamak is non-magnetic.

Voice Coil: The voice coil is wound around a 1-1/4" diameter low-mass Kapton former, ensuring no coil deformation.

Tweeter

Inverted Dome Tweeter: The tweeter is an inverted aluminum/magnesium dome, producing a broad sound stage. The tweeter has a Neodymium magnet to provide a powerful magnetic field for the voice coil, while still maintaining the tweeter's compact dimensions.

Mounting Options: The tweeter can be surface or flush mounted using the included adapters. Focal recommends flush mounting, but the included angled cup allows surface mounting at one of two angles; approximately 10° and approximately 30°.

Crossover

Components: Focal uses audiophile grade polypropylene capacitors and air core inductors to ensure high definition and a dynamic sound quality.

Tweeter Level: You can adjust the output level of the tweeter on the crossover to -6 dB, -3 dB, or 0 dB.

Crossover Slopes: The crossover uses 2nd order, 12 dB per octave low-pass and high-pass filters. The crossover frequency for both is 4,000 Hz.

Wiring: The inputs and outputs are screw terminals; they will accept bare wire or spade connectors up to 0.3" wide.

Dimensions

Tweeters:

	Flush Mount	Angled Surface Mount
Mounting Height	0.274"	1.186"
Depth	0.688" (1.01" including screw)	0.527" (screw depth)
Frame Diameter	2.054"	1.842"
Cutout Diameter	1.828"	N/A

Crossover:

Width: 2.537"
Height: 1.246"
Depth: 4.704"

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Video: Introduction to Focal Car Audio

Zak Billmeier, Ken Nail

4/14/2009

Crutchfield's car audio experts Ken and Zak present an overview to Focal car audio products. Focal is a leading name in high-quality sound and Crutchfield is proud to have them in our lineup.