About the Alpine SPS-500
Alpine combines outstanding materials with superior construction to create their Type-S Series speakers. Upgrade your factory speakers with these Alpines, and they'll fill your vehicle with high-fidelity sound at a reasonable cost.
The SPS-500 5-1/4" speakers use strong, lightweight polypropylene-mica woofers to handle the lower frequencies. Air-injected rubber surrounds keep cone movement under tight control, eliminating distortion and enhancing bass. Stamped steel frames provide rugged support for these speakers, and their low profile allows them to fit in more factory locations.
The 3/4" silk dome tweeters play your high notes smoothly and comfortably with no hint of harshness. You can also swivel the tweeters up to 10 degrees to improve the stereo image at your listening position. These efficient Type-S speakers will sound great with a low-powered factory radio, but they're also made to handle the high power output of an external amplifier. Grilles are included.
Priced per pair
Product highlights:
- 5-1/4" 2-way speakers (pair)
- polypropylene-mica woofer cone with air-injected rubber surround
- 3/4" silk dome tweeter
- power range: 2-55 watts RMS (170 watts peak power)
- frequency response: 80-22,000 Hz
- sensitivity: 87 dB
- top-mount depth: 2"
- warranty: 1 year
- MFR # SPS-500
What's in the box:
- Two 2-way 5.25" speakers
- 2 Grilles
- Two 12" lengths of speaker wire (each length has quick-slides on one end and bare wire on the other end)
- 8 Self-tapping screws
- 8 Speed clips
- Warranty sheet
- "Important Notice!" note
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Features & specs
| General | ||
|---|---|---|
| Speaker Size | ||
| Design | 2-way | |
| Tweeter Design | Dome | |
| Impedance (Ohms) | 3.6 | |
| Tweeter Composition | Silk | |
| Woofer Composition | Poly-mica | |
| Woofer Surround | Rubber | |
| Parts Warranty | 1 Year | |
| Labor Warranty | 1 Year | |
| Specifications | ||
| Sensitivity (1W at 1 meter) | 87 | |
| Sensitivity at 2.83 volts | N/A | |
| Frequency Response | 80 - 22k Hz | |
| Minimum RMS Wattage | 2 | |
| Maximum RMS Wattage | 55 | |
| Peak Power Handling (Watts) | 170 | |
| Top-mount Depth (Inches) | 1 15/16 | |
| Bottom-mount Depth (Inches) | N/A | |
| Cutout Diameter or Length (inches) | 4 7/16 | |
| Mounting Height (Inches) | 0.6875 | |
| Frame Width | 5.081 | |
| Frame Length | 5.018 | |
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Features
Poly-Mica Cone: Each speaker features a Poly-Mica cone. Mica adds strength and heat resistance to polypropylene, resulting in reduced distortion and improved reliability.
Air-injected Rubber Surrounds: For a smoother response and improved durability, the woofers use air-injected rubber surrounds.
Silk Dome Swivel Tweeters: Each speaker has a 3/4" Wide-Range Silk Dome Tweeter for excellent high frequency sound reproduction. The tweeters can swivel up to 10 degrees so you can adjust for the optimum listening position. When the tweeter is fully angled at 10-degrees, the speaker's mounting height is increased by 0.125".
Highly Efficient Design: The SPS-500's high-efficiency design allows the speaker to be run off of your factory or aftermarket head unit, resulting in an easy system improvement for many vehicles requiring a 5" speaker.
Shallow-Design: The Alpine SPS-500 features a stamped steel shallow frame. This shallow mounting design allows for easier installation in a wide range of door panels giving you a perfect fit.
Grilles: The Alpine SPS-500 Type-S speakers come supplied with protective speaker grilles when mounting the 5" speakers in a non-factory location. The grilles feature a black plastic ring and a silver metal mesh grille. The grilles mount to the speaker using the supplied mounting screws.
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I originally bought the Kicker speakers to upgrade the sound on my '06 Jeep. They weren't much better than stock and couldn't handle much wattage. They popped and cracked at higher volumes. These Alpines were a huge improvement, giving me great sound at all volume levels. I'd highly reccommend them.
islidur from Denver