Focal RSE-165

Great product and a great deal

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Focal RSE-165

They sound really nice. The highs are clear and there is plenty of bass.

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The sound is solid from these speakers.

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Focal RSE-165

"good bang for the buck!" i matched these to the "kicker key amp." active system. because i was dealing with a DSP tuning took a while to get them dialed in. these speakers have great dynamic/rich sound. if you have music thats not all chopped up and reworked the native sound is amazing! its also matched up to a kicker 10" sealed sub. only down side. theres no rms rating on the tweeters. 50 watt amp. the gains are turned all the way down. perfect!! if your car uses the tweeters to alarm you. those "beep sounds!" can be really loud if you turn up the gains. larry

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Sound great depending on your receiver. One received only has mid and tweeter ex's outputs. So even with the crossover using the mid rca I cannot make any of the lyricsout of the tweeters. Super muffled 6.5, has decent bass for its size.

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Great upgrade to already good stereo on a Chevy Bolt

I got terrific value for the money I spent. These are "component" speakers. The woofers go in the door (typically) and the tweeters typically are mounted in the dash. If you need "integrated" or "two-way" speakers, with the woofer and tweeter in one speaker, you want the Focal RCX-165. My vehicle (a 2021 Chevy Bolt) needed two-way in the rear, and component for the front. I bought a pair of each. My 2021 Bolt came with a very good sound system - for a standard car stereo. Replacing the "head end" of a modern sound system integrated into a new car is costly and foolish. There are two many connections and features to integrate. Adding a power amp is also not a great plan for an electric car: they use too much of your battery power. I wanted a better sound system than the moderately good standard system. An upgraded model, with a Bose sound system, would have cost me nearly $5K more. So I replaced the speakers and kept the head end. I love - LOVE! - my sound system now. The bass, mid-range, and tweeter are all clear, with warmth and vibrancy. My many-thousand-dollar home sound system is definitely better, but this is the best car sound system I have personally owned. In 5+ decades of driving. Awesome!

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Very good--using stock head unit

Very nice upgrade to my Mazda CX-5 (base trim level). I used the stock head unit and added the Focal for a basic upgrade. These are noticeably more accurate than the stock speakers in every aspect. I'd go with them again.

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Focal RSE-165

IMO... Focal is the best speaker one can buy for their vehicles.

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Focal RSE-165

great sound and price

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Great tweeter, decent woofer, very basic crossover ... Good results.

I have mixed feelings about these speakers, but I like them well enough--so I'll give them a 5 star review. These have great tweeters. That's what makes them excel. The crossovers are really rather cheap and disappointing for the price; I think other brands have better XO examples with woofer roll-offs and different dB levels for the tweeter. The woofer has pretty good resolution, but won't play too low. For best results, pair with a sub and cross it over at like 80 hz or so. The speakers sound better when broken in (of course), but I still question if they're worth the price point. These don't feel like real "Focal" speakers, but rather some knock-offs or very entry brand with Focal's name on it. All in all, I'm happy with them. Not sure if they're worth the money... as I bet other brands will sound as good for less $... but I plan on keeping the truck for years, so it'll dollar-cost average just fine... Better if you can buy them on sale...but I'm still satisfied w/ my purchase.

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These were an excellent upgrade for the stock speakers in my 2015 Fiesta with the stock head unit. The tweeters fit nicely in the factory openings. I had to trim a cable bracket on the door panel slightly to find a spot for the crossover. These speakers definitely lack bass compared to the stock speakers but the clarity of the mids and highs more than make up for it. I would have added a sub eventually but it's a higher priority now.

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Very pleased. Fits in the front

I am very satisfied with these speakers. I put them in the front of my 98 Grand Cherokee with an existing Pioneer head unit pushing 45 Watts to each speaker. I put the tweeter up on the window ledge with the angled encasement. The listing for these say they will not fit in the front as their depth is listed as 2.515 and the Grand Cherokee front has a depth listed as 2.4. When installed they do touch the window bracket and when you put them in you can feel the magnet pull the speaker to the window frame. They sound excellent. They are not huge on base but I would not expect that from a 6" speaker. Soon I will add a new head unit, amp and subwoofers and expect performance to be even better then.

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Focal RSE-165

Sound great and were easy to install with the adapters.

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Great sound

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Great sound. Love them

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Great speakers

I have only had them in the car for a week, but they sound great. Huge upgrade on the factory speakers. Paired them with a JLAudio amp and I cannot even turn them up to anywhere close to their max.

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Focal

Great sound clear voice coil I have been a Focal listener for years would not change to anything else highly recommend this product

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Just what I needed.

Great sound, easy install, good price. What more do you want from speakers?

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Excellent staging from the tweeters and accurate (if relatively light) bass from the 6 1/2" speakers. I would not recommend these without a sub to help fill out the lower end, these are not one size fits all. Additionally the crossovers are pretty crucial. Following Crutchfield's instructions I spliced my dash tweeters to the stock speaker wires as an adapter was not available. The resulting sound was so harsh yet dull that I had to reduce my usual volume level. I decided to run a wire to the crossover (mounted in the door) and, viola, beautiful sound. Just be prepared for a slightly more involved install than just swapping out your tweets.

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These speakers are amazing. they are extremely crisp and responsive. I hear things in my music i havent heard in ages. want to hear the slide of fingers on the bar of the guitar? the raspiness of a asinger changing their octave? These are the ticket..

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Immediate and substantial improvement

Immediate and substantial improvement over stock speakers. Combined with the coaxial in the rear doors and much better than the stock in a 2016 Tacoma. Great support from Crutchfield in the installation. The hardest part in a Tacoma install is getting the tweeters wired up in the dash, there is almost no slack in the factory wire, so lots of small work in a very confined space.

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Honestly - harsh, metallic, and abrasive. The crossover does not low-pass the woofer, and the resulting breakup and interference with the tweeter creates unwanted incoherence and gain in the ~1.5-5kHz region. To fix it you either need separate amplification channels and DSP for the woofer and tweeter or modification in the passive crossover. Take a look at the owner's manual and you will see it in the frequency response plot. Wish I hadn't wasted money on these.

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Great sound if you can handle the installation process.

Great speakers but line provided is too short and tweeters need better installation options or instructions.

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Clarity

Great speakers, very clear

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Very nice sounds!

Crisp clean sounds!

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Price to Performance 10/10

I love these speakers, they sound great and create a great sound stage in my front seat. Good bass and good highs. Would definitely recommend to anyone who doesn't wanna spend a fortune.

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Add some sonic power to your ride!

These will bring out the music! I swaped out my factory installed speakers in my Rav4 with these Focals and I couldn't be happier. If you really want to hear your music, give these a look.

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Great sounding.

Great sound for a relatively inexpensive speaker. Crisp, clean, detailed, without being harsh. Good soundstage. Image well. Tweeters are smooth and present without being overbearing. Nice and detailed even at lower volume levels. (Driving them with a decent Pioneer four channel amp) I can't comment on bass production as I'm running a separate sub woofer and have these woofers rolled off at 120 HZ. Highly recommend if you want good sound for not much money.

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Focal RSE-165

Very nice set for the money. Tweeters are much clearer than my old Infinity's.

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Outstanding Imaging Improvement Over Factory

Typical to Focal these component speakers perform at near audiophile levels. Deployed in Q-Forms kick panel forms the Focal's provide a dramatic improvement in sound quality and imaging over 2002 Jeep Wrangler crap factory front speakers. I am a devoted Focal customer with Utopia's as my home audiophile system and their new 8" driver outdoor speakers for my deck. I just appreciate the French sound I guess.

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Buy them

Great speakers! Sound quality is there and bass is good for a component set.

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Focal RSE-165

Excellent sound quality. Replaced factory components with these and couldn't be happier! A little fab work for the tweeter was needed (but I already knew that thanks to Crutchfield's research) to fit into the factory location. Left all factory connector's intact but routed a new wire from the x-over to the tweet. There is an adapter you can get to make it easier to wire the tweeter but you'd not get the effect of the x-over then. Thank you Crutchfield and Focal for the excellent product!

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Very nice for entry level components, highly recommend over similarly priced coaxials.

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Budget Focal true to its roots

I have been using Focal for several years and in my last truck, I have the Kevlar series. I just didn't want to pay that much for this new truck and build. So I went with these. Great price for the sound. The tweeter is fantastic. Sounds great on anything you throw at it, rap, techno, chill, dubstep, rock, even live music sounds fantastic. Just close your eyes and listen.... I recommend these to all my friends bc they love how it sounds so clear and loud... they are amped on a Soundqubed 400x4

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So far so good Speakers fit with a little bit of trimming on included extension ring Sound is definitely better than the stock Ford junk

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Focal, give them a shot for factory replacements w/ no Amp

So after I installed a set of polk DB series 5 1/4" into my car (after marker Pioneer head unit power) I absolutely did NOT like the sound,...so tin can, like head phones cranked and on my doors as speaker! (according to Crutfield advisors). Polk DB series need a little more power to sound their best, and not willing to add an amp at this time I decided to make a call and see if I could exchange the Polks for these 6 1/2" Focal RSE-165 (Thanks Harley! (Crutfield advisor) for all the advise) wow, what a difference! Much louder at similar volume levels, good mid bass, for 6 1/2" running head unit power only, these sound very nice! I would buy again, especially with Crutfields return, exchange policy! I bought a set for the rear doos as well, Focal Auditor series 6 1/2" also sound real nice off head unit (RMS22 watts (maybe??)) 50 x 4 peak,... I'm sure I'd get a little better sound with an amp,.. maybe after Christmas! (The box my RSE-165 came in was a little beat up looking on the outside, perfect condition inside tho,.. no worries! Just throw them in and listen up!

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Great sounding with amp

I have these speakers in the front of my van and they sound great, but I am also running a Kenwood class D amp and Kenwood head unit, all OF wiring, and 4 gauge wire on amp, so of course they sound good. Do not know what they would sound like with just factory set-up. I have other people get in my van and the sound blows them away. I have old 2 way 6 1/2 speakers in back and am going to change them out for a pair of 6 1/2 Focal 2 way speakers. Only thing I don't like about Focal 2 way speakers is that they do not come with covers. To me, that is really stupid, or cheap on their part.

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Great Speakers, -1 for Installation Gear

Speakers sound great. I think they are at a great value also. I did notice a slight hiss sound, and the Crutchfield Advisor said the speakers could be defective. I can't hear it when the car is on, so I wasn't about to go through the install again. My main issue is with the instructions...they suck. There were only springs in the flush tweeter mounts so I had to pry them off and super glue them to the angled mounts, and it didn't come with screws for the angled tweeter mount. There are more holes than screws. Something that confused me later was the positive and negative are backwards from what I typically see...the negative is the wire with the line and positive is solid (focal is opposite). The speakers came with nice connectors, but it would be nice if they have included extensions. These are my first Focal's I sure hope they supply better installation gear with the more expensive sets. I do not have an external amp on this setup, but In comparing them to my old Infinity Kappas with only the receiver pushing them, I say tie, maybe the Kappas could get higher but my ears don't like it that high anyways.

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Focal RSE-165

Speakers and tweeters sound great

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Clear and crisp, but not piercingly crisp.

I've got about 6 hours of playing time on these so far and they are a good quality speaker. The tweeters are definitely great, especially at this price point. The mid range speaker does not do well in free space, I'm going to try making a baffle or small enclosure that will fit inside the door to get some of that punchy mid-range back. Right now my JL 12Tw3 is pulling some double duty to help out with that mid range. I'm also running the Auditor coaxial speakers in the back and I've noticed the same thing with those. Now, don't take this feedback as a negative remark, I'm just stating things that I have noticed....you definitely cannot go wrong with Focal! Once I have a chance to make a small enclosure or add a baffle, I'll come back and update this.

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Just buy them, dammit!

Buy these speakers. Put on "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Jimi Hendrix. Try not to get goosebumps. You're welcome.

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