Focal RSE-165
Crutchfield customer from Woodstock, GA on 2/28/2021
2020 Jeep Gladiator
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Great speakers
Crutchfield customer from Pueblo, CO on 2/26/2021
2010 Honda Civic EX
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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Crutchfield customer from Hollywood, FL on 2/4/2021
2019 Lexus GX460
Great sound clear voice coil I have been a Focal listener for years would not change to anything else highly recommend this product
Pros: Excellent sound
Cons: None
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Just what I needed.
James from COLSTRIP, MT on 1/19/2021
2001 Pontiac Bonneville
Great sound, easy install, good price. What more do you want from speakers?
Pros: Trouble-free install, great sound, reasonable price.
Cons: None.
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Crutchfield customer from Birmingham, AL on 11/28/2020
2018 Honda Fit Sport
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.
Pros: Excellent overall sound Controlled highs Excellent staging
Cons: Crutchfield's instructions were not really appropriate for these speakers Focal has bizarre wiring for polarity Lacking bass for this class
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Alan from ROCK HILL, SC on 11/24/2020
2019 Honda Accord Sport
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..
Pros: imaging is superb depth is awesome radiant emotional response detailed drum slaps
Cons: very bright
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Immediate and substantial improvement
Crutchfield customer from Anchorage, AK on 11/9/2020
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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Crutchfield customer from WINSTON SALEM, NC on 7/30/2020
2008 Toyota Prius
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.
Crutchfield customer from Bessemer, AL on 3/21/2020
2018 Ford Mustang
Great speakers but line provided is too short and tweeters need better installation options or instructions.
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Clarity
Crutchfield customer from Lusby, MD on 1/6/2020
2017 Chevrolet Malibu
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Very nice sounds!
Crutchfield customer from Saint Jacob, IL on 11/9/2019
2019 Honda Insight
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Price to Performance 10/10
Guest from Bixby, OK on 10/21/2019
2016 Honda Civic LX
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.
Pros: Great sound, look good.
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Add some sonic power to your ride!
Crutchfield customer from Frankfort, IL on 10/21/2019
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.
Crutchfield customer from Crosby, TX on 9/8/2019
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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Crutchfield customer from Summerville, GA on 8/2/2019
Very nice set for the money. Tweeters are much clearer than my old Infinity's.
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Outstanding Imaging Improvement Over Factory
Crutchfield customer from Castle Rock, CO on 7/20/2019
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.
Pros: Exceptional build quality, outstanding frequency range with excellent articulate treble response, particularly for an automobile component.
Cons: None.
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Buy them
Crutchfield customer from Louisville, KY on 5/6/2019
2008 Toyota Tacoma
Great speakers! Sound quality is there and bass is good for a component set.
Pros: Sound quality, bass,
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Michael from Atlanta, GA on 3/4/2019
2018 Chevrolet Malibu
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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Crutchfield customer from Panama City, FL on 8/14/2018
2016 Ram 1500
Very nice for entry level components, highly recommend over similarly priced coaxials.
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Budget Focal true to its roots
Jason from San Angelo, TX. on 8/2/2018
2000 Dodge Ram 1500
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
Pros: great sound ease of install great crossovers loud and clear with a properly tuned amp
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Darrell from Valatie, NY on 5/10/2018
2015 Ford Mustang
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
Robert from Phoenixville, PA on 12/11/2017
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!
Pros: nice and simple design,... no extra stuff you won't need-
Cons: tweets maybe a bit bright (to my ears)
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Great sounding with amp
Craig from Auburn, CA on 11/23/2017
1997 Dodge Ram 2500
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.
Pros: All good, great highs and lows. In my van it sounds like a concert hall.
Cons: None
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Great Speakers, -1 for Installation Gear
Isaac from San Antonio, TX on 10/23/2017
2014 Nissan Pathfinder
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.
Pros: Sound Great Good highs, and I feel like I can hear every instrument The grills are nice, metal, high quality I like/used the angled mounts (originally going to do flush but couldn't) and they were a nice option
Cons: Instructions are garbage Where did all the screws go? Can you please but springs in all of the different tweeter mounting options, so I don't have to waste time rigging stuff? Slight hiss at high volume and car engine off....possibly an installation error (I'm no pro)
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Crutchfield customer from Rochester, MI on 3/14/2017
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
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Clear and crisp, but not piercingly crisp.
Jason R from Canton, GA on 3/11/2017
2006 Scion tC
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.
Pros: Focal quality tweeters. Great clarity for the price range.
Cons: Lacking mid range punch, but that's an issue relative to my install.
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Just buy them, dammit!
Aaron from SF Bay Area, CA on 3/6/2017
2003 Toyota Highlander
Buy these speakers. Put on "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Jimi Hendrix. Try not to get goosebumps. You're welcome.
Pros: Everything
Cons: Tricky to install in my 2003 Toyota Highlander with the JBL stock system. But I talked to some awesome people here at Crutchfield who made it super easy.
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