Let me preface this review with the fact that I own a more expensive Focal 165 speaker system in my VW Van and it has performed flawlessly for over 10 years. The sound and power handling capabilities are excellent The Focal 165 Access A1 speakers I'm reviewing here were bought on Ebay used, so your experience my be different and hopefully better. The speakers came poorly boxed and upon further inspection, one of the woofers had taken a significant blow during transport as the glue bond holding the magnet and phase plug in line with the woofer cone had shifted enough to prevent the cone from moving back and forth and as a result, the woofer had the sound quality of a 1960's Japanese transistor radio. That's not Focal's fault, but factors into my review. After three tries to get the seller to do something about it, all met with no response, I gave up since I had let the package sit in my shop for a few months until I had the time to install the speakers. That eliminated any clout I or Ebay had over the seller and I was stuck. Luckily I found a pair of Focal mid bass drivers of slightly higher quality NIB on Ebay and simply replaced the ones that came in the Ebay sale and just wrote it off as a lesson learned. Once the speakers were fitted in the vehicle(a 96 Subaru Legacy Brighton Wagon), I got the tweeter levels where I thought they should be. I alluded to the price point nature of these speakers and I have seen many comments for car audio experts that have chastised c Focal for calling this set Focals. They say(and I agree)that these don't sound anything like the more expensive Focal systems and they must be marketing these speakers to folks that want the Focal logos in their car, but don't want to pay the premium price for their higher end stuff. Specifically, I thought the tweeters sounded very tinny compared to my other system, and there seems to be a hole in the mid range vocals and lower guitar notes whereas the sound in my more expensive system is very full in that music range. To an untrained ear, they will sound much better than your factory system. but rather than spend $200 on Ebay for the Access A1 system, you'd be miles ahead to upgrade to the $300 165 system(forget the specific initials behind the 165 number). The tweeter is of higher quality and so are the crossovers and mid bass drivers. At $200 for the A1 system, I can't speak to whether it's comparable quality to other $200 systems from other high end manufacturers. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up quite that high. Bottom line is that just because it says Focal, doesn't mean that it's going to sound like the $600 speakers.Read full review
I installed these speakers in my truck a week ago and they completely changed how my truck sounds! I had infinity 5x7's (no complaints with these speakers at all, I just wanted component tweeters) in all 4 doors, and I replaced the front ones with the Focals, and I love them! I had a friend listen to them and he went out and bought the same ones for his truck, and they also sound amazing on his stock radio! I would recommend these for anyone looking for a new set of speakers. The install was easy, and the tweeter's attached wire was long enough to put them almost anywhere in my truck. The crossover is of high quality and the ability to change the dB's is really handy if you are installing the tweets far away from the woofers. I put mine at the lowest level, but if I didn't like it that way I could very easily change them to be louder with just a switch on the crossover. The woofers seem very high quality, and the mid-bass that they produce is very clean and clear and even amp'd I could not make them distort! In comparison to the Infinity coaxial speakers that I removed to install these, there is a lot of difference. These speakers, while providing about the same amount of power as the 5x7's do it much cleaner and make it very easy to hear the highest notes my iPod produces. Overall I would buy a set of these for every vehicle that I own, and I recommend them to anyone that wants good quality without paying the high price of some of the other available options out there.Read full review
Could not ask for better customer service!! I made two huge errors on my end that ended up costing them $12 to have the items returned before they were sent to me. This day and time most companies would hold me responsible for that money but they didn't! They paid the $12 and didn't charge me a dime when they were already refunding me $50. I will be back for more speakers and another amp . But this time i will actually call and ask for help with my future purchases ;) again this day and time its hard to find good customer service let alone incredible customer service! I am truly sorry for any confusion I cost y'all with my orders but with such a huge selection and incredible prices it can be a bit much for a girl shopping for her hubby !! The two purchases I made was for my husbands harley for Father's Day and everything arrived in time! We pick the bike up Wednesday and I cannot wait to hear what it sounds like. Thank you so so much for your help ! You guys are truly incredible and I even told my husband who is the GM of ford in Cleveland Tn that he needs to use you guys for his customers upgrades with their vehicles !! :) :) thank you again for everything ! So many places have forgot about customers service.. I know every time I hear that bike fired up it will remind me of you guys :) xoxoRead full review
Great speaker with a close sound to the Focal k2 but not the price of the K2! I love this product I have been using this product for years and they are still the same kick butt quality that you expect! I have zero problems and the ones I have bought years ago still sound like the day I bought them!! Highly recommended to all of you that deserve and thrive for perfection in top end sound!!!!!
Good speakers tweeters are a bit soft for my taste but then again focal is known for it's neutral sound they are not 6.5" as focal states more like 6.75" good for the money but expected more from focal not even close to the k2
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