Is Hertz a good speaker brand or not? at least price wise? One of my shops around here promotes them but I've never really heard of them so wanted to hear thoughts on them. Thanks

 

I'd take the silence as a no.
If an unknown brand is skyrocketingly expensive, sometimes they're just above what most people afford to use.

When it's cheap, it's probably just some cheaply constructed stuff that changes names more often than the extent of its warranty.

 

Ok. He has like the whole wall thing with a headunit so you can test the different versions and stuff. But I kinda felt the same way that I havnt ever heard of them one

 

I have hertz in the doors and rear deck being powered by jl audio amp. Have 2
10in subs in a custom box in the trunk. I have found they will take alot of power with out any distortion. Have infinity capa's in my Lincoln ls sport coupe. The infinity's handle the high ends better i feel. The girl friend can't really tell much difference iam just ocd i guess. Hope that helps.

 

Hertz is a high end brand with a great reputation, I think they're made in Italy.
They are pretty rare in the US and I'm not aware of any authorized internet dealers. Here's a Hertz discussion on DIYMA.

 

I have Hertz components on front door/tweeter and on the back side panels with the tweeters in the back window area facing forward of my coupe...
In the trunk are 2 10'' W6V2.
Overall, the Hertz sound pretty good, no distortion of sound at high volumes as stated above.

I'm satisfied with my purchase and install..

 

Hertz are high end

but like all high end, they also offer an entry line

Stick to the upper to high end to get the Hertz sound

 

Cool cool, I think you guys have swayed me to trust hertz lol, I'll probably run them in my car with like Rockford Fosgate subs or something

 

I got 2 hertz 12 milie subs in 2009 and I have not been able to tell yet why cause they keep freaking blowin after 1-3 hours trying to break them in They are made in Italy as stated above and every time I blow one the have to send it back to be repaired and since its such a high end unit they dont stock them in the store ,ahhhhhh soon as i get them back this time Im selling for the 1st person that really wants them!!!,on a side note i here the door speakers are good.

 

Hertz is made by Elettromedia, which also makes Audison. That said, yes Hertz is a great company. I almost bought their HSK 6.5" comps for 350 several years back, but I paid a couple hundred more and got a crazy deal on the Zapco CK comps so I went with those instead.

 

Speakers usually only blow because of too much distortion. Caused by not enough power, poor quality of amp, improper x-over points, playing an amp for long periods of time at high volumes will cause the amp to heat up extremly and produce poor quality output. Size of the enclosure can also play a small part.

I have Hertz subs and components in my trunk and I am very happy with them.

They do make different levels of speakers, just depends on your budget and sound quality acceptance.

 

Actually, the not enough power statement is a huge a myth.

Here's a link for info:

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/car-...mple-test.html

What it usually is though, is that when someone doesn't have enough power, they crank up the gain, thinking it's a volume ****, when really its just a signal....the gain **** increases that signal. Trying to compensate for lack of power can cause clipping and that can damage the amp as well as the sub. As you mentioned, distortion (the amount varies) will destroy a speaker.

 

Sure, you could run 1 watt of power to your sub and it wont blow. If you are trying to get the volume to a desired sound level it will take more power.

Just to increase the SPL by 3, it takes twice as much power. So if you don't have the power to reach the desired SPL you will turn things up and the amp will clip/ distort.

 

Yep, exactly...basically user error and wanting more out of it...kinda going boosted on an auto tranny, putting a ****load of power to the wheels...all user error for thinking they'll be fine.

 

Thanks. I'm going to get the specifics on the system when I get my dd installed but since I'm on a low budget i think I'll be happy with them