best component speakers?

Just some conjecture here...

..CDT's speakers are very different sounding from Focal's.

Focal's are bright, accurate... almost to the point of being sterile....although not as sterile as JL or Infinity ...

CDT's have a great sound to them, but it is much warmer and mellower than *any* other speaker brand I've ever heard.

Depending on your musical tastes, you may or may not like CDT, but they are very different.  Myself, I've moved away from CDT as I moved into active xovers and cars with goofy clearances, but I have great memories of the Classic series and EuroFrame series componets in my old Toyota.  Today I still run a pair of CDT 12's.

I would also think you should take a listen to some of the stuff from Boston Acoustics.  I've never gotten some extended time with the Pro series in an actual car, but on a demo board they're probably some of the best speakers I've ever spent time with.  The S-series coaxials are flat-out the best sounding coaxials I've ever heard.

forbidden wrote: Morel...Focal...Eclipse(Vifa)

I want to know which of these you mentioned (your platinum status more than convinces me) is generally the least expensive? I figured I could actually build a Vifa component set from Parts Express for less than buying a set.

Based on current CDN pricing, the Eclipse components would be the cheaper set based on similar types of speakers. Both Focal and Morel have inexpensive speakers as well, perhaps not quite the same calibre as the Eclipse components. In the upper reaches however, the Morel and Focal speakers are most definitely a superior speaker.

Hmm.  forbidden is probably a bit more qualified to answer this, but what the heh. 

The xover is really a critical... *critical* componet in the sound and setup of a high quality speaker system.  The xover is responsible for not just the seperation of the frequencies, but the fundemental voicing of the speaker system.

Individual drivers from parts express really isn't the way to do what you are trying to do.  You'd be much, *much* better off buying any random $150 componet set than using 'simple 1st order xovers' ...

I do applaud your 'out of the box' thinking here, but I would imagine you'd be setting youself up for something that is far less than the products you are trying to emulate.