Customer Ratings & Reviews

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I went to buy some more Infinity Kappas for my motorhome and the salesman at C****** said to give a listen to the Focal's. I did. I then went home and found a smokin deal at Sonic and saved $75.00!!

great sound

sound very good in my car. i have an amp hooked up for optimal performance. they are great. i just wish the tweeters worked as good. as i purchased them all on the same day

Focal 165 CA1

Excellent speakers. Very bright upper mids and highs. Detail is definitely there. These are a great selection for the beginning audiophile. For those that like speakers that will get loud, these will and they will do it well.

Awesome for the price...

For $129, you can't beat them. I have had similar 6.5 in. speakers (Memphis Audio, Rockford Fosgate, Polk) and the Focals are a notch above others in the same price range. The highs are a bit "tinny" at times, but that is my only complaint.

2011 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport Double Cab

I bought these speakers as an upgrade for my rear doors. They look great in the package and sound better than the $300 Alpine component set I have in the front doors. I have these running directly off an 18Wx4 Clarion NVX602 with no issues. I just wish Sonic had a Focal 6.5" component set to match! I'd buy it in a heartbeat!!!

One word of caution....Do not over tighten the mounting screws as the mounting ring on the speaker is plastic! I noticed the ring deforming as I was tightening the screws. Luckily I caught this and backed off a turn before damaging the speaker!!

Great clean sound with correct amplification

At first I was hesitant buying these because they were the "cost effective" line from Focal. Here we are 6 months later with a consistent 50 watts each on 4 of these speakers. I am very satisfied and would recommend them. I run an Alpine MRP-F450 on these with a 6 volt input and 3/4 gain to the amp. I do not listen to anything at low volume and I assure you these are clean on the vocals and I think they are really well balanced.

Clean Music - A+ Highs, A- Mids, and D for Lows

If your looking for bass, you need sub woofers. I have 2 sets of these focals installed and they produce wonderful highs...good mids and poor bass... Thats what you get from a 6" speaker. Just the power from your stock stereo (I have a Honda Accord) is not enough to power them and you will be severely disappointed. Once I installed a 5 channel amp to power these and a 10" sub. Quality was perfect. I would recommend these to anyone who wants to step up their quality of music.

Awesome Speakers

These speakers were a direct replacement for the awful OEM Subaru speakers in my 2013 wrx. Granted, the head unit is extremely under powered and pretty awful itself, but these speakers really made a difference. I also used RAAMmat vibration dampening and ensolite nice cancellation material. HUGE difference, I cant wait to put in a new head unit and hear them sing. FYI, I was able to pinch the tweeters in the stock locations if you remove the stock shroud piece. Mess around with it, you'll get them in there. I think the rainbow component speaker tweeters fit better, given the chance to do it again I'd give them a try. But these speakers are great for the price. Do your Subaru a favor and throw the stock junk out.

Amazing Sound

These speakers are likely the best I've ever owned. Very comparable to Boston Acoustics (I had a set in my last vehicle). On occasion, I'll play a certain song and it's like I forgot how awesome they are....and get all excited all over again. I have a JL 400, 4ch pushing them with a set of coax's up front. Very happy with the setup. I wouldn't do it differently

excellent

I had "massive" before buying focals and the difference is impressive!

Exelent speaker

I got the focal speaker and is the best speaker very good thanx.

BUY THESE

I have these speakers in my car right now, and they are absolutely amazing. Very clear and every note is heard. I love these speakers and i'm very satisfied with them, I wouldn't recommend any other pair at this price range.

Great SQ Drivers

After listening to multiple brands including JL, Boston, Alpine, Kenwood, and all Focals I decided on this set. The Focal lineup beat all other brands hands down. The Focal 165A1 set are the second best sq set following only the 30th anniversary. These have more punchy mid bass than the poly glass set, and dramatically better sq than the new entry lineup.

Excellent sound

I have these in my '99 Maxima's front doors and they complement the Focal 165VB's I have in the rear perfectly. They handle everything I send them with great reproduction of sound.

Great speaker

I have these in the rear doors of my 2013 Mazda CX-5 being pushed by a Polk PA D5000.5 from the OEM head unit through an Audiocontrol LC6i. They sound great, install was easy and these have great mids and bass. I have all the filters on the amp turned off and these hit down to about 40hz and sound great, never bottom out or distort. The tweeters swivel to help adjust the imaging and build quality seems top notch.

incredible!!!!

Honestly my friend has infinity speakers and these blow them out of the water. The clarity is phenomenal. These speakers throw out crystal clear highs and mids. I had Rockford Fosgate p165's before these and i LOVE rockford but they are simply no match to these Focals. I will only recommend these to people looking to upgrade speakers.

Sonic Marvel

Truly the best sounding, most complete, warm sounding speaker you will hear anywhere near this price.
I have a set run off deck power, and continue to be impressed with the quality of sound

Focal 165 ca1

Great speakers! When i have people in my car they are always amazed at the "clarity" of the sound.
Excellent product, highly recommended

enh

Sound quality is there, very bright but not overly harsh highs. Mids are very lacking off-axis, these speakers beam terribly... not ideal for factory location. These speakers are a little large in diameter for a 6.5" but they mounted up without too much issue. These will get loud with relative ease, but don't expect any bass or much midrange from them when you're pushing them...

Had them for about a year when one of them blew... NOT impressed with the build quality.

Awesome speakers

Best sounding speakers I've purchased. Such great sound you can not tell where any of the speakers are located! Very natural balanced sound!!
And I do not even have them on an aftermarket head unit or amp. Running directly off the factory radio. 09. G8!!!

great product!

Focal is a premium product that will not disappoint! I now have two sets on my Harley streetglide and they sound better than my Truck with JBL's. Ops, I'm gonna need more!

Focal 165 CA1 Speakers

These speakers are awesome, very clear and crisp, decent bass. I would recommend them to anyone on a budget, they are very good for what they cost!

Excellent Sound

I got these per my installers suggestion and have not regretted my purchase. Sound reproduction is accurate and crisp. By far a better product than Polk Audio speakers that I have used in the past.

Fantastic speaker

I had these Focal speakers installed and what a difference! Fantastic highs and midrange. I highly recommend these speakers!