Alpine Electronics 13cm 2-Way Coaxial Speakers SXE-1325S

Bought two pairs of these for my '06 Honda CRV as the original paper cone speakers are/were gaaaaarbage.As someone who's done many dozens of installs over the years I have to say that these are actually pretty good speakers for what they are.Decent volume, no distortion - unless really abusing the volume & bass settings and actually have pretty good range.Obviously bass is going to be limited on a 5" speaker but does manage fairly well with a few tweaks on the equaliser settings on the head unit.My only criticism is that they do seem to be balanced more towards the higher range, would be good to have a bit more mid-range out of them.I should also note that I installed acoustic deadening in my door when I installed these speakers - its a simple thing to do that will make a huge improvement to any system.Honestly, for the money though they punch well above their weight in my opinion as long as you understand the following:Ideally a head unit upgrade or amplifier is required when upgrading speakers as most car stereos are rubbish.Also, these are 5" speakers... Budget 5" speakers... It is unreasonable to expect them to be amazing and will absolutely not win any volume and/or bass competitions. If you want to get the best out of them install sound deadening in your door panel and get a subwoofer. These speakers will be more than adequate in most normal situations.

Really nice for the money, fit perfectly and are a huge upgrade on the OE speakers.

If anyone reads this review just know that everyone here is complaining about the cheapest series Alpine makes. E series aren’t anything special compared to an R or an X. These speakers seriously are worth the money. They cost me 40$ and there is a very clear difference in sound compared to stock Honda speakers. Chances are that everyone here hooked them up backwards lol. They are clear, loud and well built for how inexpensive they are. For only being 5 inches they put out a good amount of bass as well. Worth the money guys. Just make sure they are wired correctly and you’ll have some cheap kick a speakers.

Bought to replace front OEM speakers in my W639 Vito as the price seemed reasonable.Standalone with extra subwoofer acceptable sound, good mids and trebles (for the money) but that pretty much ends there, on their own they have really poor bass and overall don't see how they could perform well.

Probably perfectly OK but they didn't fit the aperture I had. Returned no problem

Cannot argue with these for the price. Bought these and some adapter rings to go in my 1998 Audi A4 Avant. Perfect! 31/10/2019EDIT: The right hand speaker is intermittent and crackles. Sounds like it's blown but the left one is fine21/02/2020

Great set of sounding speakers for the price, easy to install, however, i was disappointed that no connections or wires came with the speakers, luckily enough i had spares so no big deal. All in all a good buy

Do not fit my BMW 3 series the windows and panels cannot close