Well, Orion is a new brand for us but its been around since the early 80s. I must say this was going to be an interesting review. What I mean by that is I would have to ask around my contacts in NZ and Australia for some feed back as well as my own testing and listening via our demo board.
Ok time to see what Orion themselves have to say about this product, see below…
Description for XTR62 Component Set:
Keeping their cool when the music heats up, these speakers show no mercy. Custom crossover with protection and selectable tweeter levels lets you own the competition.
Silk Soft Dome Tweeters with Surface and Flush Mounting Hardware
UV Coated / Fiber Blended Cones
Custom Crossover with Protection and Selectable Tweeter Levels
Positionable silk soft dome tweeters
Custom crossover with protection
Tweeter level control
Universal fit baskets
Renowned Orion performance
Easy-to-install standard frame sizes
Specifications:
Sensitivity: 86 dB
RMS Power Range : 60 Watts
Peak Power Handling: 120 Watts
Frequency response: 90-22000 Hz
Diameter: 6.5 (approx) Inch
Orion History: Since the beginning, Orion has been all about High Performance Car Audio and Hardcore Attitude… Attitude that is being hammered into the DNA of every piece of industrial-strength Orion Car Audio equipment, and the players that use and abuse it, the bass heads and boulevard bullies who will testify that the baddest car and the loudest system ride on the same chassis – theirs!! SPL competitors, world champions, hot rodders, urban cruisers and the ones that just want to have fun alike are motivated to roll with the bullet proof performance and legendary muscle that is Orion Car Audio.
MD Audio Engineering was founded in Miami, FL as a private company in 2011 by the owner of a very large and well known car audio products distributor and manufacturer. This company has been known through the years and in the industry as the pivot or pioneer company for the transformation of the car audio market in South America. For manufacturing products that are at a very competitive prices and a much higher quality and efficiency for supporting the great and extreme use of the car audio enthusiastic fans in this countries.
The founder and currently CEO of the company was graduated as an Electronic Engineer in the 80`s but has been a car audio SPL competitor here in the US and South American countries from a very young age, which led him to become as mentioned above a distributor of many of the brands that are currently in the market and passed ones. As a Car Audio passionate himself and competitor from the 80`s when Orion was the best car audio brand in the industry he saw the Orion Brand full potential and capacity and wants to retake it to those days with modern technology and the best school knowledge, that is the feedback of the consumers and the advices of the installers, engineers and manufacturers of today`s car audio products. The company focus is to transform and take Orion to be the brand that is fully affordable, reliable and modern for all those who wants to have a car audio product in their car and expect to get the best of it. From the entry level every day user to the most extreme competitor on all categories.
Time to fire up these speakers and see how they sound.
Ok now first things first, straight off the bat I knew these were going to give the competition a run for their money so to speak 😉 For their price point they do produce a well balanced sound across all frequencies with a nice bass tone with the tweeters just complimenting the whole speaker package. Volume wise, you are really going to hear their presence weather they are amplified or just running off the source unit, can’t help just being very impressed with these components.
Pros: Best sounding components I’ve heard at its price point, Nice bass with mids and highs working well together, overall a very well balanced set of speakers.
Cons: Well this is where I must say, “can’t think of one”.
The Verdict: Yes I do like these, the guys at Orion have done a really great job with these Component Speakers. They sound amazing at the price point they are at, and would be a great addition for anyone looking for a Quality set of components.
Sounds Alive Rating: 4
1 = Disappointing
2 = Average
3 = Acceptable
4 = Impressed
5 = Wow!!
Ashley Madd Bass Burrell