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Bronze Member Username: Derick06Rio Grande City, Texas United States Post Number: 66 Registered: Nov-05 | I've been wanting to get an active setup for a while now. My original plan was to get a couple of Ascendant Audio Poly Mids but since they aren't coming out till summer, I guess I'll just try something else. I have a Zapco Ref. 360.4 amplifier already. My plan is to get these tweeters http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=7079259.676&pid=2135 and these mids http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=7079259.676&pid=989 Would this be a good idea for an active setup or not? |
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Gold Member Username: FishyTamarac Ft.Laud, FL USA Post Number: 1591 Registered: Sep-04 | Yeah Seas makes good stuff, but...... I wish Jonathan were here. IIRC those magnesium cone drivers exhibit some weird resonances that Seas manages to tame using a notch filter in the Lotus Reference Series: http://www.mobilesq.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=163 If you plan on going active you're probably gonna want an EQ regardless. -Fishy btw I've got set of the Lotus Refernces sittin in my room right now. Hopefully I'll have em installed soon and see if they are as great as everyone says. :P |
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Bronze Member Username: Derick06Rio Grande City, Texas United States Post Number: 67 Registered: Nov-05 | I think I can equalize them with my Head Unit. It's a Premier P880PRS It's got a three way system |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderWest palm, Florida Post Number: 3908 Registered: Jan-06 | those seas excels are just a home audio version of the lotus, great woofers. i am using a pair of those tweets active with rainbow sound line woofers and they are amazing.im not sure how much power that amp does but i have 75 tweets 150 woofer |
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Bronze Member Username: Derick06Rio Grande City, Texas United States Post Number: 68 Registered: Nov-05 | Thanks for the heads up on the seas mids. How about these? Would these be better or not? http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=7079259.676&pid=1940 |
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Bronze Member Username: Derick06Rio Grande City, Texas United States Post Number: 69 Registered: Nov-05 | I was planning on bridging the mids on two channels of the amp which will give them around 100 watts per mid and I was going to put the tweets on the other two channels which will give them around 60 watts each. |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderWest palm, Florida Post Number: 3910 Registered: Jan-06 | keep in mind the excels are 8ohm so they wont be seeing much power. i dont think madisound sells the lotus but if you can find a set of them i would get them. |
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Gold Member Username: FishyTamarac Ft.Laud, FL USA Post Number: 1595 Registered: Sep-04 | You could purchase the Lotus Reference drivers separately, but you'll pay for them: http://www.mobilesq.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=27_30_23_35&products_id=162 However since when you email Eng to purchase them(they don't use a phone) he should give you a break on the price. I "only" paid $995 + shipping for the complete component set. -Fishy Lemme see if I can get Jonathan in on this one. |
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Gold Member Username: FishyTamarac Ft.Laud, FL USA Post Number: 1596 Registered: Sep-04 | Thanks for the heads up on the seas mids. How about these? Would these be better or not? http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=7079259.676&pid=1940 Yeah those would probably be easier to work with. -Fishy |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderWest palm, Florida Post Number: 3912 Registered: Jan-06 | yeah those would suite you a little better just deaden your doors good. |
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Bronze Member Username: Derick06Rio Grande City, Texas United States Post Number: 70 Registered: Nov-05 | Thanks for all your help. Oh and on mat it's actually a good thing that they come in an 8 ohm version because i can wire them in parallel to get a 4 ohm load and bridge the amplifier to get 100 watts per mid. The amp is benched at 217x2 at 4 ohms bridged. |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderWest palm, Florida Post Number: 3914 Registered: Jan-06 | are you going to get another amp for the tweets then, othewise you wont be able to fade left and right |
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Bronze Member Username: Derick06Rio Grande City, Texas United States Post Number: 71 Registered: Nov-05 | I forgot about that. I guess I'll just get another 2 channel amp for the tweets then. Thanks for bringing it up. |