I got a new car and it has 3 speakers in the door. i have 6.5" and tweeter and need 4" should i GULP (so much $$$$) buy the right cross over and the 4" speaker for over $500 or put a 4" and make it my rear. if i make my 4" a rear i will need a new amp. unfortunately I'm looking at $500 eathar way i think, maybe not
Will a 3 way blow my mind or 2 way with rear be as good? my specs right now: Head Unit: Alpine W200 Subwoofer: SI 15" Mag Sub Amp: Cadence A7+HC 1200@1Ohm Mids: CDT Eurosport ES-620 Mids Amp: HiFonics Son of Boltar 150x2@4Ohm Battery: Kinetik Power HC1800 Rear Speakers: none Everything is in a box as i plan my setup in new car
you might want to look at selenium or eminence or any one and see if they offer a 4". In the music spectrum, you have lows midbass midrange and highs. alot of your vocals come from midrange and the rock and roll bass comes from your mid bass. it can depend on the music you listen to. rap can some times over power the vocals with those high pitched frequencys and every one thinks oh tweeters make everything louder but it dosnt. it can add distortion because very few tweeters( mostly horns) pick up above human vocal frequencys and no one buys really good highs amps any more so alot of distortion there already . thus a 4 inch is great for vocals and even your 6". if you really want to hear words i would find a pair of 4" and 6" coaxials with ther same impedance (8 ohm-16ohm) and wire them in parallel then connect that to a cross over with a tweeter feed for your tweeter. then your low end bass will be covered by your woofers. this technology has been around for a long time look at old school pioneer home systems. one more note rap and rock can sometimes be over powering to titanium tweeters so a silk dome may be better. oh and magnet sizes means everything.
I've been installing car audio for a few years now..... and building electronics in general for quite a bit longer than that. Current system is:
2 Fi Q 10" sealed American Bass 200.1 3000w amp CDT ES-5 mids and DRT-25 tweeters Alpine MRP-F550 amp 250w X 2 JVC KD-AR880 hu DB Electrical 200 amp alt and Odyssey 1500 amp battery
I don't pick on people just to be an azz..... it's because you've made about 10-15 false statements already since you've started posting
the car is a MB clk55 amg, i am running new wires to the deck so i can put the stock back in and no one will know. i am going to dynomat behind the door and the door. if the speakers dont fit tight i will make MDF plates.
M.S. does indeed know what he's talking about. He's been in the game for quite a while now and has proved himself across this forum many times. There is no reason to doubt his knowledge at all.
Havok, I just sent you an email back. Sorry for the delay.
Mike sales at exigeaudio dot com (Gotta protect from the spammers)
well the 4" speaker will be right behind my butt and i am thinking that it will not sound as good, it is the rear in the stock system. looking at the UP-526XT Gold upstage system maybe instead. i'm not sure on the affect of the sound with where the 4" will be.
What are you trying to achieve here? Because I can almost promise adding more speakers (different speakers, not like the CST upstage set) will be bad not good.
well i did not notice that he had cst i was just offering a better combo from a stock system. he would still be wise to invest in a really good signal processor
i am looking to make it sound better/more real. maybe the deck will do that as i had a 2v alpine before.i want to make the best sound with my speakers i have and if adding more to the set will do that then i'm all for it. i will have to custom mold the 4" above the 6.5 unless i get a upstage system.
the upstage pulls the sound forward, so that means nothing to me, same info on there site. does it make it cleaner? sound crisper?
i crashed the car so i can't take off the panel to see the door for like 3 weeks, damn it i want to know if i can mold the 4" lol
i like the sound don't get me wrong. they make these extras and if they enhance the sound and make it more pleasing then i want it. like the 3rd speaker and the upstage. i can't go anywhere and hear it to see if i like it, i have to buy it and hope i like it.
i'm trying to understand what these "extras" really do for me.
once i get my car back i will take some pics and see if i can make that 3rd speaker work. the door has leather on it so i could make a mount and cover it in leather. i think that will work.
i get crazy with stuff like car audio and i want to max out this system. making a custom encloser for the trunk with a front board covered in carpet. i hope i get 135-140db that would make my day
135-140 db is easy to achieve today. i had 2 kicker comps hit 137. the fosgate 360.2 is an amazing device steve meade has 2 of these and you tube has a video about it. i just cant explain all the amazing things about it.
