Long story short I'm building a budget system for my GN using stuff that's been in my closet since the late 90's. I have a pair of custom fiberglass kick panels that the previous owner had built with provisions for a 6.5" but no tweeters. I'm wondering if I should stick a set of tweeters on the pods as close as i can to the mid or whether I should go with two way 3.5"s in the dash instead. I will not be using passive crossovers, all active signal shaping so I wasn't planning on buying a component set. I know that they probably should be on the kick panels, with the whole equal distance and time alignment issues, but I was wondering if I can bring the soundstage up enough with everything that low in the car. I plan to experiment with 6X9s in the rear deck, mainly as bandpass mid range fill only, but i'll try it with the tweeters going also for grins. The reasoning for the rear fill is that I don't think I can afford a real high quality 6.5 in the front that will give me all the midrange that I desire. Gotta stay budget oriented but I do not yet own the front speakers so give me your opnions.
If you want to read the rest of my plans then i'll ramble in this paragraph. The subs I will be using are two 10" kicker solo barics, the old round ones. Two reasons: I already own them, and they work great in a small sealed box which is what I need. They have to be able to fit on the upper shelf of the trunk by the rear seat, and with a recommended box volume of .66 cubic feet, they'll fit up there wth room to spare for other equipment. Trunk space is very important to me, I already need more trunk room while on the power tour and this stereo sure won't help. Since i'm a sealed box kind of guy I need to throw lots of power at them. Back in the day I ran them with a pair of PPI pc275s which bridge to 300wrms each and I was happy with that. I still own the amps so they will get the job again and I will be buying more PPI powerclass amps to run the front end, they are good ole beasts from before the whole PPI/DEI sellout and i'm familiar with them. Plus they got a smooth body which lends itself well to repainting/custom work, since the two I have are scratched up and the scratched ones are cheaper on ebay. (everyone flocks to the art series in PPI amps but I also have the art series equivalent of my sub amps and I did a back to back comparo one day and found no difference at all in sound quality or power level, from 6X9s to my 10's clear up to a 15" solo baric, which was way too much sub for 300 watts, but I did it anyway since the art series is supposedly way underrated. I can say with full certainty that the power class series is equal to the art series, and cheaper and more versatile). I need to plan the front soundstage now so I know what I need for amps to run it all. Processing? I knew you would ask, so I'll beat you to it. AUDIOCONTROL rocks! I will be using their crossovers exclusively, and for equalization I plan to start with a clarion digital unit that is head unit driven, since I already own it all. It is only a 2 channel 7 band though and I know I will want more in the future. Got my eye on them audiocontrol digital units that control from the front seat via a remote but that's gotta wait due to the whole budget thing. You can bet the wiring and alt will be up to the task as well. As for sound deadening, I don't even know where to start. Mainly: How the hell am I going to deaden that trunk lid without putting ugly dynamat all over it? I'd rather not cover it with carpet either to hide the dynamat. But that bridge is quite a ways down the road.
Any opinions are welcome!
bob
If you want to read the rest of my plans then i'll ramble in this paragraph. The subs I will be using are two 10" kicker solo barics, the old round ones. Two reasons: I already own them, and they work great in a small sealed box which is what I need. They have to be able to fit on the upper shelf of the trunk by the rear seat, and with a recommended box volume of .66 cubic feet, they'll fit up there wth room to spare for other equipment. Trunk space is very important to me, I already need more trunk room while on the power tour and this stereo sure won't help. Since i'm a sealed box kind of guy I need to throw lots of power at them. Back in the day I ran them with a pair of PPI pc275s which bridge to 300wrms each and I was happy with that. I still own the amps so they will get the job again and I will be buying more PPI powerclass amps to run the front end, they are good ole beasts from before the whole PPI/DEI sellout and i'm familiar with them. Plus they got a smooth body which lends itself well to repainting/custom work, since the two I have are scratched up and the scratched ones are cheaper on ebay. (everyone flocks to the art series in PPI amps but I also have the art series equivalent of my sub amps and I did a back to back comparo one day and found no difference at all in sound quality or power level, from 6X9s to my 10's clear up to a 15" solo baric, which was way too much sub for 300 watts, but I did it anyway since the art series is supposedly way underrated. I can say with full certainty that the power class series is equal to the art series, and cheaper and more versatile). I need to plan the front soundstage now so I know what I need for amps to run it all. Processing? I knew you would ask, so I'll beat you to it. AUDIOCONTROL rocks! I will be using their crossovers exclusively, and for equalization I plan to start with a clarion digital unit that is head unit driven, since I already own it all. It is only a 2 channel 7 band though and I know I will want more in the future. Got my eye on them audiocontrol digital units that control from the front seat via a remote but that's gotta wait due to the whole budget thing. You can bet the wiring and alt will be up to the task as well. As for sound deadening, I don't even know where to start. Mainly: How the hell am I going to deaden that trunk lid without putting ugly dynamat all over it? I'd rather not cover it with carpet either to hide the dynamat. But that bridge is quite a ways down the road.
Any opinions are welcome!
bob