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Well, they look like they will be enough midbass haha But just want to know, how high can they go. I thought about 3500hz, but looks like between 2500hz-3000hz is their sweet spot isnt it? You already have midbass!!! Now that we are talking about power, Im thinking about pairing carbons with either a sax 125.2 or 100.4 Is that good, too much or not enough? Sorry for the question, but I cant seem to find their rms ratings

When I looked for an HU I narrowed it down to 9887, 7200 MK II, 800PRS. Went for the 800PRS and Im happy 9887 needed imprint 7200 MK II has a small screen and low contrast + no internal amp (I needed one for the time being) 800prs needed $50 for ipod adapter, but thats it

I see, interesting post you have there sir Were those "reviews for subs that were not there" done with one pair of carbons? (one carbon per door, front doors only)? Would you say that with 3 pairs of carbons (3 carbons per door, front doors only) would be more than enough for midbass? Will they really kick to the point it feels like you had an 8" in each door? (yes I know, I wish I had AA next door so I could try it myself) Also, how high can the carbons go? 2500hz? 3500hz?

This or Leviathan?

I think I know what I will be replacing my bravox woofers with

So linear excursion is that xmax thing isnt it? Wow, 11.5mm makes my Bravox CS60CF feel like a noob!!! their xmax is 3mm Well, Im not running active anyways, carbons would have needed an amp, more wiring and tweeters. So instead of coming out $225, more like $600 Btw Nick, why run the mid so low? Do yo dislike midbass (8") drivers? Where are your subs (LPF) crossed at? since your carbons are at 53...

OMG Fi subwoofers are so sexy I love the black and gray colors and the design. Thanks for the pics

Yeah I know it doesnt stop, it just starts "muting" the frequencies below or above depending on the filter. So if I understand your post, it doesnt matter if there is a small gap between the filters. For ex: with a LPF at 80hz and a HPF at 100hz there wont be much effect on the 81-99Hz since the speakers (the ones with the LPF and HPF) will still play them, just not as loud but they compensate each other. Of course, a slope higher than 12db (like an 18db or 24db) would have a much more effect and would most likely let you notice the "gap" right?

Im debating whether I should buy a Leviathan or a 100.4 I currently have Bravox CS60CF, and will have 8" midbass in the door in the future. At first I was going to use a 100.4 for the mids/highs (Bravox CS60CF) and the 125.2 for the midbass. But then I found out about the leviathan which does 150rms and has 6 channels. I could use 4 of them for the Bravox, and the other 2 channels share them for the 2 midbass drivers (but then it would be 75rms per midbass driver). Disadvantages are single vs double amps (space) and extra power/ground runs of wire. And using only 2 channels for the Bravox wouldnt work because that would mean back to passive I cant seem to find advantages of going for the leviathan over the sundowns. Is there any? Any comments?

WOW! 7inch woofer playing that low? How come? why? and how do you avoid distortion at loud volumes?

Yeah I dont mind underlaping, but like you said, the frequencies in between will be cut by the 12db slope (or 6/18/24 depending on what you have). Isnt that the wrong way to do it? Since you pretty much have a small hole in between?

So what happens to 64-79hz? Thats something I wanted to ask, do you really need to have your crossovers on top of each other? sub LPF at 80hz, midbass HPF at 80hz and so on...? The reason why I ask this is because let say I set LPF to 63hz for sub and HPF at 80Hz for midbass, both filters with 12db octave, then that means 64-79Hz are getting cut.

If I had to lower the sub LPF, then I think it would be ~63Hz (thats the frequency before 80Hz in my HU) Wouldnt be that bad to give that a try. I also read a thread over at diymobileaudio a thread were it was asked where people had their LPF. I was surprised to find out that most people like to set their LPF at ~63Hz. Not a lot of people liked to have theirs higher than that. I thought 80Hz was low enough to be sent to the sub.

Go back to car audio speakers? What you mean? You are not into car audio anymore? And Im just asking around about the mids, not really thinking into getting them anytime soon. Especially now that I just found out they are oversized 6.5s which would mean a bit of modification in my doors.

Ok understood. Thanks for that link, it actually helped me clear out that question I had long time ago about having crossovers set on the HU + the amp. Now, I understand slopes, frequencies. Speakers specs (like Qs, xmax and that stuff on subs for example, not that much yet) Here is how I would set up my car if I had everything already subwoofers LPF at 80Hz, 12db slope - subsonic at 25Hz 12db slope 8" midbass HPF at 80Hz, 18db/24db slope - LPF at 250Hz 12db slope 6.5 mids HPF at 250Hz 12db slope - LPF at 3500Hz 12db slope 1inch highs HPF at 3500Hz 12db slope With this said, is there anything I would be doing wrong if I was to do what I Just mentioned let say tonight?

So going active is really that complicated? I always wanted to go active, but jay-cee, you make it sound like Ill have to spend a some weekend hours playing 100 songs to get it perfect lol About the midbass drivers, I do not know which ones to get. I havent even started researching what are the "good" brands or the ones that im going to consider. So any recommendations would be awesome. I would like to have single coil 4ohm midbass drivers since that way, they would get the full 150rms (or 75rms if i go bravox active with only two channels for the midbass drivers). I also want to mention i dont mind having more than one amp, just looking for the best performance, quality and loudness.

Bacon wraped shrimp? OMG never tried that, must taste awesome!!! car pijamas ftw

Can you guys give an extension? Maybe until Sunday, that would really help!

I have money I can put into the market, but Im waiting for the market to return to 10,300-10,500 (which should happen in the next days) But the problem is which shares to buy :S My friend who was into the market (and would be of great help) went back to south america so I have no guidance.

Those are FFFFF AMAZING!!!!

I will do my best to do have a video up today. Hopefully I dont get home tired and dont forget about it. We will see how it goes!

My Logitech Z-5500 seem to get to work when trying to play this song, that means the car will definitely bump this! Thanks for the track

Hey Shag make a separate thread or pm me so we wont clutter this group buy and Ill be glad to help you as others woud, I even have some tips to make the mdf waterproof. Shag? Anyways, I'll pm you then. Thanks for offering your help! Im very new to this (custom fits).

I do not want to put a lot of work into this car. With that said, I think Im just going to request a quote to a shop to see how much would it cost to make baffle rings and get a quote for mdf and plastic. Also see if they have that polyurethane stuff. If quotes come out to be too expensive, then Ill think about making my own. You said mdf will get bad over time with moisture? I was actally thinking about using mdf in first place lol Also, whats a good way to mount the crossover? I really dont want it to be rattling when the car is moving and/or with the midbass from the woofer.

Hey guys I have a problem here, I need some input so here it goes 1) My factory tweeters have their own, bult-in frame. I do NOT have a custom tweeter frame to use my Bravox tweeters on and I cannot remove the one from the factory tweeter. So basically, this is my problem 2) For the woofers, I bought the Scosche SA68 so that I could convert the factory 6x8 to 6.5 The problem is that the Bravox are a little bigger than the scosche 6.5 mount and when I try to mount the speaker to the adapter, the adapter only goes halfway the basket. Can you guys guide me from here? Im really pissed I took out the door panels and couldnt do much but just look around.