Accordman

i feel like your stating its all or none and thats definitely not the case, a person CAN have a mixture of the 2. imo you can have high sound pressure levels while still having a flat responce with some tuning

Still doesn't make it "SQ"... See, but that's the wrong approach to take if you're truly into that. I totally agree with Dave Brooks in the "stupid loud" thing - but that takes a front stage that can play those high volumes realistically, without distorting or losing linearity...and that's a lot harder to do than putting some subs in the back and sending them kW's. If you're into a flat response at earsplitting volumes, the way to go about it is to work on the front stage first, then worry about blending the subbass to that. Don't get me wrong, I like things loud - hell, otherwise I wouldn't be building BIB's or wanting to get Altecs or other really high-efficiency designs. But when it comes to the subbass, it has to concede to the mains, always, if you want a flat response or something approaching it. the first part I wasnt stating that it makes it SQ, but what i was trying to itterate is that maybe his mids are alot lower then the tweets and subs and hes looking for a set of components to raise that particular aspect of his listening quality up. the second part totally makes sense but not all the time does a person know what they are in for when they purchase somethign , and now they have it all together and they see the deficiencys and are asking for help. IMO your approach tells them to throw the subs out and start over.

maybe they are lacking a certain freq range that they want to bring up to the other LOUD frequencies, and thats why they are asking questions based on "q"

I can see where your coming from, with the choices of components, as myself i like a flat response i just like it to be a loud flat response lol, so when i want some comps that keep up with everything else thats going on, the last thing i wanna hear is "go sealed or throw it away" I havent particularly seen it alot here as i read more then i post, but other forums its pretty previlant that youll always get someone from the SQ crowd with comments about, well WTF are you running 5k to subs for. Its all about personal taste in the long run, and i pretty much take the good and leave the bad with online forums, i learn what i can and what i dont like i just ignore it .

just ordered 1 of mine last night, so soon enough your have some comments from me. plus within a week i'll have this build done that im in the middle of.

look for a used MD3

someone swoop up my mag for 200 plus shipping

looks great cant wait to get my hands on more

looks good, chick vids NEVER get old

bump it up

ha i want one of those speaker grills

yea numbers arent going to be waht your looking at if you go sealed, but output is definitely there sealed in comparison to most drivers in its class ps buy mine

nobody knows yet, i asked the owner directly and was pretty much ignored, but the sundowns are out of stock atm as far as i know.

one of you can buy my immaculate 15" mag

agreed i like the basket, although i'll never see it once its installed

hahaha

any pics

should love it, i have one sitting right here next to me

lol at that charger in the mix

did i hear MT, i have a like brand new D2 18 mt for sale as well, 270 plus shipping

i wish someone would buy it, im tired of looking at it when i wake up everyday sitting on my dresser

gime money and we got a deal,

buy my stuff too guys

got it a couple days ago but my camera batteries died off