MikeMartel

Holy shit that basket got screwed up bad.

Best for what? EQ options? Navigation? Watching DVD's?

So.. I work at a small car audio shop in my city, often my boss leaves me alone to run the shop myself.. I feel pretty useless sitting at the computer waiting for people to come in,

Congrats indeed.

Hoping everything goes according to plan.

Hm.. Looks like more money in wood than I have in my whole setup!

4th order BP wall? ... Ottawa is a little ways away, he needs to come down to Niagara Falls and show me.

Alright so here it goes. As soon as I unpackaged them I saw the quality of these subs. Good solid construction, spiders, tinsel leads, everything seemed perfect. Currently, I am using two 15" Icons and tuned them really low at 27hz and wow, musical reproduction is amazing. Obviously, great output at the lower end and plays kick drums flawlessly. My girlfriend listens to some hardcore music, and these subwoofers easily sound the best and pick up on every note that should be played and dig down low on those bass drops. Overall, phenomenal subwoofers with both sound quality and output in mind. Id recommend these subs for anyone, the absolute best subwoofers iv owned for the money, and easily the best bang for their buck.

Im sure Ill love the output even at 8 ohms then.

Now ill be the first to admit that I really don't know a ton about a good proper speaker setup upfront.. Iv mainly focused my attention on subwoofers for the first few years of my car audio journey as I'm sure most of us do. I'm really looking to up my game as far as my front stage goes. I'm kind of leaning towards making my own 2-way or 3-way setup. Depending on whether decide to go with a 2 or 3 way setup, I really wanted to try a soft dome tweeter along with a midrange speaker (if 3 way is the best option) mounted in the A-pillars. Then have either an 8" or 10" midbass driver in each of the front doors. My goal is obviously not perfect sound quality. I want a less harsh tweeter than the metallic one that is in my setup now, and would like for the highs and midbass to keep up with the subwoofers when Im giving demo's ect. At the moment I have a kenwood x996 headunit and a Phoenix Gold 500.4 as my amplifier that will be running the frontstage. I guess I'm just looking for a few pointers, maybe some good speaker brands that I should be looking at. Any input would be helpful, thanks.

Might seem like a stupid question but do those Peerless SLS8's only come in 8 ohm? Will my PG Ti500.4 have enough output at 8 ohms to properly power those woofers?

Not the easiest thing to do, make sure you make all of your cuts first. Once you actually start to assemble inside the trunk, I used L brackets in order to screw the peices together which seemed to work fairly well.

Jealous Sean?

I'm doing a proper build log sometime soon. I always end up making one, not taking any pictures and basically forgetting about my whole build log thread. Going to be making a new one, first go over all the subwoofer content, new box, aeroport, vinyl wrapped amp racks ect. Time to show off my worksman ship.

My HU does have processing, it has 13 band Eq's both left and right, but I really think the minidsp will allow me to have much great customization of cross over points, ect. They are pretty cheap anyway so I don't really think I can go wrong.

Wasn't ever aiming to be really loud. Obviously, I'm expecting the midbass to pack a good punch, but I don't need screaming highs that you can hear from across the parking lot. Haha

Its settled then.. Peerless SLS8 midbass, Fountek FR89 EX3 wideband and a minidsp for the processing. Lets give this impala some SQ upfront. Cant thank Sean or Impious enough, both extremely knowledgeable.

Nevermind that.. Which Sean should I be looking for?

Im for sure expecting it to have a nice impact when the subs are turned down. I still don't expect much to keep up with the bass at full tilt.

Not really sure if output would be an issue... Guess Impious would have to chime in for that answer.

Peerless it is then.. Now, lets see how good my skills are. http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/approx-3-fullrange/fountek-fr89ex-3-full-range-4-ohm/ How is that for a full range?

Some of the sexiest amps iv ever seen made. Amazing

Totally understood Alton. But I like really impressive people, and doing things that most people dont have in their setups. To be honest I really want to try out an 8", a 10" would be pushing it a little much I think, so Id like to try the 8"

Alright so lets choose a midwoofer first.. How do I really go about doing this? Obviously there are some brands that are better than others but Im just not sure where to start.

Sick scores man, especially down in those low notes