Dave Brooks

Bro... I think y'er gonna like the L1v2... Just sayin'... I agree with the comment about running the Clarus active, incidentally. That said, I suspect the same could be said for running any speaker with an active crossover if you know how to use it.

Bro, you know I ain't gonna say otherwise... Rawk on man!

Hey Bro, The L1 Pro is out, the L3 pro around April/may, L6 pro shortly after that... L4 and L8 will probably be a ways off... He takes quite a while on prototyping and r&d so... Meanwhile, he has a gig going on where if you preorder the pro series, but only pay for the same speakers in Legatia that you want in the pro series, he'll credit you the full price back if you exchange the legatias you bought for the pros when they come in... Of something like that... Shoot him an email and tell him I sent you... He can explain it better... LOL

Audison is putting out a processor that may be in your price range... I've no experience with it though... the Bit One.

Yes, the H900 can be used with pretty much anything. It has optical and analog inputs, so you're good to go. If I remember correctly, the H990 can only be used with it's matching head unit...

My personal opinion is that the H701/C701 combo is the way to go for your first processor versus the H900. Very simple interface, easy to set up. Plenty of options for processing, plenty of input and output solutions. Better find one soon though. I understand Alpine quit making them.

I've only heard them during testing with the final prototype... they were very nice, loud but smooth... however Scott was testing them active to determine the proper crossover points for the set at the time, so unfortunately I didn't get a listen with the passive crossovers he ultimately selected.

I promise, I'll give it back Bro... ...and thanks for letting me steal it for the long trip home...

Yessir, I like the 80's funk. I don't know how many different 80's CD's Steven Head made, but I just "stole" one of them from Webster at the last show in Roanoke... Very nice...

WOW! Now that's a change... Hmmm... I haven't built a SQ CRX before... I'll have to think about it. My gut tells me to go for the kicks with the mids and tweeters, and then doors for midbass... I'll PM you if I come up with something more definitive...

You got that right... "you dropped a bomb on me" by the gap band never sounded so good...

Sounds like you planned it out good then. In fact, if you are gonna go that route maybe add another pair of them Kickers to the door, wire them to 2 ohms and put the spank on 'em.

Those will work fine. But no matter where you put them, they'll hurt SQ. Now, if you want to put an on/off switch on the amp that would work nicely. Then you could turn them on and off at will. So in other words, if you were doing pure SQ, you could turn off the kickers. Then if you want to cruise around and just be loud, you could turn them on. Make any sense?

Cool. It's awesome that you're building and staying on a proper budget. I've seen a lotta guys go way in the hole with the credit card, trying to build a system they can't really afford. Great job on the patience front!

x2 on M5's H701/C701 recommendation... If you go that route... you can do 2-way, 3-way... at will. If you haven't gone active before, 2-way is the way to start... the more speakers you have the harder it is to tune. In pure SQ, the KISS principle is in full effect. >> this coming from a guy that has 21 speakers in his truck... 20 of which are forward of the b-pillars...