Subwoofers / Speakers

For a fixed budget, aught I go 2- or 3-way? I was thinking that by going 3-way rather than 2-way you might be able to get a better overall balance between the differnt areas of the bandwith? Or would I be better off, just going with as good a 2-way system that I can for the same money? And for this front system (6,5" mid-basses), someone said that a 15" sub would be too large to integrate with just a pair of 6,5" mid-bass drivers. I have a WV Passat Variant (station wagon). I would have presumed that the integration was the key, rather than the size of the sub, I've seen that before, once, but I'd like some more opinions on the issue before I take a descision.

This might be a dumb question but i have been doing some research and cant find and exact awnser. My question is what (design & structure wise) makes a door speaker sound better than another one if the givin situations were all exactly the same. As in, for example, an Alpine Type S vs RE Audio XXX series.

I have two blown MA Audio MA83XE's (8 in. subs) and i completely took them apart finding out the the voice coil of course, was melted. I measured the diameter of the voice coil from gap to gap and its 1.5 inches, is it possible to make use of these old motors/basket? or are they completely done for? If anyone has good advice on what to do with them, your advice is much appreciated. Thanks

so i have a box where the port is 30.25 wide and 3.5" tall from the face of the box back but when it bends the gap from the port to the back wall changes to 4.25". this was a build error where i put the second sheet of wood on the face of the main port as opposed to the end grain of the port. how will this effect my boxes tuning and port dynamics?

Well, just got a new demo vehicle for the business. A 04 Alero....yeah sounds like a grandma car but its the coupe and is quite fun. I hope it has a good alty that can handle the system. But the trunk it kinda small. Any idea on how to mount the subs in order to get two 12in subs in there or should i just stay with one 12?

I have A/D/S 346cs Component set.... these are the 6-1/2 set (the most expensive one they have supposedly) I am looking to ditch the passive X-over and go all active... Question is power I want to get a Sundown Audio SAX-100.4 and go Bi amp on the components Rear channels midbass Front channels tweeters.. Does ANYONE know if EACH (the tweeters will see 100 watts each as the woofers will see their own 100 watts) these components handle this wattage ? The set handles a wattage of 120 watts BUT that is together as a set and i have no idea if it handles the same wattage by itself ? I know I know you are all probably saying why don't i contact the dealer... Well this is the be…

Hello forum folks. I recently bought a pair of rockford 6.75s to throw in my rear deck of my Buick Park Avenue. Only problem I assumed they were 6.5s for which I had an adapter plate for to replace the factory 6x9s. I am willing to pay, but would anybody be able to make, preferably mdf, a 6x9 to 6.75 adapter?

i picked up a b-stock maw 15 off here with a cracked basket, got it today and the basket wasn't to bad so i decided i'll see if i can fix it. so i sanded the frame where it was cracked down to bare metal and layed some jb weld down, now all i can do is wait and see if i fixed it. here are some pics.

I'm having trouble finding info on this particular sub. I have searched a bunch of forums and tried Googling, also. I'm not real sure weather it is a tc9 or tc7 based sub; and knowing the many variants of those models left me skeptical of considering an appropriate sized enclosure based on another sub. I originally figured this is a TC9 variant, so I've been planning a ballpark figure of 1.5-2 cubes net ported to 28-30hz, using a 4-5" pvc port . I'm looking for a flat response, with as much extension as I could get. I'm mounting mli-65's up front as dedicated midbass drivers; and plan on them mating up with the sub in the 60hz area. The power will come from two bridged …

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I'll be running a pair of Z15's, I guess I listen to mostly rap, but I spend about half of my listening experience listening to virtually any other genre. Just looking for suggestions on what about I should tune the box to. I was thinking about 33hz, but now find myself second guessing as it comes closer to box building time. Thoughts/inputs/insults?

What does port noise sound like?

On the website under enclosure recommendations it says optimal for ported it says 1.5^ft and then the free enclosure designs it shows the optimal one is 1.35^ft. Sooo whats actually recommended?

Hi guys, i have one question about RE Audio, with what series or model of MTX line is the RE SE's comparable to in Loudness? thanks.

just wondering if anyone has had experience with the Cadence DCW15RCV they sell for $959 a sub, and i have a chance to get them cheap.. just never heard or seen them before...

Just wanted to know if these to subs are comparable and if so, which one would you choose?

For each situation name the largest gauge wire you would ever consider using, (for amps, lets just say anything will fit) In a Competiton woofer: In a Super Tweeter: In a Mid-bass speaker: In an SQ woofer: Power cable for a Competiton amp: Mosfet in a Competiton amp: Ipod headphone voice coil: HU Power cables: Thanks, just wondering.

Just got 4 Kicker cvr15's for my wives truck...they are 500wrms and i have a hifonics 2000wrms amp...the problem is that i bought the in 4ohm so a 2ohm load is what i can do...so each sub will get 400w...will i be ok

I got 2 Funkin Audio MF12G2 12"s and one is working fine reads 3.6 Ohms the other is reading nothing. It has a very wired way they get wired I can post a diagram here if needed. But the bottom line is I wired them both up the same one worked one is not. Any idea on who could fix one of these as they are no longer around. Could I just use it's motor and basket and recone it with FI BTL soft parts or someone elses and switch it to dual 2 ohms? If anyone can do this please let me know what would need to be done..

Alright i decided to do a wall of four 15's in my carand im pretty sure that i can get 4 sx 15's for $300 a piece or is there anything else that will get louder within a $1200 price range

New to site and need some help with sub choice. I just bought a '08 Silverado Crew Cab with a SubThump single 12" sealed box and currently has a Kenwood KFC-W3012 in it and I am definitely not happy with it. I have a hair less than 6.75" of mounting depth and .95 air space before sub and it doesnt have any filler but could get some if need be. To power it i have a 600w Infinity Ref mono block. I also have ID CTX65 Components and a Pioneer 4200dvd deck and listen to everything....I would say rock and rap more than anything else. I am more into SQ but want something that can hit low and fast and sound great doing it. Budget wise I would like to stay under $300. So.....wh…

Here are the links for some of my equipments, tell me what yall think. I will post up some more tomorrow. SSA Car Audio Forum -> Gallery -> Viewing image -> CIMG0708.jpg http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&module=images&img=4567

How much poly fill should I add to a new sealed box Sean DeYoung has built me? The sub is a 15" gcon.

Do I need two terminal cups for a DVC sub? Thanks Well, I might as well ask my other questions while I'm thinking about them. If I'm wiring a DVC in parallel, how do I connect the two terminals? Can I just twist the two wires together and run that end into one terminal, then the other end into the second terminal? And on that same subject, is it good/bad/ugly/no different to twist both ends of the speaker cable wires together, to make a bigger wire for each terminal? Hope that made sense.

i currently have 2 sa-15s and want to upgrade. I want to know which one will be louder. i'm thinking either adding 2 more sa-15's and getting another amp or should i step up and get 2 sundown Z 15's?