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Impious

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  1. Why are you looking to spend an unlimited amount of money for a processor, the "best" no less, if you don't even know what you need or want to it do? First define your goals, then we can help you select a product. There is no "best", there is only "best for your application". Without knowing the application, we can't point you in the direct of "the best".
  2. Depends on what exactly you need the processor to do, and how much you're willing to spend.
  3. Impious replied to SWISHER's topic in General Fi
    If you are only running 1 sub then yes, you did. Dual 1ohm can only be wired to .5ohm and 2ohm. You would need a dual 2ohm sub to wire for 1ohm with a single sub.
  4. As to the original question, no point in going that low IMO. Most ported enclosures will be well into unloading territory, so you're going to end up with a lot of idiots needlessly blowing their subs for little benefit. And while my setup isn't designed for SPL it gets sufficiently loud at low frequencies and really, the 18hz on the IASCA CD isn't all that impressive. 20-35hz will be plenty low enough, and lower than most commercial music gets. Most rap songs barely reach down below 35hz.
  5. My sub, and most others on the market can easily play that low with under 5% distortion. Just need to keep excursion minimized Now if you want to qualify that statement by requiring a specific SPL be achieved, things might get a little trickier. But as it stands, it's not hard to accomplish at all.
  6. You do not want to purchase those. LPG are good budget tweeters, and these are currently on sale; http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=138&products_id=544 While I've not seen any reviews of these SB Acoustics tweeters, SB generally builds good drivers; http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=147&products_id=8300 Seas has multiple offerings, for example; http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=149&products_id=633 http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=149&products_id=1466 What is your price range and how low do you intend on playing them, and what available slopes do you have?
  7. CSS was recommending up to 500hz, but I'm going to see if I can push the envelope and get another half octave out of them The Trio8's are what I'll be (attempting) to use with my horns. There are some pro drivers that will give you a ton of "snap" at ~100hz and up, but crap out below that. I've heard good things about those XS mids, haven't heard them myself however. I was considering them but I'm a cheap bastard & didn't want to spend the coin.
  8. wut u mean i not alloud to talk bout my daily SQL system on dis forum oh man i prolly gonna mess a few of dem rules up i not good at teh internet Sorry. Had a long day at work and needed to humor myself a little.
  9. What is the Le going to come in at?
  10. http://www.rainbow-audio.de/ These guys? Good products. High quality. Well designed for the most part. Have everything from entry level products to ridiculously expensive high end.
  11. i might be able to fit an 8 in my kicks. Would that be better than in my doors? Kicks are better than the doors, IMO, as long as some attention is given to early reflections. Better path length differences, better ability to aim the driver, less diffraction from door panels/etc.
  12. They extend much lower than a typical tweeter. Never done a 3-way with horns myself, although it's certainly possible and many others have. Currently have a set of 8" mids that I need to build kickpanels for. The horns are installed, just need to get the mids in.
  13. I had replied to this last night.....but; http://tymphany.com/categories/tymphany-lat In plain english; It is a subwoofer. Inside of the "tube" are multiple smaller diameter cones, all connected together to motors at each end of the structure. There are holes on both the front and rear of the tube, which allows the sound pressure to enter the listening space and creates the "frontwave" and "backwave". The purpose in the unique design was to allow for more cone area in a smaller package, ideally taking up less overall room than a standard speaker. The other models are also available at Madisound; http://www.madisound.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=175
  14. Apparently any post made after the site backup yesterday was lost, which is why part of your thread disappeared. But as to your question.....no, those are not just the horn bodies. But those are also the lower end horns, which are less sensitive. If you look in the right places and look used, you can find the higher end models (CD1Pro and CD2 Comp) for great prices. I paid $220 shipped for a pair of used ID CD2 Neo horns. It was a steal of a deal, but it just goes to show that good deals are out there if you look for them.
  15. It is very possible that a true 3-way would perform better than what you have setup now. Your current setup is not very ideal.
  16. There are two things to understand about interference, both constructive and destructive (destructive interference is known as cancellation); 1) It's not a matter of "loud" and "quiet", it's a matter of the interference creating peaks and lulls in the frequency response. 2) There are two sources of interference; The combination of waves from two different sources (two different speakers), and the combination of a reflected wave with the direct wave from a single source. The former is a function of how where the two speakers are located both in relation to each other as well the listener, and the bandwidth the speakers are playing; the latter is a function of what reflective surfaces the soundwaves from a speaker encounters on it's path from the speaker to your ear. In your original post, if you placed the two speakers side by side; at lower frequencies the speakers output would combine and you would benefit from the same increase in output as you would from adding a 2nd sub to a previously single sub setup (same physics apply.....long wavelengths compared to short relative distance between the speakers). In upper frequencies you would begin running into issues in the frequency response, and where this occurred would be a function of the center-to-center distance of the two speakers. What exactly is your goal?
  17. Just skimmed the first page. That godless sure thinks he's smart because he knows RMS is short for "root means squared", yet is stupid enough not to realize there is no such thing as RMS power. It's a marketing term, not an electrical term......and yet he tries to "define" it.
  18. Not worth the price. For only a little bit more money you could step up considerably in quality and performance. What is your budget?
  19. Why would someone do that?
  20. Completed my first ever craigslist deal. Picked up an essentially new 15" Brahma for a fair price Surprised as shit to find an Adire locally.
  21. Yeah, you will be fine. You have to remember that those output voltages are basically at maximum output with a 0db source. Neither of those conditions will be met when listening to music, so when listening to music the actual output voltage will be much less than rated.
  22. Hope it works out well. I personally have never had much luck firing into the rear seat (unless it's through a ski hole like my current setup). Doesn't seem to allow enough unrestricted airflow to properly pressurize the airspace in my experience.
  23. There was a guy on DIYMA selling 4. Don't know if he still has any available.
  24. Never heard the Hertz so I can't comment Alpine SPX-17Pro are another good option in that price range. Pioneer TS-C720PRS aswell. Those are just a couple off the top of my head. Rainbow, DLS, Focal, etc all offer products in that price range.

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