Notorious97200

Those SEAS TDFC tweeters are so tempting... Shipping overseas would kill the deal, unless going with USPS.

I am very happy with those ER18 : they are "punchy", and soft at the same time !!! They don't scream like a lot of speakers I can listen to in local installs. They play much better after some playtime. HPF : at 70 Hz and LPF at 3300 Hz but I don't remember the slopes I used on the mini-dsp. I've tried 3800, 3500, 3300 Hz...still going down. BUUUT I think I blew the tweeters sunday night. After 30 minutes or more playing full tilt, some bad recorded reggae music mixtape, I realized I had no more tweeters playing, they were quite silent on the highs. I'll have to investigate, wednesday afternoon. If they're really dead I will use my Focal tweeters, until I get another pair I want.

$300 for a pair of tweeters ? That is too much for me now ! I'd rather play with some "cheap" ones first. Someday I may spend that on a pair. But I have work to do before, as I have no deadening yet in the car !

Tuned in. How much power will you use on your mids and highs ? I know I can improve my highs ! I currently use a Davis Acoustic silk tweeter, taken form an 8" coaxial speakers. I like it, but I feel I can do better.

Congrats Cubs !

Enjoy your system now ! Those subs are very nice, I love them too.

Welcome to the forum !

That box looks very nice : I love the color, and the finish. But I don't understand the 2 8 Ga wires in a single terminal.

I like it. I hope it works for you. Show/tell us more please ! What car, what else in it ?... How do you like it ?

Wow ! That's an ...evil setup ! You must be happy. Down the road, you will be able to add a second amp for your subs. How do you like the mids : are they loud enough for all that bass ?

I thought it was a joke. I googled it and ...it's a real product ! I like it, but it's way too expensive for me. I need a cheap one. (I like the one you just plug in the cigarette lighter input.)

That would be nice. Such a beautiful enclosure ! Thanks. It looks huge on the pics.

It's incredible. I don't understand how I can feel the change like this ! I feel like the stage is right in front of me. It's obviuos when I close my eyes Some instruments have more presence, sound clearer. I don't know how to express that. Why do I feel like the sub sounds differently : maybe it's psycho acoustics lower, smoother, better ! That mini dsp purchase was a good upgrade for my system ! BTW those Seas ER18 are wonderful. Thanks again SSA, thanks again M5.

+1 Niiice. I bet this customer was happy with it. Do you have pics of all the system ? Tuned in.

It was my first step with Time Alignement. I like the first result. I'll work on it. I hope I won't blow those tweeters !

Get one ported, and go work on your car !

Nothing special : I'm just trying some tweeters now. they are easy to swap. Last night I turned the gain a little higher, I'm too conservative. Now it seems that it shines ! I did not have enough time to test and listen, but I think it's much better. I played with time alignement : first try in my life. I like the first results. I feel like I'm listening right in the middle of the scene ! I'll keep on testing.

I have work to do. I like the idea of frequency swaps : it should help me find my problems. I'll look for frequency test tones on the internet.

It's easy to swap the tweeters, I may try to put the Focal back in, just to check what I like or not about them. But I want to play with those Davis first : they sound good. Maybe eq down some frequencies ? I'll try to play with the parametric eq of the mini dsp.

Gain was reset. No eq yet. I always run everything flat, but I know I must use the eq someday. I'm not an eq guy !

It's difficult for me to think it's a placement problem. Maybe I like brighter tweeters. I wanted more clarity, detailed response. Hard to express in english, sorry. I don't know the impedance of the Focal tweeters, at 4 Ohms they receive much more power from the amplifier than the Davis.

I had the Focal tweeters at the same spot, on the dash, and I had no output problem. I always had them up in the doors, and they never were so loud. The change was amazing. I wanted to try something else. The Davis seems more quiet on the same spot, like it's missing something. http://www.audiophonics.fr/fr/davis-acoustics-tweeter-davis-acoustics/tweeter-davis-acoustics-twx-p-4088.html

I don't want to use absolutely the SEAS, but my French online store carries them. They don't sell Vifa, as I saw a lot of people seem to like one of their tweeters (the XT 25 IIRC).

Yes that format should fit 104 mm. It's the exact size of the baffle around my current Davis tweeters.

Sorry for the lack of information. The tweeters will be mounted on the dash, facing the windshield. I use the stock 'plate" provided for the stock tweeters. They won't move at all. I have a Pioneer AVH-X 5600 double din head unit. amplifier : Incriminator Audio 3.4 : 4 x 65 w @ 4 Ohms. a mini dsp 2x4 : I run the mids from 75 (with a 12 or 24 dB slope) to 3300 Hz, and the tweeters from 3300 Hz to ...wide open ! I think I use a 6 dB slope. I am not so sure about the slopes. One pair of mids : one Seas Prestige ER 18 in each door, using a solid wood baffle. With no deadening so far. I was using a set of my Focal tweeters , from the 165KP set. I guess it's a TN52. I recently tried a pair of Davis TWX DF tweeters : they are very detailed, smooth, but not loud enough for my system, and I feel like they lack something. I like to listen to the tweets, I don't want to guess if I have them or not. I'd like a pair of Seas ones, but I can try something else, if needed I hope that is enough to help me. BTW the mids are loud on such low power ! I don't need a more powerful amp like I thought.