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Not to take away from US Amps at all, great stuff, but really the amplifier is the least important portion of what you are doing. Of course install is the most important followed by the capabilities of the raw drivers. Adding gain really at this point isn't so difficult. *note in no way at all am I recommending cheap amplifiers. Stuff with crap components in it will always be crap, but once you get to a certain level it is the last thing that I would really worry about.

If you can fit one and cosmetically it is okay with you I would generally prefer it. Which DLS components does Kader have?

Yes since SQL is a very misused term, but now LSQ is as well. SQL to most people is an SPL setup that plays more notes than just the burp frequency nothing else. LSQ is a term I coined meaning a Loud SQ setup; however, our word filter has now bastardized it to basically be as useless as the original term. The real problem is that SPL and SQ are complete and dire opposites so combining the terms makes absolutely no sense.

The bold part is not a question anyone can answer yet, as the relationship is really important. As for the tweets, it will come down to blending and staging and will determine which ones that you can run. i.e. it would be pretty dumb to run a tweet with only a good on axis response off axis. Generically speaking having the drivers as close together as possible and on equal path lengths (distance to each driver) as well as as high as possible are what you are trying to do. Everything else is a bit of a compromise, but depending on your scenario you will have to choose different compromises.

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Not sure I get it, the Perfect is cheaper than the price of the recone and is far from a good buy in my book. Changing the basket and soft parts sure could help it, but I really don't think it would be worth the money.

Gotta bring your own glass.

The Mag is a great driver, buy one and enjoy it. Going to be a little while before they are available though.

I must say if that is the micro time, it really comes in a bad time of the year for me to leave here.

Or as you non-MN'ooootans call it a casserole.

Add some leftovers and you have a hotdish.

My question is really why are you asking for SQ help if your sole goal is thundering loud. I don't think that any advice you have received so far makes a lot of sense since in my impression you are asking for something you don't want.

no i was questioning what Electrodynamic said. He said 2 bm's ported or could go with 1 mag ported and all i was askin was were 2 bm's equal to 1 mag As stated, your question is highly flawed. Electro never said that one Mag would be louder, he never said 2 BM's would be louder, he never said one Mag would have a nicer response, he never said that 2 BM's would have a flatter response. It really makes no sense to ask these A vs. B questions. Describe your need and what you are looking for and you will get help, otherwise you are going to have a bunch of useless information guiding your buying decisions.

I know, what I posted was not a response. Checkout the times...we posted those almost at the same time. Damn linear reading skills, I didn't notice. Sorry.

Haven't given up yet, but now I don't understand. You ask for SQ people, but then talk about a sub installation that is as loud as possible. By default you do realize that SQ is defined by the whole system and not just the parts. If it doesn't blend, then SQ is a moot term. It sounds to me that you just want the most output possible out of your front stage. Oh, I might blame the combo of your Crunch amp with your passives on the demise of your Peerless mids. Drivers that nice should not be tormented with such things...you need to get rid of both.

in the process. for right now just the bottom of the boxed is resined incase any water come in from the tailgate or anything. the rest of the box is gonna get resined when the box comes out again in the next couple days. since theres no rain in the forcast here and the and the owner told me the bed cover doesnt leak at all im not too concerned if its gonna sit like that just for a few days. I should have assumed as much, but wanted to make sure since I have seen stranger things on the web. Going to be really nice when you are done!!

If you aren't looking for output (which is great I get a bit sick of the "hard hitting" questions) what are you looking for. That is sort of a budget sub and will have a response as such.

No, you can't replace cone area like that. You are skipping some major steps here, what you really need to do is stop comparing A to B as none of us like to do that and it is all subjective and hypothetical and instead define what you are looking for. It will allow the forum to help you a lot better instead of getting frustrated with abstract questions that have no logical answer.

Interesting...

In fact that would be way worse, your thread it titled SQ. First and foremost you really, really should not run more than one driver playing a particular frequency range.

That isn't at all what I said.

Personally I am an old skool guy, but there are definite options in the modern world as well. Don't get tied up in the 4ohm thing, considering what you are doing you will be better off with an 8ohm driver anyways.

Why did I know that you were going to ask that? I'm a little embarrased by this but...here's a link to what I'm using...can't remember the exact crossover point I went with but I think it was 3k... http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cf...tnumber=260-144 I have never read up on building my own crossovers but I have always wanted to. Would the gains of custom matching x-over components to the drivers be worth it or should I just go active? I've been considering each option. Your crossover is what really caused the failure of your drivers. Having a mismatched passive is a terrible idea. If you haven't ever built a passive and don't have access to measuring gear to measure the response of your drivers in your installation you will be much better off with an active implementation. You asked about the Aurum, while I haven't heard that exact driver my expectations are that it is a nice driver from others I have heard; however, if you try to implement this with an off the shelf crossover it will sound WAY worse than your current setup. Having a hard cone material means there is going to be break up that will really need to be tamed. It would stand a better chance of living than the 6.5 you currently have, but mostly due to the extra xmax and cone size causing you to throw a bit less at it. Before really settling on a driver or even recommending one we should really take a step back and look into your mounting locations, available amplifier power, available crossover networks, installation skills, and of course your listening preferences. Without understanding the whole lot it would be pretty tough to help you narrow down your speaker choice as there are a ton that will work.