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You left out one major piece Chris. You will need some way of measuring distortion as well and along with that you need to determine what level of distortion is acceptable and test up to that level. To make things even more difficult, you could question which harmonics are actually important to you in that measurement and what actually defines distortion. A lot of speaker designers that I have worked with in the past measure up to the 50th harmonic, which at low frequencies is fairly easy but even up at 20kHz is a completely different story. You'd be surprised how many manufacturers cannot even do this measurement and have to outsource it to a testing house. To do it right it is really expensive. The load that Chris proposes isn't stable enough in my book.

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That is supposed to be coming this way so I thought I better beat on the sled one more time. It might snow this weekend again though after melting the 20"+ we got last week.

Sweet. When I do that with my M, the mic clips at 15' away which makes it sound like chit.

afternoon. 180miles on the sled today and my knees are killing me.

To get the word out, I think it would be helpful to understand where you first heard about Fi and of course how you ended up visiting their forum at SSA. For me it was right here on SSA, and I am glad that they chose their home here!

Chit, I forgot good morning!

Sorry and Congratulations.

Wish I saw things like that before I pressed the button.

I had one with 280w in a .4cuft sealed downfiring under the rear seat of my extended cab and it was very impressive and sounded great. It could easily have handled more power though.

Welcome.

Either I am nuts or you haven't read the specs on your headunits crossovers. I believe they are just sub frequency HP & LP and won't have something that works for your mid and tweeter. I hope I am wrong, but I don't think so. This means you are going to need an amp with good crossovers built in and will have to sell yours. That or buy an off board electronic crossover. Depending on the budget for your amps there are some that can surely do this, plus all of them will be an upgrade over the PA anyways. Are your tweeters going to be real far off axis or mostly on axis?

Just friggin' busy here, but some evening perhaps...

bah, who needs 'em?

Thanks Mangs!

Crap. I can't find my Solen pricelist. I assume you are in Canada so ordering from Solen probably makes sense. Are you size limited (aka do you need a neo sized tweeter or will a full flanged one work)?

If you set your gains following a tutorial you shouldn't have a problem with the tweeters. Of course, you need some common sense and the capability to hear a bit of distortion. I highly recommend listening to just your tweeters alone first when you first set things up for that reason. Without any other drivers it should make it much easier to hear your tweeters struggling. Another quick cure would be to order a set of the Dayton ND-20's. At $4 a piece you could blow them for the fun of it and as a learning experience while setting up the ones you want to blend with your mid. IMO the Mli65 is a great choice for a first shot at a DIY driver. Mind you I haven't heard one yet, but it fares well by everyone who tests it and the frequency response will make it very easy to blend with a variety of tweeters. Having this flexibility is extremely helpful your first time around. On top of that the value is outstanding. As soon as I get off my arse and drive to Winnipeg I will have a few sets myself The next thing for you is to decide on a tweeter. Are you a metal guy or a soft cone type? Do you have a budget for the tweet?

4 in my house???

Sounds like corrupted USB drivers as well. Do other USB items work okay? I have also seen similar failures when using a device that pulled too much voltage off a USB plug, the cure for that was a powered hub.

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Guess not, I hadn't put it in there until just now.

Ouch. I hit the big 33 today.

Right on Matt, knock 'em dead!

I think they would make a great mid; however, I completely disagree with your not wanting to run them active. Everyone that I have ever met that is a rear fill fan has changed their mind when they have heard my install and I am sure that would go along with any good install. Do remember that more than 80% of how good a car audio installation sounds is in the install. If you don't go active I'd then highly suggest building some passives, an inline bass blocker or some off the shelf passive will not be a good solution. While you are baffling your kickpods, make sure to reinforce them a bunch as well.

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