Recent content by Jarick

Background: I was looking for a pair of passive component speakers that had rich bass and a bit of a laid back high end (I have sensitive ears). These speakers were highly regarded for the price, so I took a chance on them. They are being fed by a clean 20-20k RCA signal from the stock head...

Yeah I do think that 10 will be fantastic. I am REALLY kicking myself for selling my old IDQ 12 (I bought it for 75 off a friend and I think got 125-150 for it, but they go for 200+ a lot too). But I'm not a huge basshead. Last night I turned the subs down a bit, turned the LP up from about...

Little update. About to glue the tweeters into place this weekend. Been listening for a while now with them in the "kick" area under the dash and they sound great. Head unit "treble" control does a great job of taming them (usually run it at "-1", but sometimes will go to "-2" or "0")...

The baffles are MDF, and I've never had a problem in any vehicle. If they were rotting from moisture the speakers would be exposed too! But the old MDF baffles were in there for a year and no problems, so I don't see any in the future. Really the only thing I could want right now would be a...

Little update, I've played around with the positioning of the tweets a few times, and I think I like them best closer to the doors and higher up, basically just a bit below the bottom of the dash. They're pointed roughly in front of the opposite side listener. Having them lower made them...

I would *love* to get a 3Sixty.2 in here, and maybe I will down the road. But for now, I'm on a tight budget, and I'm trying to get the best sound with the install first. The important part is the RCA outputs are clean 20-20k. Actually, so far the sound blows away my old system, which was a...

I don't have any pictures of the tweeters, but here are the stock locations and my old Alpines: Side note, here's a fun little crossover I built for the tweeters: Right now I'm still playing around with the positioning, but I've got them in the kick panel area. Up in the dash they were...

So the first step was running the wires for the amp. I used a cheap 8 gauge kit from Parts Express (best place ever) because I have no intention of showing off wires to people, and I don't exactly draw a lot of amps listening to music at a low to medium volume. I also ran RCA's back from the...

Hola! I saw there was a build log section and thought I'd through the pics of my install up. I've always been a car audio nut, at least since I've had my license. My first real job was at Best Buy, so of course I bought a deck, some speakers, and some subs with an amp. Eventually I "learned"...

I tried out the Alpine XT19's down in the kick area...super quiet and could barely tell they were there. Up in the dash they sounded better, louder. They sounded pretty good in the A-pillar area a few inches up from the dash and pointed slightly towards the windshield though, a lot of "air"...

I ran 6.5 Kicker Resolutions for a couple years. They weren't bad, but the aluminum woofer had a bit of harshness in the upper mids though and the tweets were always a bit harsh in the sail panels for me. In kick panels they'd probably be a nice set, but nowadays it seems like you can do...

Okay I just ghetto rigged them in the kick area, and surprisingly my imaging was right on top of the dash but the EQ was much better (usually it's way too harsh). Aiming will be key as the passenger tweet was MUCH louder than the driver, which had to be pointed more at me. Also tried them in...

Actually I think I might also try moving the tweeter temporarily to the doors or kick locations. If it's so loud, getting it away from the dash might help quite a bit.

Yeah right now the tweets are off axis, have a cloth grille over them, -3 dB on the crossover, and I'm STILL taking down treble at the head unit. It's the only way I can get any real depth to the soundstage...otherwise it's just a mess of treble and it sounds like the instruments are screaming...

Okay, everything is installed now! Well almost, I need to screw the rear door baffles into the door, right now they're just smashed in place, so I'm losing a little low end. Right off the bat, the ID's have a lot more bass, mid bass, etc. Which is surprising because a lot of what I read said...