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<blockquote data-quote="Roth" data-source="post: 7931055" data-attributes="member: 645820"><p>Thanks for the replies so far everyone. After a little more thinking and research, I might be changing directions a little bit.</p><p></p><p>At this point I'm really liking the PDX-V9. Some of the other amps mentioned in here look great...except for their size.</p><p></p><p>As far as the speakers are concerned, I'm now seriously considering upgrading the front stage, and dropping the rear fill altogether. Probably 95% of the time there will just be myself and/or one passenger, rarely will people be riding in the back seat.</p><p></p><p>I'm looking at dropping the ID CTX65cs and upgrading to the HAT Imagines (unless someone can come up with a better sounding set for the same price). I'm leaning towards doing a component install of the Imagines with an active crossover set up.</p><p></p><p>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can simply use the PDX-V9 as my active crossover, right? I'm still trying to get my head around setting up an active crossover, so bear with me. I'd simply use channels 1 &amp; 2 for my tweeters with a high pass filter on the amp, and channels 3 &amp; 4 with a band pass filter on the amp for my mids, and then obviously a low pass filter for my sub on the 5th channel. It would just take some tweaking with the crossover settings on the amp and/or some EQ adjustments at the HU to find what suits my ear and car.</p><p></p><p>Am I over simplifying things, or does that sound about right? I understand that I'd get better SQ with an external DSP, but I'm looking to keep it simple right now and save a little bit of money. Plus, this will be light years ahead of my stock system that I'm listening to right now!</p><p></p><p>In addition to all of this, I plan on putting in some sound deadening material to help with overall acoustics and road noise.</p><p></p><p>So my proposed system at this point would look something like this:</p><p></p><p>HU: Pioneer AVH-P8400BH</p><p></p><p>Front Mids and Highs: HAT Imagine in a component set-up with an active crossover</p><p></p><p>Rear Fill: Nothing</p><p></p><p>Sub: JL Audio Stealthbox w/ 10W3v3</p><p></p><p>Amp (for everything): Alpine PDX-V9</p><p></p><p>Where's the best place to buy HAT's? Really the only online retailer I've found is 12velectronics.</p><p></p><p>Am I overlooking anything? Please feel free to offer suggestions/criticisms, I'm here to learn!</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roth, post: 7931055, member: 645820"] Thanks for the replies so far everyone. After a little more thinking and research, I might be changing directions a little bit. At this point I'm really liking the PDX-V9. Some of the other amps mentioned in here look great...except for their size. As far as the speakers are concerned, I'm now seriously considering upgrading the front stage, and dropping the rear fill altogether. Probably 95% of the time there will just be myself and/or one passenger, rarely will people be riding in the back seat. I'm looking at dropping the ID CTX65cs and upgrading to the HAT Imagines (unless someone can come up with a better sounding set for the same price). I'm leaning towards doing a component install of the Imagines with an active crossover set up. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can simply use the PDX-V9 as my active crossover, right? I'm still trying to get my head around setting up an active crossover, so bear with me. I'd simply use channels 1 & 2 for my tweeters with a high pass filter on the amp, and channels 3 & 4 with a band pass filter on the amp for my mids, and then obviously a low pass filter for my sub on the 5th channel. It would just take some tweaking with the crossover settings on the amp and/or some EQ adjustments at the HU to find what suits my ear and car. Am I over simplifying things, or does that sound about right? I understand that I'd get better SQ with an external DSP, but I'm looking to keep it simple right now and save a little bit of money. Plus, this will be light years ahead of my stock system that I'm listening to right now! In addition to all of this, I plan on putting in some sound deadening material to help with overall acoustics and road noise. So my proposed system at this point would look something like this: HU: Pioneer AVH-P8400BH Front Mids and Highs: HAT Imagine in a component set-up with an active crossover Rear Fill: Nothing Sub: JL Audio Stealthbox w/ 10W3v3 Amp (for everything): Alpine PDX-V9 Where's the best place to buy HAT's? Really the only online retailer I've found is 12velectronics. Am I overlooking anything? Please feel free to offer suggestions/criticisms, I'm here to learn! Thanks again for the help. [/QUOTE]
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