Amplifier Recommendation?

[edudes13 10+ year member]

Rocksford Fosgate, JL (WAYYY too expensive for my taste) i checked those too and set my budget right in the middle of the 2.

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

Clusterfuck? Why? And i was counting on my dad to help me build the boxes since i don't know how to determine how much space a speaker needs and he used to do this for a living. I thought since they were both 15's they'd both use the same box size but i guess i was wrong?

Home theather subs are just designed differently, they generally require much larger enclosures.

 

[MANTI5 10+ year member]

You're planning on running 2 different subs at the same time?

 

[edudes13 10+ year member]

You're planning on running 2 different subs at the same time?

No i just wanted to know what amp i would use with each to help me decide between the 2.

 

[edudes13 10+ year member]

Home theather subs are just designed differently, they generally require much larger enclosures.

Hmmm at the moment im leaning towards the FI now less expensive sub, should sound the same as the B&C sub and is going take less space. So far the only advantage I'm seeing to the B&C speaker is the brand name.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Unless this is a setup intended to simply make noise, having that many midrange drivers just doesn't work in a car.

1 sub, 2 of the 6MDN44s, and 2 good tweets. Any more than that and you're going to have a very difficult time getting a decent stereo image out of it.

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

I'd get the Fi. Could even throw 3000 watts at if you want. If you're looking to get as loud as possible, the FI would be your best bet.

 

[edudes13 10+ year member]

Unless this is a setup intended to simply make noise, having that many midrange drivers just doesn't work in a car.
1 sub, 2 of the 6MDN44s, and 2 good tweets. Any more than that and you're going to have a very difficult time getting a decent stereo image out of it.

I was thinking the one sub the 6 mid range and putting 4 midbass in the doors to round it out so that when you stand back with the doors open it'll all come together. Or is that a bad idea?

This is a first build so mistakes will be all over the place lol. Thats the reason i signed up for this forum so that you guys could guide me right!

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

When looking for an SQ build, you can usually bet that less is more.

It sounds to me like you're looking for a clean, loud, and clear build... in which case you could achieve much better results (while saving money) using pro-audio speakers.

 

[MANTI5 10+ year member]

I was thinking the one sub the 6 mid range and putting 4 midbass in the doors to round it out so that when you stand back with the doors open it'll all come together. Or is that a bad idea?
This is a first build so mistakes will be all over the place lol. Thats the reason i signed up for this forum so that you guys could guide me right!

Do you ride with the doors open? Best keep it simple with a set of components and a sub in an enclosure designed for it.

 

[edudes13 10+ year member]

To be honest i want to make this build for volume that sounds decent. And no i don't ride with the doors open but the car is just really something to park at a car meet and raise the volume not really for daily driving.

 

[MANTI5 10+ year member]

You can have all that without Frankensteining it.

 

[edudes13 10+ year member]

Hmmm what if i were to change 3 of those speakers to midbass and have 3 midbass 3 mid range 1 sub and 3 tweets?

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

There's nothing wrong with that, there's plenty of guys that fill their cars with speakers, but you were just going about it wrong. Pro-audio speakers are the way to go there. And probably some super-tweets. With a $3,000 budget you can make it happen, it takes a good amount of fiber glassing too.

Something like this Selenium 6W4P 6" Woofer 264-422 and this Selenium ST350 Super Tweeter 264-362 would be a better place to start.

A build kinda like this... http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/533070-2009-malibu-4th-order-wall-8-12-s-build-rebuild.html (scroll past the subs to see his door set-up)

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

And no i don't ride with the doors open but the car is just really something to park at a car meet and raise the volume not really for daily driving.

That's what I wanted to know. So yeah, go with your original plan //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

B&C is a very good choice - you've got fiberglassing work ahead of you, but the results should make you happy.