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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8837228" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>Yes. But on the bright side, DSP is very powerful and can be had built into amps, built into the head unit, or outboard, and will help significantly in compensating for the acoustic limitations and complications of a vehicle. Power is also extremely cheap so it is possible to overcome a lot of things by brute force rather inexpensively.</p><p></p><p>Harmon International (JBL/Infinity/Crown family) still makes a fine product so Infinity should be consistent with what you remember... with the caveat that there is, of course, a difference between the 100$ set of components and the 600$ one. Also Rockford Fosgate (outside their entry level) has also held their quality though I would say their MSRP is tough to justify these days.</p><p></p><p>Two top tier songs for playing loud. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Plug and play into factory locations is certainly an option but in addition to the acoustic limitations of a vehicle you mentioned earlier now you have more uneven pathlengths from each speaker to your listening position and at least one side is likely to be way more off-axis. Kickpanels is generally best you can get starting point but would require some custom fabrication which you may find impractical or not cost effective.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Less than optimum location typically and proper buildout of a spare tire well will be tedious and costly. Assuming your top priority is stealth you can certainly do a lot via brute force just cram something into too-small airspace and throw a ton of power at it, but most modern high power subwoofers these days are designed to perform best in ported enclosure and for best results you'd probably want a proper box all the way to the rear or in a corner and figuring out which way to aim the port and sub(s) to give you the best frequency response will come down to trial and error. Again, if you over-buy on power you can lean very heavily on DSP to get your overall response where you like. You will need to come back with a solid plan on precisely how much space you're willing to sacrifice and the exact physical dimensions of your mounting location to plan beyond that. All things equal I'd take a single more robust driver over more lower capability ones every time if space and physical limitations would allow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8837228, member: 614752"] Yes. But on the bright side, DSP is very powerful and can be had built into amps, built into the head unit, or outboard, and will help significantly in compensating for the acoustic limitations and complications of a vehicle. Power is also extremely cheap so it is possible to overcome a lot of things by brute force rather inexpensively. Harmon International (JBL/Infinity/Crown family) still makes a fine product so Infinity should be consistent with what you remember... with the caveat that there is, of course, a difference between the 100$ set of components and the 600$ one. Also Rockford Fosgate (outside their entry level) has also held their quality though I would say their MSRP is tough to justify these days. Two top tier songs for playing loud. Plug and play into factory locations is certainly an option but in addition to the acoustic limitations of a vehicle you mentioned earlier now you have more uneven pathlengths from each speaker to your listening position and at least one side is likely to be way more off-axis. Kickpanels is generally best you can get starting point but would require some custom fabrication which you may find impractical or not cost effective. Less than optimum location typically and proper buildout of a spare tire well will be tedious and costly. Assuming your top priority is stealth you can certainly do a lot via brute force just cram something into too-small airspace and throw a ton of power at it, but most modern high power subwoofers these days are designed to perform best in ported enclosure and for best results you'd probably want a proper box all the way to the rear or in a corner and figuring out which way to aim the port and sub(s) to give you the best frequency response will come down to trial and error. Again, if you over-buy on power you can lean very heavily on DSP to get your overall response where you like. You will need to come back with a solid plan on precisely how much space you're willing to sacrifice and the exact physical dimensions of your mounting location to plan beyond that. All things equal I'd take a single more robust driver over more lower capability ones every time if space and physical limitations would allow. [/QUOTE]
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