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<blockquote data-quote="geolemon" data-source="post: 439546" data-attributes="member: 547749"><a href="http://www.nuera-acoustic.ca/products.html" target="_blank">Neura Acoustic</a> sells these <a href="http://www.nuera-acoustic.ca/products/datasheets/W69-1042.jpg" target="_blank">Tang Band 6x9 free-air subwoofers</a> for just $32 each.&nbsp;&nbsp; :thumbsupwThese are purpose-built subs, not some pair of ghetto 6x9&#039;s. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifYou really don&#039;t find many actual high end &quot;regular&quot; 6x9&#039;s out there on the market, which at least partially explains why yours aren&#039;t performing all that well.&nbsp; Most won&#039;t.Marketing department: &quot;Since audiophiles won&#039;t be in the market for 6x9&#039;s, just throw three or four tweeters on a pole extension, and mark the price up.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> At any rate, those Tang Band 6x9 subwoofers are 8 ohms each, meaning they will wire up nice and easily in parallel to present a 4 ohm mono load to a little class A/B amp.They need less than 100w each, which means you should shop for a 50x2 amp to power them with (which would bridge to 200 x1, or slightly less).Don&#039;t be surprised at that low power number - you are installing them free-air, meaning each sub will see a pretty ridiculous amount of cu.ft. of airspace, there&#039;s not much air spring providing resistance against cone motion - meaning it won&#039;t take much power to reach full output levels.I believe this is exactly what you need for your Mustang, and it&#039;s a drop-in solution.The subs are cheap, even a high-end 50x2 amp will be cheap, and WalMart sells a complete Scosche 4 gauge wiring kit for $25 that has everything you need to install the sub amp.&nbsp; :thumbsupw</blockquote>

[QUOTE="geolemon, post: 439546, member: 547749"] [URL="http://www.nuera-acoustic.ca/products.html"]Neura Acoustic[/URL] sells these [URL="http://www.nuera-acoustic.ca/products/datasheets/W69-1042.jpg"]Tang Band 6x9 free-air subwoofers[/URL] for just $32 each. :thumbsupw These are purpose-built subs, not some pair of ghetto 6x9's. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] You really don't find many actual high end "regular" 6x9's out there on the market, which at least partially explains why yours aren't performing all that well. Most won't. [I]Marketing department: "Since audiophiles won't be in the market for 6x9's, just throw three or four tweeters on a pole extension, and mark the price up." :p [/I] At any rate, those Tang Band 6x9 subwoofers are 8 ohms each, meaning they will wire up nice and easily in parallel to present a 4 ohm mono load to a little class A/B amp. They need less than 100w each, which means you should shop for a 50x2 amp to power them with (which would bridge to 200 x1, or slightly less). Don't be surprised at that low power number - you are installing them free-air, meaning each sub will see a pretty ridiculous amount of cu.ft. of airspace, there's not much air spring providing resistance against cone motion - meaning it won't take much power to reach full output levels. I believe this is exactly what you need for your Mustang, and it's a drop-in solution. The subs are cheap, even a high-end 50x2 amp will be cheap, and WalMart sells a complete Scosche 4 gauge wiring kit for $25 that has everything you need to install the sub amp. :thumbsupw [/QUOTE]

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