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[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

i need to chat with someone about piecing together my first DIY active front stage...

I dont feel like signing up over at DIYMA forum

so anyone here who runs a DIY active front stage please post

i have an 880prs

budget will be around $600

this needs to cover drivers and a 4 channel

mids have to be 6.5's and tweets i can fit anything up to 3"

looking for impressive midbass, more so than what i currently have, tweeters i wouldnt mind moving away from the metal but i still need them to get plenty loud and sound crisp doing so.

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[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

i need to chat with someone about piecing together my first DIY active front stage...
I dont feel like signing up over at DIYMA forum

so anyone here who runs a DIY active front stage please post

i have an 880prs

budget will be around $600

this needs to cover drivers and a 4 channel

mids have to be 6.5's and tweets i can fit anything up to 3"

looking for impressive midbass, more so than what i currently have, tweeters i wouldnt mind moving away from the metal but i still need them to get plenty loud and sound crisp doing so.

I have the 880

I have the cal 27 tweets and hertz space 8s.

With $600, I'd go with the Scan mids and Cal27 tweeter.

May be a little bit over budget, but meh

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

Ballers and their active setups

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

i would sign up on DIYMA.com and ask there. you'll get more and probably better responses there.

look for drivers from madisound and parts express.

also check out this site. http://zaphaudio.com/ it has reviews and graphs and specs for all kinds of 6.5's and for tweeters as well.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Register at DIYMA and do some researching. Why would you shell out $600 without getting your info first? Read all the opinions/feedback you can, proven set ups, etc... then make a decision...

 

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

At that price, you may be better off getting a nice component set and ditching the passives. You can scoop up the new Alpine Type X Pros for under $400 a few different places online, which are basically the ScanSpeak mids and tweets. That leaves you a little over $200 for a nice 4 channel and the xovers if you ever decide to sell the speakers... there is usually a bigger market for resale than with active separates.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

scan mids and cal27 ill check them out....any idea on what kind of wattage to run to everything....how would 100x4 work

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

At that price, you may be better off getting a nice component set and ditching the passives. You can scoop up the new Alpine Type X Pros for under $400 a few different places online, which are basically the ScanSpeak mids and tweets. That leaves you a little over $200 for a nice 4 channel and the xovers if you ever decide to sell the speakers... there is usually a bigger market for resale than with active separates.

are you kididing? get a nice component set did you not look at my sig son?

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

scan mids and cal27 ill check them out....any idea on what kind of wattage to run to everything....how would 100x4 work

not enough power....imo

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

yeah i just thought id ask here first cause i hate joining multiple forums and whatnot.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

What are you gonna do with your comps?

 

[Zxcvtypo 10+ year member]

i need to chat with someone about piecing together my first DIY active front stage...
I dont feel like signing up over at DIYMA forum

so anyone here who runs a DIY active front stage please post

i have an 880prs

budget will be around $600

this needs to cover drivers and a 4 channel

mids have to be 6.5's and tweets i can fit anything up to 3"

looking for impressive midbass, more so than what i currently have, tweeters i wouldnt mind moving away from the metal but i still need them to get plenty loud and sound crisp doing so.

if you decide to go with a 4150xxk, hit me up. mine's for sale

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

ive been trying to sell them here for over 4 months.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I'm thinking about running my MB Quart 8" 210 TC midbass...and then I have a set of MB Quart DSD 210's the 4" componet set and breaking the speakers out of those and running it as an Active front stage

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

i wish i could run 8's but its a lease.