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[X Ray 10+ year member]

I just ordered four Datyon RS180's. One for each door. I think I'll pick up four aluminum neo SEAS tweets to go with them. Maybe the cloth ones. Haven't decided yet.

My question is, out of all of you who praise the Dayton RS180 + "random tweeter" that you prefer, why don't I see these in your signature's? It appears that people buy them, and then aren't happy with them. I see a TON of them for sale in the classifieds.

What's the deal guys?

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

I loved mine, they sounded great, but needed some eq'ing around the 1800hz range. Deep strong midbass, and good midrange, you really don't wanna x'em higher than 2000hz.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

If properly setup and powered... and paired with a decent tweeter...
They can sound as good or better than a lot of entry-mid level component sets.

nG

Like an Aura Amplifier and MaxFi Tweeters... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Because I know that setup kicks *** in my car!

I like my Dayton RS 180-4 Series Speaker better in my car then I did my Image Dynamics CX62... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

I just ordered four Datyon RS180's. One for each door. I think I'll pick up four aluminum neo SEAS tweets to go with them. Maybe the cloth ones. Haven't decided yet.
My question is, out of all of you who praise the Dayton RS180 + "random tweeter" that you prefer, why don't I see these in your signature's? It appears that people buy them, and then aren't happy with them. I see a TON of them for sale in the classifieds.

What's the deal guys?

The only downfall is that have noticeable break ups above 2khz and it's hard to find a compact tweeter to play down that low, now if you could fit the RS28 tweets (Daytons btw) then it wouldn't be a problem, because IIRC those can play down to 1500hz or so, problem solved. But the thing is, the RS28 is a huge tweeter, thus why it's not widely used.

Dayton makes GREAT budget drivers, but I couldn't fit a large format tweeter, so I had to go with something that could play higher, thus my Peerless 7s.

I do however, LOVE their RS subwoofers, there is a reason why I went from an HO12 to an XXX15, and now back to 2 HO10s //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

I think the rs-180 / seas neo combo has been done quite a bit with fairly good results. I think they say 2k-2.5k is ok for cuttoff on the neo tweets (to a point) so you should be able to cross the daytons low enough not avoid the jaggedness in the far upper end of it's range.

I'll be interested in what you think of those daytons.

... I'm still torn between one of the Seas RNX's or Peerless Exc. 7 or Dayton or possibly even the Mach 5 MLI-65 or Hi-Vi D6.8 for a dynaudio copy. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[X Ray 10+ year member]

I'm gonna order four SEAS "neo" aluminum tweets tomorrow. I just need something decent sounding to run on the stock Jag head unit until I decide what to do.

I have decided to yank the factory deck though, which I was ADAMANT about NOT doing just a month ago. I've decided that I don't give a fu(k about how the dash looks, or weather or not the cars interior looks stock. I absolutely have to have a good stereo in my car.

I'm thinking a Clarion DRZ9255 with some SEAS or ScanSpeak mids and tweets (possibly three way), and a JBL GTiMkII 12.

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

Ok... Good luck.

I can say if it were me and it were a jaguar....

I'd reeeeeally consider either a 3sixty.2 or pxe-h650 attached to OEM if it couldn't be swapped to aftermarket very easily. Worst case scenario, you'd still have your dash relatively unscathed on first trial with an OEM integration unit, rather than not trying at all.

The Seas / Scan-Speak combo sounds pretty nice.. I assume you mean revelators.. NICE driver.

I'm undecided still among one of the RNX Seas 7" mids.. possibly L18 (aluminum) or ER18 (reed paper) Or just be silly budget and go RS180 4ohm and probably be happy. I imagine any and either would be a step up from my previous build with Kappa comps.