diy comp setup?

[knotslck 10+ year member]

i'm in a bind. i have my 2 15in cvrs coming in the mail. should be here sometime. i just recently took out my front stock door speakers because they sound like crap and am now using just the tweets in my dash. i know i will not be able to here any music over my two 15s and that is where the problem is. i have a 4 channel amp. not real sure any of the specs because it was given to me and i pretty old. it think it does somthing like 65watts X 4 chan. @ 4ohms. i have been reading a lot of post and am thinking of maybe going diy active on a real tight budget. i have looked into the new 4ohm dayton mids with some dayton tweets. what can i get by with for a crossover. i see most people have like olgy audio build one but i can't spend that much. im not looking for a great sq system by any means just need something to get me bye. i need any suggestions and guidence on what to do. i have a the bottom of the line pioneer HU ( i think it is a 1500 or somthing like that) in case that matters. thanks.

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[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

that dayton setup would be awesome if you could fit a large format tweet in your car. i would suggest getting an active crossover rather than have someone build a custom passive crossover for you. did you buy your HU yet? if not maybe you can get an HU that has a built in 3 way crossover.

 

[knotslck 10+ year member]

yeah i already have the hu. i've had it about 2 years. where can i purchase a active cross over or have one built? im a real newb.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

just do a search on active crossovers on here and see what brands are good. i personally don't know any active crossovers that are real good because i just use the active crossover on my HU. oh when you do your search make sure that the crossover is a 3 way crossover so you can bandpass your mids.

since you are a "newb" then you must read a bit more on learning how to effectively use an active setup. I don't think its that hard, but there is somewhat of a learning curve. because if you go active and you don't know what you are doing, then you are going to choose the wrong crossovers pts and slopes and your setup will sound like crap.

 

[knotslck 10+ year member]

so im guessing that it is probaly time for a new hu. i've been wanting one for a while. i have been reading the crap out of the forums and all of the info i can get my hands on. so going active can actually be done with a 4 ch. amp and a hu with a 3 way cossover on it. i have found a bunch aboot good comp. speaker but no one ever has explianed how to go active.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

you can buy an external crossover if you want. a 3 way active crossover. might be cheaper rather getting a new HU. you can probably get a nice one for $100 or so.

as for going active, search harder. trust me, there are plenty of threads explaining what is active and passive

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

THREAD JACK!! do you need a crossover if your going active? like can you run your mids to the amp directly and the tweets direct to the amp??

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

You need a crossover if you're running active, that Xover can either be external or built into the source unit.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

yes you need a crossover to go active.

but you can use a combination of your HU xovers and your amps xover to go active as well. but for me that wouldn't work because of T/A issues.

 

[knotslck 10+ year member]

an external would work but i need a new hu anyway. any suggestions for a new hu to go active?

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

budget? i would recommend either eclipse 8455, 8454, 8443 or 8053. the last two can't play mp3's though. also you can get alpine 9835 for around $350 used either here or on ebay. also the alpine 9815 has a 3 way crossover. the pioneer 860 has a 3 way active crossover as well.

 

[knotslck 10+ year member]

my budget is about 200 for the hu. mp3 would be nice but not a must.

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

does this HU have a cross over on it??http://www.crutchfield.com/S-F2UCfzNNZkL/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&id=features_and_specs&i=113kdcx889#Tab

and how would i go about wiring it?

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

^ just from that description, nope.

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

Digital E's+ crossover system-would this be it??