Full range home sound in a car?

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Another sometimes overlooked part of this is have more power on the front stage than you think you need. Most home systems have a bunch of power available (100+ watts per channel is pretty much the minimum). Keeping your mid/high freq amps in a comfortable operating range will help with the quality of their output and allow plenty of headroom for dynamic music.

The install will factor very heavily into the quality of the sound. Average speakers, excellently installed will almost always sound better than excellent speakers just thrown in the doors. You should pay a lot of attention to the mounting surface of the midbass and the airspace that it is working in. If you want to run the MB infinite baffle, make sure that the door is sealed off. If you want to build an enclosure for the MB in/on the door, make sure the baffle is solidly built and that the enclosure is well sealed and stiff. Deaden the doors. Deaden the firewall. Deaden the floorpan. Deaden the roof. Deaden the doors some more.

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

I've unhooked the rear audiobahn comps. I have a single set of Cdt CL-61 6.5's up front, and have my 2 15's running in a series out of the back. It blows my mind that without the sub amp, and without the rear fill, the system has a new sound of clarity. Though the bass is not quite as "loud" and the highs are not quite as "muddy", I'm begining to question why I spent money on the RF 1001BD in the first place. My RF 851x, running two 15's in series, and powering one set of front stage CDT's sounds much better SQ wise, and is just about as loud than my previous setup with the Audiobahn rear fills and the 1001BD running the 2 15's...amazing. Whats more of a surprise is that the gain for the 2 15's is set at just above zero, with the comp channel set at around 25% max. Deck setting get a bump on bass and treble to +1. I think I'm finally getting it..