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<blockquote data-quote="OlogyAudio" data-source="post: 1022083" data-attributes="member: 562170">Squeak knows what he is talking about //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif -- There are just a handful of tweeters that are very comfortable crossing under 2khz... and VERY few that can under 1.5khz...&nbsp; Dayton RS, seas millennium are the 2 that come to mind first...&nbsp; The lowest I would DARE to cross ethr of those would be 1.2khz and with that low of a xover point don&#039;t expect that much clean volume... It is worth it to have a nice 8&quot; 2way monitor though...&nbsp; Seas L series 8&quot; with a dayton RS or the $160 T25CF-002 (E011) Millennium...&nbsp; and with all honesty the millennium is hard to use under 1.5khz due to a drooping sensitivity...&nbsp; the dayton RS is flat to 1khz... but even it with nearly 3mm of excursion is starting to suffer from THD...&nbsp; There are some ribbons that will xover fine at 1khz but... they aren&#039;t exactly suited for the car... not to mention they will break the bank...If you can use a midbass and can use a 4.5” I say get the excel driver... If you can use a 4.5”er and can&#039;t use a midbass I would suggest checking out <a href="http://www.creativesound.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.creativesound.ca/</a> -- the extended range has reasonable response down to 80hz... I still wouldn&#039;t personally use it under 120hz though...&nbsp; If you have to use a 4” I don&#039;t know what to tell you...&nbsp; Morel?&nbsp; A lot of these drivers are 8 ohms btw... so you will need a robust amp to use them to their full potential...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OlogyAudio, post: 1022083, member: 562170"] Squeak knows what he is talking about [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] -- There are just a handful of tweeters that are very comfortable crossing under 2khz... and VERY few that can under 1.5khz... Dayton RS, seas millennium are the 2 that come to mind first... The lowest I would DARE to cross ethr of those would be 1.2khz and with that low of a xover point don't expect that much clean volume... It is worth it to have a nice 8" 2way monitor though... Seas L series 8" with a dayton RS or the $160 T25CF-002 (E011) Millennium... and with all honesty the millennium is hard to use under 1.5khz due to a drooping sensitivity... the dayton RS is flat to 1khz... but even it with nearly 3mm of excursion is starting to suffer from THD... There are some ribbons that will xover fine at 1khz but... they aren't exactly suited for the car... not to mention they will break the bank... If you can use a midbass and can use a 4.5” I say get the excel driver... If you can use a 4.5”er and can't use a midbass I would suggest checking out [URL="http://www.creativesound.ca/"]http://www.creativesound.ca/[/URL] -- the extended range has reasonable response down to 80hz... I still wouldn't personally use it under 120hz though... If you have to use a 4” I don't know what to tell you... Morel? A lot of these drivers are 8 ohms btw... so you will need a robust amp to use them to their full potential... [/QUOTE]

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