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[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

Theres a lot of things that fall under personal preference. I love my setup, I've always been a fan of the Sub doing all the bass work, When you have a setup like mine the subs are so powerful any kind of bass from the speakers gets pretty well unoticed. I'm more concerned with accurate tweeters. In my opinion the average person is into either 1 of 2 setups. 1 is really good mid-range and really nice blending for a very musical experience. 2 is focus on subwoofer output and accurate highs, the mids are there but if you're really into bass and pounding notes with extreme accuracy, you'll be happiest with a system thats so loud so low and so hairshiftingly loud that you probally won't be able to hear much from the mids with the subs cranked even if they are an extremely nice mid. I'm more of the second myself, I really enjoy well blended music, but theres nothing better to me than that pound and kick. The mids for me just have to be able to keep up not sound incredible bass-wise.

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

Out of your two choices, I'd best fit in 1. To me there's more to music (in reality there really is) then just bass/highs. There's so much important information in the mid/midrange area that it could even change how/the way you listen/like the song. If set up properly, as I feel I'm 95% of the way there, you get that kick/impact with clean and clear sound. Everything in my set up blends perfectly, I just need to spend some time (esp w/an RTA) setting up the eq bands. With an available 197 total bands (30 per ch/2 para per ch and the 9 on the HU) of eq on tap, my ears can't take it all at once. Best to get an RTA.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

You can get the best of both worlds if you have enough $ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif multiple speakers of every size! Things start to get complicated with all the wiring and extra electrical, but if you have the $ you can make an amazing system. I want to eventually have 6 mid woofers and 6 tweets for front fill and equal for the back. And 4 subs 2 12s and 2 10s I'd be a happy happy man with that setup good SPL and good SQ.

 

[okiedokie 10+ year member]

hey Merciless

you never said what your budget is?

Yes the Morel & diamond are good, but dont rule out pioneer.

caraudio isnt just plug & play, you will have problems so it's best you learn much as you can before having everthing installed.

or learn how to install your own gear.

This forum is more of hard core hobbist vs just having some bass or just having a cool system.

Before you start buying more gear you should first think of

1-Deadener

2-Install

3-making a baffle for your mids

4-Amps

5-Headunit

6-Speakers aren't the most important as some people believe.

Yes you can peace together a good or great to amazing comp set from Partsexpress or Madisound.

most people that run raw drivers have a processor in the headnit or amps that will allow them to change slope & x-over pionts.

There is so much to caraudio, so yes maybe you should take your time & from some of these guys giving you advise on what may work or not.

Just because you paid $90 for a sub that was worth $600 doesn't always mean you got a good deal.

JL prices are very over priced for what you get.

You could of bought a Sundown Audio 8 for $139 that will pound really hard & has great SQ over that JL you bought.

Prefab boxes are ok. Even JL are good but you can make better.

I have a JL 12w6v2 that i paid around $499 new with warranty sitting in my garage just rottening.

Yes it's a really good sub,but i like Fi-RE-Sundown-DD-Dayton-Focal-SSA-Image Dynamics-Diycable-T3.

Try to learn before you waste your money.

These Forums are to help you save money & we all try to buy from companies that offer the best product for the best price.

 

[Merciless 10+ year member]

Budget is ideally 150 or less. Could go up to 200. Bump

 

[Merciless 10+ year member]

Anyone? Bump. I am thinking about the Polk 5251 because they are rated for 100 watts and are mote popular with more info on them

 

[ejschultz 10+ year member]

Pioneer TS-D1320C components. I'm tellin' ya, you won't be disappointed with them. Go with the TS-D1720Cs if you think you can squeeze a 6.75" mid in the door.

 

[okiedokie 10+ year member]

The lower end polk's aren't that good.

The Pioneer are a better buy.

Or you could try out the Massive comps.

Here is a link that you can read or ask questions more of before buying any new gear.

General Car Audio Discussion - "No question is dumb" - DIYMA.com