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<blockquote data-quote="stevem5000" data-source="post: 347846" data-attributes="member: 549909">Helotaxi-man...The Audiobahns are about $60 each...I am still looking for an amp, but I suspect it will be about $200...I&#039;m not looking for a lot of power, remember, the rest of my speakers are driven off the hu only, no amps at all...I have the boxes, just need to fit the subs into the box, run the wire etc...So, that puts me at about $320 or so...say $375 by the time I&#039;m done...And all I want to do is put a foundation in my system...give the low end some &quot;oooomph&quot;...but not much...Now, perhpas I am not going about this right...I have never listened to a system with subs installed in a car...only in the stereo stores, and it seems like the bass is always overpowering...too much...too strong...I get the salesman to tone it down a little, but it seems like there is a &quot;disconnect&quot; between the bass and the mids...maybe it&#039;s just me and the way I&#039;m listening...maybe my expectations are out of alighnment...So that&#039;s why I&#039;m thinking to cross it at a higher point and maybe the transition will be smoother...anything that I get will be adjustable, so if it doesn&#039;t work like I would like to think it would, I just move the crossover point lower and lower until it does work correctly...And then I think, I have about $800 in my system so far...can I really justify almost 50% more just for some bass???...hard decision...I understand&nbsp; your description on the location, and I agree, but I also suspect that with the small cab on my truck, does speaker placement really matter that much???Right now I tend to run the rear coax&#039;s slightly louder than the components in the front...it seems like my low end is slightly more &quot;open&quot; or &quot;richer&quot; of the 6x9&#039;s in the back than from my front components...At any rate, whatever I do, if I really don&#039;t like it, I guess I can sell the stuff on eBay, take my hit...because I still like what I have...just trying to improve it a little...Thanx for your comments...It will be another day before I get a chance to respond...RegardsSTeve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stevem5000, post: 347846, member: 549909"] Helotaxi-man... The Audiobahns are about $60 each... I am still looking for an amp, but I suspect it will be about $200...I'm not looking for a lot of power, remember, the rest of my speakers are driven off the hu only, no amps at all... I have the boxes, just need to fit the subs into the box, run the wire etc... So, that puts me at about $320 or so...say $375 by the time I'm done... And all I want to do is put a foundation in my system...give the low end some "oooomph"...but not much... Now, perhpas I am not going about this right...I have never listened to a system with subs installed in a car...only in the stereo stores, and it seems like the bass is always overpowering...too much...too strong...I get the salesman to tone it down a little, but it seems like there is a "disconnect" between the bass and the mids...maybe it's just me and the way I'm listening...maybe my expectations are out of alighnment... So that's why I'm thinking to cross it at a higher point and maybe the transition will be smoother...anything that I get will be adjustable, so if it doesn't work like I would like to think it would, I just move the crossover point lower and lower until it does work correctly... And then I think, I have about $800 in my system so far...can I really justify almost 50% more just for some bass???...hard decision... I understand your description on the location, and I agree, but I also suspect that with the small cab on my truck, does speaker placement really matter that much??? Right now I tend to run the rear coax's slightly louder than the components in the front...it seems like my low end is slightly more "open" or "richer" of the 6x9's in the back than from my front components... At any rate, whatever I do, if I really don't like it, I guess I can sell the stuff on eBay, take my hit...because I still like what I have...just trying to improve it a little... Thanx for your comments... It will be another day before I get a chance to respond... Regards STeve [/QUOTE]

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