High End speaker setup

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

I have kind of a simple question. What type of car is this set up going in? Who will do your install? The reason I ask is you leaning towards as system that requiers an inclosure of the midbass and axis issues for the tweet. If you or your installer is not really skilled you can spend goobs of money on this stuff that is no doubt top notch, and have it sound like poo!!! I am bias so I will refrain from my reommendation. I have heard most of your choices but not all. Good luck I sure what ever you do will sound sweet. becasue you have picked so very highend stuff.

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Specially if hes relying on a simply xover like the Tru to do his tuning.

 

[Simek4life 10+ year member]

I have never heard the ones u have mentioned, but i just got my JBL GTI's and they sound great. not as expenisve and definetly get loud with good midbass. just my .02.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

I have kind of a simple question. What type of car is this set up going in? Who will do your install? The reason I ask is you leaning towards as system that requiers an inclosure of the midbass and axis issues for the tweet. If you or your installer is not really skilled you can spend goobs of money on this stuff that is no doubt top notch, and have it sound like poo!!! I am bias so I will refrain from my reommendation. I have heard most of your choices but not all. Good luck I sure what ever you do will sound sweet. becasue you have picked so very highend stuff.

It will be going into a 1996 Lexus LS400. It will probably be done by a local shop called "Audio Shoppee" or soemthing, their trustworthy and carry only high end stuff (Tru, Arc, Morel, DLS, RE, Image Dynamics, Helix) and have done competition winning cars. I know about the enclosures and I am still thinking that one through, because It would be nice to just drop in a IB with MDF wood (I have 5 1/4 holes). But in the long run it should be worth it. As I have stated for 6spdcoupe I know what u are probably leaning toward, but if u can give suggestions as how u would rate each setup it would still be fine.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

I have never heard the ones u have mentioned, but i just got my JBL GTI's and they sound great. not as expenisve and definetly get loud with good midbass. just my .02.

-_- my brother was going to use those, if I remeber I had made a post before for my brother with a bunch of speaker recommendations. They are decent speakers, but are not near the competition setup I am aiming for. Please look around the forums, u should find some information on the speakers I am using. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

I guess I should also add I will be putting my IDMax's in a IB setup for the SQ, It will make a difference mainly because my cabin and trunk are mostly seperated, the only opening between the two is where the stock IB 10' subwoofer went, so I will be doing some cutting to the trunk dash as well to get the bass in the car.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

if you've got the cash, the best 2-way setup imo would be2-way

W18NX + LCY108 ribbons

3-way

Peerless XLS 8/ Dayton RS225 + Peerless Exclusive 4.5/5.5 + LCY 108

if you can afford 12v behringer equalizers and crossovers you'll be golden!

and if you're just rolling in dough, nothing would be a carputer with Digital Room Correction software...NOTHING

For now I am looking for a 2 way setup, I am putting alot of money into this setup, but I am at all no way near rich. I have thought about the carputer idea as well (mine was a cheap version with basic LCD screen and a computer I built myself since I use to build computers all the time). I realize the quality difference u can get with a carputer too ( their up to 96bit or something ?, which is 3 times the 24 bit from my headunit).

But I have looked at ur suggestions

SEAs Excel

W18NX-001

LCY

LCY108 Ribbon (These a really uniqly shaped)

I have not heard of LCY so I can't say anything about their speakers, so if someone can put in some input it would be nice

 

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

if you've got the cash, the best 2-way setup imo would be
2-way

W18NX + LCY108 ribbons

3-way

Peerless XLS 8/ Dayton RS225 + Peerless Exclusive 4.5/5.5 + LCY 108

if you can afford 12v behringer equalizers and crossovers you'll be golden!

and if you're just rolling in dough, nothing would be a carputer with Digital Room Correction software...NOTHING

nonsense....

not even close to what his best option would be

I have a few ribbon pairs laying around...and how I would discribe them is shimmery..I tend to call ribbons the david copperfield of drivers...they give you this illusion of grandure but in all reality it's just smoke and mirrors..they are not tonally accurate IMO..not even close..plus they are huge...like esotar huge

 

[99StangGt 10+ year member]

well tell us Hebrew. you have owned the best. Maybe I should talk you about new tweeters that sound like supremos, lol

 

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

IMO..on axis...nothing comes close to the ring rev...now off axis is a different story...though scan does make the 6600 which given the pros and cons of the car environment, maybe better suited...

in regards to the supremos..very nice tweeters..but if not tamed tend to be very spitty and very upfront..I'd chose a hiquphon OW1fs if I couldn't get the scans...and from what I keep reading..the Brax matrix tweeter is something special as well

 

[99StangGt 10+ year member]

Thanks hebrew. I checked prices and I am to poor for those. I am a little cheaper, lol. Looking for 200 and under for tweeters. I havent got the mids yet but I am thinking of going back to my old seas ca18s and maybe Morel supremos. I think my dyn md100s are real spitty and my old focal tn45 were worse. Sure would like to hear some good tweeters.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

Thanks hebrew. I checked prices and I am to poor for those. I am a little cheaper, lol. Looking for 200 and under for tweeters. I havent got the mids yet but I am thinking of going back to my old seas ca18s and maybe Morel supremos. I think my dyn md100s are real spitty and my old focal tn45 were worse. Sure would like to hear some good tweeters.

Thats why i am leaning toward the Scanspeak 2904 ring rev. tweets //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

IMO..on axis...nothing comes close to the ring rev...now off axis is a different story...though scan does make the 6600 which given the pros and cons of the car environment, maybe better suited...
in regards to the supremos..very nice tweeters..but if not tamed tend to be very spitty and very upfront..I'd chose a hiquphon OW1fs if I couldn't get the scans...and from what I keep reading..the Brax matrix tweeter is something special as well

You really should have listened to those brax when you had them.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

You really should have listened to those brax when you had them.

Something tells me he'll one day soon he'll have another rondevous with them...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Polk sinature reference components sound great. Maybe something you should look at aswell.

 

[kublkmax 10+ year member]

^^^^^ not to be condisending but those are not even in the same league of speakers that we are discussing here. Now like I said I am a bit bias and have not heard them all we are talking about. I would suggest mixing up things maybe don't buy a set per say. Midbass I am big fan of the Powerline CS it is designed based on the profi sub. I love the the Cal 28 tweet but the supremo is not bad. I have not heard the Scans and would be very intersed to hear as a comparison. You could also run the Platnuim set with the upgraded midbass. Or if you are a true balla then just buy the Rainbow reference set and call it a day! Really no matter what you get is going to be awsome. Good luck and keep us posted.