Horns

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Dont forget you are going to need a good EQ for the horns. Keep that in mind.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

eq from the deck isnt sufficent?

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

eq from the deck isnt sufficent?

How many bands is it?

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

16 graphic (fixed) L&R

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

16 graphic (fixed) L&R

It will work. 30 band or a good PEQ would be much better though.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

you don't need a lot of power for horns. i'd keep the viper if it were me. nice amp to have if you ever go 4-way active

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

true.....

what about the budget though...should i be looking higher?

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

4 way includes the sub......right?

sub

midbass

midrange (considered mid, but also spli at the amp)

and highs?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

4 way includes the sub......right?

sub

midbass

midrange (considered mid, but also spli at the amp)

and highs?

Yes.

As for your budget.....kinda low, all things considered.

A set of used CD1's, which is the cheapest true HLCD Image Dynamics has released, will run you about $200. That only leaves $100 for the mids/etc. Kinda tight.

Give yourself atleast another $50 to play with. The more the merrier //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

400 then.

it will be my winter SQ project anyway

i thought horns were diy....but i guess not.

lol

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

They are DIY...."elite" DIY //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Definitely not a cheap route.

Search around in the classifieds over on places like http://www.elitecaraudio, http://www.carsound.com, http://www.buwaldahybrids.com ....those are the more likely places to find some used horns and mids for a decent price.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

true....i need to research.

i dont know whats good, decent, and junk

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Stay away from anything that uses a piezo driver....you want true HLCD that use actual compression drivers.

Image Dynamics CD1Pro's and CD2 Comps are both good. I don't pay much attention to USD Audio (but they aren't for sale on the forums much, either //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif , so you probably won't find much if any for sale), but anything above their piezo-based horns are good. If they happen to pop up, the Illusion Audio CH1 horns are good (comparable to the CD2's).

Or, you could build your own //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif B&C Neo compression drivers can be found on partsexpress, and are very similar to the ID Neo compression drivers. The Radian 450PB on Partsexpress is the same driver used in the Illusion Audio horns. Just mount either of those up to the ID horn bodies (which you can buy separately), and you're good to go after some EQ work.

Also, you need to figure out if the full bodied horns will fit in your install, or if you need minibodies. In your situation, since you can't go below 1.25kzh anyways, I'd suggest you get minibodies for ease of mounting. An advantage of the full size bodies is that they can play lower....but since you have a finite highpass xover point, that won't help you much //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif IIRC the minis are supposed to be a little better in the midrange area anyways.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

what about things like mounting locations? and what are the average sizes for the minibodies? I was thinking of putting them in the dash, and firing them at the glass.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

and this HLCD...waht is it?