Gatorade
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This is my first attempt at looking into my front stage needs. Is there a ballpark ratio that tells you much front, mid stage you need to match up to your sub stage?
The sub stage is 3k.
The sub stage is 3k.
How much money are you trying to throw at this project and what is your level of skill and confidence with custom fabrication?
I would think 600 watts on a three way setup would work.
2- 6-½" or 8" midbass drivers (200 watts for each)
2- 6-½" midrange speakers (200 watts for each)
2- 3-½" Super Tweets (100 watts for each)
They all probably won't handle that many watts, but headroom is always nice.
And you can't build custom door panels to just load it up with components/coaxials. Well IMO just buy a 200$ ish set of components from a reputable brand (Alpine, Kicker, Rockford, JBL/Infinity, CDT, etc.) and a solid 125X2 amp also from a reliable brand and you should be fine. Getting louder will require either ******* your soundstage with adding rears (and doubling the cost) or adding more drivers up front (and more power also doubling the cost plus adding expense of custom fab). From there what's 'enough' is still completely subjective.I've got about $400 for speakers, and a small amp.
Agreed. Not only that $400 budget for speakers + amp that has to keep up with 3k RMS substage is unrealisticFYI......i have a 1000 rms 3 way active front stage that cant keep up with my single ported 12 (1500 rms sub stage)