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<blockquote data-quote="AVX Mike" data-source="post: 6844878" data-attributes="member: 571805">That appers to be a saturn so I will give you some advice from my experience with mine over the last 7 years I&#039;ve been playing with it.&nbsp; Sub up port back will sound better and be louder.&nbsp; If you want high spl at comps don&#039;t dynamat the rear of the car.&nbsp; Pm me and I can explain why.&nbsp; Tweeters should be mounted on the a pillars very low.&nbsp; The doors in these cars ****.&nbsp; Aside from being made of plastic that is made to flex they are full of huge holes that will make it very hard to get good midbass.&nbsp; The way my doors are on the inside they are very hard to get into and dynamat.&nbsp; Kicks are the best way to go in any car but are almost a requirement in these cars.&nbsp; Yes it can be done without but once it&#039;s all said and done, it&#039;s easier and cheaper to just build kicks.&nbsp; On to your amp......no offense intended but.........Dual is a $hit brand.&nbsp; I can guarantee that it isn&#039;t giving you 150 watts a side.&nbsp; 75 watts is still probably a stretch.&nbsp; Aside from that it is cheaply made with cheap components and you&#039;ll have a hard time getting good sound out of it no matter what is on either side of it.&nbsp; Your speakers don&#039;t seem to be the problem as they are a decent set of components.&nbsp; Head looks good and obviously has substantial tuning ability.&nbsp; Tuning ability isn&#039;t a substitute for good equipment and proper speaker placement.&nbsp; With DTA available tweeter placement can be fixed some.&nbsp; Running active if possible would give you a better sound stage.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if the kenwood can be run active or not.&nbsp; It wouldn&#039;t matter if the mids were out of phase or not since they aren&#039;t in the same enclosure or close enough to each other to matter.&nbsp; Reversing the phase on mids and tweets (you just have to play around) can help with staging and imaging while not affecting output.So to put it simply.....either deaden the hell out of the doors and replace the Dual amp.......or build kicks and replace the Dual amp..........you may even want to try replacing the Dual amp and see what happens.I hope that helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AVX Mike, post: 6844878, member: 571805"] That appers to be a saturn so I will give you some advice from my experience with mine over the last 7 years I've been playing with it. Sub up port back will sound better and be louder. If you want high spl at comps don't dynamat the rear of the car. Pm me and I can explain why. Tweeters should be mounted on the a pillars very low. The doors in these cars ****. Aside from being made of plastic that is made to flex they are full of huge holes that will make it very hard to get good midbass. The way my doors are on the inside they are very hard to get into and dynamat. Kicks are the best way to go in any car but are almost a requirement in these cars. Yes it can be done without but once it's all said and done, it's easier and cheaper to just build kicks. On to your amp......no offense intended but.........Dual is a $hit brand. I can guarantee that it isn't giving you 150 watts a side. 75 watts is still probably a stretch. Aside from that it is cheaply made with cheap components and you'll have a hard time getting good sound out of it no matter what is on either side of it. Your speakers don't seem to be the problem as they are a decent set of components. Head looks good and obviously has substantial tuning ability. Tuning ability isn't a substitute for good equipment and proper speaker placement. With DTA available tweeter placement can be fixed some. Running active if possible would give you a better sound stage. I don't know if the kenwood can be run active or not. It wouldn't matter if the mids were out of phase or not since they aren't in the same enclosure or close enough to each other to matter. Reversing the phase on mids and tweets (you just have to play around) can help with staging and imaging while not affecting output. So to put it simply.....either deaden the hell out of the doors and replace the Dual amp.......or build kicks and replace the Dual amp..........you may even want to try replacing the Dual amp and see what happens. I hope that helps. [/QUOTE]

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