I seriously need some help

[Jlace 10+ year member]

I'm planning a new build in my car. My other car I ran focals but they won't fit, so I'm off looking at new things for this build in a 1998 BMW 528i.

Can't do more than a 5.25 and 2 5/8" depth in the door. Stock is 5.25 and 2.25" deep. What driver?

Can't do more than 1" tweet in the apillar. The grills are there and the tweet must go behind that little grill. What driver?

Power is not an issue, I have PLENTY. PPI ART, Lanzar Opti's etc. At min. 100w RMS on the front stage on a Nak cd-400. Audiocontrol EQ, Elemental Design ed12 in a sealed box on a Opti 500.2. SQ is my ONLY concern not SPL. I'm NOT an SQ competion guy and don't need that level.

No kick panel options are available. It MUST be doors at 5.25 and exsiting apillars locations. At maximum I want to spend $300.00 for tweets and drivers, less if I can and still have premium sound.

I'm considering Imaging Dynamics cx54 at $169.00 (Frequency Response 55Hz - 4kHz in door) and maybe the nx30 silk dome tweets at $100.00 (Frequency Response: 900-25,000 Hz).

I'm sure there are other options I should consider and I'm not up on all the lastest and greatest sleeper companies out there. It's been years since I did a new build and I'm sure much has changed. Coming from Focals though, my ear have been spoiled. Please help me with driver selections.

Thanks,

Joe

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[MiniVanMan 10+ year member]

Are you looking to run active, or are you looking for a passive setup. If you want active, well then you can do a lot with your budget.

 

[Jlace 10+ year member]

Active is fine.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

^^

In that case, what will your amp do x 4 ? You said 100watts, but I'm assuming that's only x 2 ?

 

[Jlace 10+ year member]

I have the Opti 200.2

100x2@4 ohms

PPI art

50x4 @4 ohms

200x2 at 4 ohms bridged

and my sub amp 500x2

900W x 1 at 4 ohms bridged

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Good deal. 50x4 is plenty for most active setups.

I'm not sure about your h/u's capability for this, but for $300 you could do a full 3-way active setup. You have 50x4 for tweet & midrange, and 100x2 for midbass.

Might as well. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Jlace 10+ year member]

I'm not planning midbass drivers at this point, it's just what I can do in the door and apillars.

My head unit is Nakamichi cd-400.

Maximum Power Output: 47 W * 4 (4 ohms)

Frequency Response: 15 - 30,000 Hz ±1 dB

Output Level: 4 V

D/A Converter Type: 24-bit D/A converter

Frequency Response: 20 - 20,000 Hz

Signal-to-Noise Ratio: Better than 100 dB

Dynamic Range: Better than 90 dB

Total harmonic Distortion: 0.005% (1 kHz)

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

^ I saw that. Just not able to tell what kind of control you have on the h/u.

Okay. So, with tweeter & mid, do you mind using 2 amps to give one set 100x2 & the other 200x2? Or do you want to use just one and give all 50x4?

Sorry for all these questions. I'm just trying to find out what you're looking to do exactly.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

cut holes in your new car and fit your old audio equip.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

^^ Kind of going off that...have you considered just using 3/4" MDF rings? The 3/4" would give you basket clearance and should allow you to use 6.5".

 

[Jlace 10+ year member]

It's the way the doors are cut, the moldings won't let you go bigger than 5.25. The door pocket falls off at the bottom, so I'm stuck with a 5.25.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

It's the way the doors are cut, the moldings won't let you go bigger than 5.25. The door pocket falls off at the bottom, so I'm stuck with a 5.25.

I C

Okay. 2 Amps, or 1?

 

[Jlace 10+ year member]

Bmw 5 series is not the Ultimate sound machine.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

again

Okay. So, with tweeter & mid, do you mind using 2 amps to give one set 100x2 & the other 200x2? Or do you want to use just one and give all 50x4?

Sorry for all these questions. I'm just trying to find out what you're looking to do exactly.

 

[Jlace 10+ year member]

My orginal plan was to run the PPI on the front stage and the Opti 200.2 on the midbass drivers but there is no room in the doors for a midbass driver and unless I put those in the rear deack( not optimal) then I just won;t have midbass. There is Zero room in the kicks.

Now I'm thinking using the 200.2 on the front stage or just the A404 at 200x2.

Either way, two speakers up front and the sub.