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<blockquote data-quote="MiniVanMan" data-source="post: 2782113" data-attributes="member: 573252">That&#039;s an excellent approach.&nbsp; I definitely like your &quot;90%&quot; rule, and will use that myself in the future.&nbsp; I&#039;m all about finding the point of diminishing returns, which is exactly what you stated as well.&nbsp; I don&#039;t find the need to use the most expensive gear.&nbsp; I find more satisfaction in getting good gear to sound great.I have a nephew now that wants me to put something in his car.&nbsp; I&#039;m hesitant because I know it&#039;ll be stolen.&nbsp; So, I definitely know where you&#039;re coming from on that.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got 16 years to worry about my own son, though (he was born 5 days ago.&nbsp; I know, shameless plug //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif ).Anyway, a good start for your crossover points will be about 2000 hz for the mid and about 2700 for the tweeter.&nbsp; When tuning by ear, make sure you&#039;re sitting in the location that you&#039;ll be listening from.&nbsp; With the L15 raise the crossover point till you stop hearing an increase in midrange.&nbsp; Since these drivers will be quite a bit off-axis, I doubt you&#039;ll get much more than 2000-2200 hz out of them.&nbsp; And if you start to hear some high pitched screaming from them, turn the crossover point down a bit because you&#039;ve found the cone breakup at 8k.&nbsp; You just want to get them high enough to mate up to the tweeter.&nbsp; The MDT 12 can handle 2500 hz, and you&#039;ll probably end up underlapping the crossover points.&nbsp; I run my setup at about 2.2k on the mid and about 2.7k on the tweet.&nbsp; Others I&#039;ve talked to use 2k and 2.5k respectively (this is from somebody that uses and MDT12 as well).All in all, you want your tweeter to pick up duties as soon as possible.Man, I still really want somebody to try out that AC130 though.&nbsp; That just looks like a great mid.&nbsp; Of course I&#039;m waffling at this point, and do so when planning my own systems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MiniVanMan, post: 2782113, member: 573252"] That's an excellent approach. I definitely like your "90%" rule, and will use that myself in the future. I'm all about finding the point of diminishing returns, which is exactly what you stated as well. I don't find the need to use the most expensive gear. I find more satisfaction in getting good gear to sound great. I have a nephew now that wants me to put something in his car. I'm hesitant because I know it'll be stolen. So, I definitely know where you're coming from on that. I've got 16 years to worry about my own son, though (he was born 5 days ago. I know, shameless plug [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] ). Anyway, a good start for your crossover points will be about 2000 hz for the mid and about 2700 for the tweeter. When tuning by ear, make sure you're sitting in the location that you'll be listening from. With the L15 raise the crossover point till you stop hearing an increase in midrange. Since these drivers will be quite a bit off-axis, I doubt you'll get much more than 2000-2200 hz out of them. And if you start to hear some high pitched screaming from them, turn the crossover point down a bit because you've found the cone breakup at 8k. You just want to get them high enough to mate up to the tweeter. The MDT 12 can handle 2500 hz, and you'll probably end up underlapping the crossover points. I run my setup at about 2.2k on the mid and about 2.7k on the tweet. Others I've talked to use 2k and 2.5k respectively (this is from somebody that uses and MDT12 as well). All in all, you want your tweeter to pick up duties as soon as possible. Man, I still really want somebody to try out that AC130 though. That just looks like a great mid. Of course I'm waffling at this point, and do so when planning my own systems. [/QUOTE]

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