I've been pondering over what is....

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

...probably a stupid idea.

As some of you may know, I'm running a set of SPX-177R's off of 2 channels of an Infinity 7541a amp (and an AA Assassin 10 of the other 2 channels bridged). They sound nice and clear, but one characteristic is that the midbass isn't anything that would induce naseua or a nose-bleed. I'm really happy with them, don't misunderstand me, it's just that I really like strong midbass. As far as SQ goes, these Alpine's got it!

I just ordered a set of Kicker SSMB6's that should be arriving tomorrow to install in the rear speaker locations. Well, really mid locations, as it's a tiny little VW Golf and the rears are just behind the front seats.

If I install and power the SS's off my amp, that means I would need a new amp for my sub.

*BUT*

What if I were to yank out the X mids and run the SS's off the X passives in their place? Anyone ever do anything like this with results meeting or exceeding any preconceived notions?

My bottom line:

I'd like to get a bit more midbass while retaining as much SQ as possible and circumventing another amp purchase.

Yay or Nay with replacing the X mids?

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[BIGsherm7272]

if you are looking for strong mids, those kickers will dissapoint you......

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

The kickers are meant to play within a very small bandpassed area of frequencies... the x's would probably be better than them.

A component set is made up of matched components that are tuned to teh specific crossover, some drivers may work with that setup others may not, its up to you if you want to try it, however I would probably bet that these won't sound very good with the x xover.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Kinda figured they probably wouldn't match up well with the X passives. Oh well, it was just a crazy idea. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

I mean you never really now.... so u could try it out.. but I highly doubt that it will sound good at all.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

if you are looking for strong mids, those kickers will dissapoint you......

So with about 90-100W RMS each they're gonna ****, eh?