Looking for 2 or 3-way comps with LOTS of midbass and soft tweets

[Vital 10+ year member]

One of the woofers on my current bi-amped Polk Audio MMC6500's is cutting in and out. Could be blown, could be some wire/connection issues. I'll try to troubleshoot it but would like to prepare myself for the worst and start lookign at something else to replace it in case it is blown.

Soooo.....

What i'm looking for:

1. VERY punchy kick/bass, distinctive lower midrange and midbass

2. Pleasant, soft tweeters, no "ear piercing"

3. Bi-amp'able but that's not a must.

4. Good looking x-over since it'll be displayed in my amp rack but that's not a must either, sound itself is a lot more important.

5. 6.5'' woofer since that's what my door cut out is, can't make it bigger since door panel will not fit back without heavy modification (don't wanna do that)

What i have to power it with:

Polk Audio PA500.4 that does

90 watts RMS x 4 at 4 ohms

125 watts RMS x 4 at 2 ohms

250 watts RMS x 2 at 4 ohms (4-ohm stable in bridged mode)

Why 2-way:

Below in red is "why not"

If bi-amp'able - All is nice and easy - front amp channels to tweets, rear to woofers

In that case i wount have any more amp channels to be used for additional speakers if i ever wanted them

If not bi-amp'able - i can always use another set of woofers in rear doors to play additional midbass/lower midrange.

Why 3-way:

Below in red is "why not"

From what i know there's always more midbass from 3-ways since there's a midbass/lower midrande dedicated woofer.

Would still like it to be half-way bi-amp'able (if such a thing even exists)

Meaning i can use front amp channels for tweets and midrage and rear for midbass

Will need to figure out where the hell to install midrange since i don't have an opening for it but that's doible i guess as long as results justify the means

Budget: around $300 but not too much more then that.

Honestly the only points of refferences i got is Polk products since that's what i've been using for a while so only SR6500 (which is discontinued and close to impossible to get now) and MM6501 come to mind. I'm sure there's a bunch of other options out there i'm not even aware of, any help/tips/feedback would be appriciated.

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

hard to get quality for cheap...you might get some chinese knockoffs

 

[Vital 10+ year member]

So how much would my budget need to be raised for quality? (realistic numbers, none of the over $1,000 sets lol)

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

look into anything from DLS

the Quart PVI216 is amazing at 165 a set ( better than the MM6501 by a long shot! ) and are bi ampable...

the VTEK by earthquake is very good for around 250 ( amazing midbass and they have the screamer tweets and are also bi ampable..) and take gobs of power..

the MM6501 as you mentioned for less than 200 is a decent set as well

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[Jroo 10+ year member]

Are you looking to replace your whole set or just the mid bass. If you like the sound of your current set, I would just look for a mid bass to replace the polks. You are already biamped and could find a bunch of 6.5 midbass to replace yours cheaply and do a better job.