Mach5 MLI-65's

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

in my experience, the mach5 can't really play that well above 3khz

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

That's what I hear.. I was going to get two L18RNX's but I don't want to deal with the 8 ohm config.. so any 4 ohm's that are equal or better to these in same price range?

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

but the Mach5 is pretty good bang for the buck driver. I say get it to play with it, you might get better results than me.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

in my experience, the mach5 can't really play that well above 3khz

How many people actually need a 6.5 mid to play that high?

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Drag is right, The MLI's break up and get quite stringent above 3k at high volume. If you have a tweeter planned that can take it below 3k, then you should be Ok.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

How many people actually need a 6.5 mid to play that high?

it depends on what kind of sound you're going for, having a tweet play that high certainly does change the sound as opposed to a tweeter playing that low. It mostly depends on install.

But you're right, it's usually not needed to have a mid go that high. I prefer my tweeter to go low too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

My brother is running a pair in his TSX with lightly deadened doors, and they are doing quite well playing from 80hz to 2.5khz. No lack in midbass, but the midrange can be better. It might be that I prefer brighter vocals. Overall, great drivers for the money. However, we will be replacing them for vifa pl18s.

 

[BEAVER.989 10+ year member]

ID OEM mids that hessdawg is selling might be worth a look.

I've also heard of quite a few people who have been really happy with the Polk SR6500 set... my local Polk dealer sells just the mids (SR6501) for $109 each... a little over your $200, but not much.

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

My brother is running a pair in his TSX with lightly deadened doors, and they are doing quite well playing from 80hz to 2.5khz. No lack in midbass, but the midrange can be better. It might be that I prefer brighter vocals. Overall, great drivers for the money. However, we will be replacing them for vifa pl18s.

I replaced my Vifa PLs with the Mach5 mids

The PLs dont do well over 2khz....they are great midbass drivers (power hungry though).

Im thinking of x'ing over the Mach5 mids at 3khz, we'll see in the future

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

I replaced my Vifa PLs with the Mach5 mids

The PLs dont do well over 2khz....they are great midbass drivers (power hungry though).

Im thinking of x'ing over the Mach5 mids at 3khz, we'll see in the future

3khz would be a pretty good xover point, just keep the slope above 12db/oct then you should be good.