making custom comps off partsexpress...

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

look at frequency response plots. make sure you are operating the driver in a range without excessive cone break-up or wild response. some drivers do better off-axis than others. Madisound offers response curves at 0deg, 30deg, and 60deg off-axis to help you with that determination.

tweeters don't like to be played too low. the crossover point is largely influenced by the slope. i like 18dB/oct or 24db/oct on my tweeters so i have more control over their range. if you use some random ebay crossovers, know the frequency point and slope. also note that as speaker impedance changes, so does the crossover point. Parts Express has tables to help you choose values for crossovers, and there are online calculators to help you determine values.

you'll have to assemble the crossovers yourself, using some perf-board and a soldering iron and zip ties (to hold everything in place). some insulated terminal strips can offer easy speaker connection, and you can put everything in a project box to keep it safe.

 

[O.G. D-Wet 10+ year member]

holy **** this is a bit more complicated then i thought lol. I was hoping to learn something by reading this thread... but now I feel dumber //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

holy **** this is a bit more complicated then i thought lol. I was hoping to learn something by reading this thread... but now I feel dumber //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Don't feel bad, man. I've been doing this shit for 15 years or so and still don't mess with this type of thing.

 

[Rick_Roll 10+ year member]

Don't feel bad, man. I've been doing this shit for 15 years or so and still don't mess with this type of thing.

same here but im trying to branch out...honestly i just want louder highs...like its just not loud enough...dont know if i should throw a pair of kicks in OR just add some bullet tweeters? id rather throw the tweeters in there...

 

[brian84corvette 10+ year member]

same here but im trying to branch out...honestly i just want louder highs...LIKE ITS JUST NOT LOUD ENOUGH...dont know if i should throw a pair of kicks in OR just add some bullet tweeters? id rather throw the tweeters in there...

haha man - they used to be loud enough - but we are all going deaf on this site.

to any person who is not in to car audio and is happy just driving around with a stock system in their veichle - any good system of any member here would seem like it was piercing their ear drums out - on the verge of being un comftorbly throw up loud - even mild systems. lol

I know I cant hear shit anymore - and yet im always looking to get louder lol

what ?

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

I've damaged my hearing, I have that ringing in my ears (what ever that's called) and am in pursuit of a 95% pure SQ system, the other 5%, hay!!!! I want to get loud a time or two still, but it's not worth it any more.

Another thing to look at w/speakers, find a mod that can play higher up in the freq response range, ~5KHz, and xover higher then you normally would at ~4K/5K Hz and for the tweets, don't play them so low. Believe it or not, 9/10 times you'll get a better sound stage. A lot of the SQ winning cars are running that way.

I don't want to say who told me that as a lot of people give him sh!t for who he is in the speaker industry.