Need xover help, 3 way? and what speakers to go with...

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

ok i am redoing my old school 1988 jimmy and unfortunatly i pulled off the door panel and was like wow! the guy i got it from was mexican and had this shit jacked up in the panel. half cut 6.5 hole and a square hole with a 3.5 inch speaker duct taped to it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

i ripped all that crap out and now i wanna try a 3 way crossover with a woofer, mid and tweet in a custom door pod. thing is i have never been a sq guy so im lacking on what equipment. i need it to be budget friendly. im not looking for cdt or anything like that. just something that wont sound like shit.

links would be greatly appreiciated!

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[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

need some info quick before it gets dark so i can work on it...

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

passive or active? honestly... the easiest way to go 3 way in my opinion... get a small 2 way passive set, 4" or 5.25, run them on the front channel of a 4 channel crossed in the 200-300hz territory, get a set of dedicated midbass 6.5"-8" and run them on the rear channel from 200-300hz down, then set the high-pass on the headunit at 60(ish)hz so you bandpass the midbass from 60-250ish, highpass your components from 250ish + and then set your subwoofer up like you normally would. I know it sounds complicated but its a set of a components and midbass and a 4 channel amp. CDT makes a 4" component set for 100$ and as far as midbass, mach5 mli 65's are amazing

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

so ur saying an 8, 4 and a tweet in each door?and run the 8s and 4s on the amp?

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

nevermind i understand now. ok ill look up those products. anyone else have any products they would like to throw at me?

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

its basically a hybrid active/passive setup, your running the 8" active, your running the 4" and tweet in a passive component set. hope that made sense, and your midbass doesn't have to be 8", the mli 65 from mach 5 and the peerless SLS 6.5 are both very exceptional midbass options

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

ok so it can be like a 6.5 mid, and then a 6.5 component set? i kinda wanna buy the same brand because in the door pod they will be exposed and i would like it to look nice and matching for that reason lol

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

i don't think the mach 5 or the peerless have anything stamped on the cone that says they didn't come with the set, i could be wrong. and yes, you could run a 6.5" component set with a 6.5" dedicated midbass, just make sure your crossovers are set correctly