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New Mids Purchased - PRV 5MR450-NDY-4
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffdachef" data-source="post: 8632544" data-attributes="member: 650438"><p>[quote name='Sguirrelfeather'][USER=650438]@Jeffdachef[/USER] I&#39;m tagging you, primarily, because you recommended what I purchased, and have experience with their bigger brothers, the 6.5. I just bought a pair of PRV 5MR450 neos to upgrade my aging mids. Obviously I will play around with the crossovers for best sound, but I wanted to get your input. My current 5.25s are crossed at 500 and 2500....I think. Can&#39;t remember if I left it dropped to 2200 or not when I was playing the other day. lol I&#39;ve got 8&#39;s in the door crossed from 80 to 500, as well as 1" tweets. Do you feel 500 is acceptable, or should they be crossed a little higher/lower? I chose that for my current JBLs based on trial and error, and will probably do the same for the PRVs, but I wanted to get your input as well. And, of course, anyone else who wants to chime in! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p><p>you can go as low as 200-300hz if you are on clean rated power. If you are putting a lot of power to them like double RMS then you want to cross a little higher right around 400hz to where you are at. but if its less than rated power, you can cross as low as 160hz, just dont clip.</p><p></p><p>However depending on your car and install location you might be able to cross lower or you might be forced to cross higher... I alway push the limit of how low i can cross it, you&#39;ll easily tell if the speaker doesnt like it if it starts making mechanical noise, you can just turn down the volume immediately and cross back up higher if you want. Who knows, you might even get down to 100hz. My 6.5 neos went down to 63hz in a speaker cabinet.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Jeffdachef, post: 8632544, member: 650438"] [quote name='Sguirrelfeather'][USER=650438]@Jeffdachef[/USER] I'm tagging you, primarily, because you recommended what I purchased, and have experience with their bigger brothers, the 6.5. I just bought a pair of PRV 5MR450 neos to upgrade my aging mids. Obviously I will play around with the crossovers for best sound, but I wanted to get your input. My current 5.25s are crossed at 500 and 2500....I think. Can't remember if I left it dropped to 2200 or not when I was playing the other day. lol I've got 8's in the door crossed from 80 to 500, as well as 1" tweets. Do you feel 500 is acceptable, or should they be crossed a little higher/lower? I chose that for my current JBLs based on trial and error, and will probably do the same for the PRVs, but I wanted to get your input as well. And, of course, anyone else who wants to chime in! :)[/QUOTE] you can go as low as 200-300hz if you are on clean rated power. If you are putting a lot of power to them like double RMS then you want to cross a little higher right around 400hz to where you are at. but if its less than rated power, you can cross as low as 160hz, just dont clip. However depending on your car and install location you might be able to cross lower or you might be forced to cross higher... I alway push the limit of how low i can cross it, you'll easily tell if the speaker doesnt like it if it starts making mechanical noise, you can just turn down the volume immediately and cross back up higher if you want. Who knows, you might even get down to 100hz. My 6.5 neos went down to 63hz in a speaker cabinet. [/QUOTE]
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