noob question. sorry guys.. comp set up

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

alright sounds good. once i get them, and my amp. ill be sure to PM you with any questions i might have. i belive i can do this just fine myself. but if i need to, youll hear from me. thanks again for the help. i see not all of you are dicks lol. was waiting for all the "shut up 07er u ****ing noob gtfo, go read, go search" bla bla

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[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

jesus christ.(rainbows) i was thinking of getting some kickpods made for my car. i belive this would be ALOT easier than a door install. right? id have someone make them for me. then i can leave my 5 /14 in the doors off of the HU power, run the comps off amp power, and eliminate my rear stage all together. my 390MP has a function called FIE. where it kills all rear highs, all u hear is the bass from the 6x9s but no vocals or highs and the front is all active. so if i put it on FIE, i can have all active on my 51/4 in front, a LIL midbass from my 6x9s in the rear, complete comp/amp for my front stage. i think my front stage will sound fairly decent. or should i remove my 6x9s all together? my seats fold down, but when i have people in the car i think the added wholes would greatly affect bass performance with the seats up. so i might just remove them.

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

So how does the comp set determine how many watts the speaker is getting vs the tweet? I am in the same boat as the original OP, I have installed everything but a component set.......

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Never heard of the FIE feature before. Pretty cool. Kickpods would be nice- they'd improve your imaging. I'd keep the 5 1/4's out of the doors, though. One good component set up front would be plenty.

 

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

good question oben. how does it do that? is that the cross over? the tweeter xover part should have a different frequency range than the midbass, so it must filter out all no essential watts and give it very minimal. thats my only guess

 

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

yea i belive ill go to my local shop and have them fabricate me some kickpods. i was going to cut, sand, and fiberglass a lil on my door so my comp set could be seen. i like showing off hehe. not in a bad way tho.. i just think it looks nice as hell when your comps are visible

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

All my speakers are designed to fit in with the overall look of my car.... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

 

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

Never heard of the FIE feature before. Pretty cool. Kickpods would be nice- they'd improve your imaging. I'd keep the 5 1/4's out of the doors, though. One good component set up front would be plenty.

yea its on a lowend pioneer premier also. when i turn off my HPF filter, i get the use of FIE. so im guessing its for when you run a subwoofer and comp set combo. eliminates all unnesesary highs from your rears (if u have them) and projects all mids and highs to the front. the HPF i belive is for a coaxial/subwoofer setup. so u get no unnessesary bass response from your mids and highs when your subwoofer takes care of that. thats what i think anyway

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

jesus christ.(rainbows) i was thinking of getting some kickpods made for my car. i belive this would be ALOT easier than a door install. right? id have someone make them for me. then i can leave my 5 /14 in the doors off of the HU power, run the comps off amp power, and eliminate my rear stage all together. my 390MP has a function called FIE. where it kills all rear highs, all u hear is the bass from the 6x9s but no vocals or highs and the front is all active. so if i put it on FIE, i can have all active on my 51/4 in front, a LIL midbass from my 6x9s in the rear, complete comp/amp for my front stage. i think my front stage will sound fairly decent. or should i remove my 6x9s all together? my seats fold down, but when i have people in the car i think the added wholes would greatly affect bass performance with the seats up. so i might just remove them.

The Avic D3 has a function similar to that with their theatre staging, but it sounds like crap. The 6*9's in my car sound like a woofer getting ready to die. I get nothing but TREB from the front speakers and all the bass goes to the rear speakers. Maybe I am just so used to having woofers, without em everything sounds like ***, but who knows.

 

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

All my speakers are designed to fit in with the overall look of my car.... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

yea. i just love comp sets. they are the diamond in audio setups. if you dont have a good frontstage, what is there to brag about. if u cant hear your music clean and clear over your bass, whats the point in having any subbass. comps i belive are the most important thing in an install. depending on what kind of install your going for. im doing a full SQ install for my frontstage, but my substage i want to wang hard. not sure what i want yet. might get a 15" Q. stay with the SQ side of things, but i know Q's hit hard and low as well as sound good. so i cant go wrong with the Q

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

That is correct. A high pass filter blocks out bass frequencies, and conversely, a low pass filter blocks out high frequencies- like what the FIE does.

 

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

The Avic D3 has a function similar to that with their theatre staging, but it sounds like crap. The 6*9's in my car sound like a woofer getting ready to die. I get nothing but TREB from the front speakers and all the bass goes to the rear speakers. Maybe I am just so used to having woofers, without em everything sounds like ***, but who knows.

yup thats what this FIE function does. takes all the bass out of the front and moves it to the back. all u hear are highs up front, and bass in back. the front speakers dont even put out bass anymore. i belive this is for a compset install w/ the use of door speakers as well.

 

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

alright so im set then. get my 7800MP and my Focal Polymid 6.5 comp set next week. then get my Kenwood KAC. ill leave my 5 1/4 in front at first, see how it sound. but im sure ill end up removing them. dissconnect my 6x9's in the rear. then ill start searching for a substage. i need to re run my power tho. i have a 5GA right now. i wanna get a 2GA ran from batt to the back, and have it split to 2 4GA. one to comp amp, one to substage. with this "normal, decent" setup.. would i require a cap, or the big3? im guessing ill only need one of those once i get past like 2k watts of subwoofer power right?

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

Big 3 upgrade IMO is needed for any setup beyond 500w rms.