question for the people with horns...

[cappy72 10+ year member]

I have been enticed with the idea of getting horns. The main problem is the mounting location. I am wondering how the horns would sound if I decided to put them on my rear deck.

any thoughts?

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

oh god, thatd just be ****ed to all hell and back

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Horns aren't something you just "add in" to your install. They take quite a bit of forethought - much more than just simply sticking the tweeters of your comp set somewhere.

They require quite a hefty midrange setup to keep up, almost require going fully active and EQ'ing on both channels to tame their output...

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

There's really no way to put this nicely. Horrible, horrible, horrible idea.

 

[AVSTANG02]

whatever you do. Dont do this.

 

[OKLAGMCRUISER 10+ year member]

whatever you do. Dont do this.

custom as phuck...HAHAHAHA

I'd roll it....

off a cliff.

 

[Kali77 10+ year member]

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[Geezersoup 10+ year member]

My friend put tweets in the back right above his rear deck, i told him it would sound horrible if he did that, and it does. The End.

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

I have read a lot on horns and I am running a fully active setup now... I dont have a fully adjustable EQ so that is something that I knew I needed...

I was toying with the idea and I simply dont have room by my dash, unless I decide to glass a spot in the corners of my dash... and I am not sure I am going to do that...

as far as mids are concerned, I have the xxx6.5's right now, and if I got the horns in and needed more mid-bass I would consider getting another set of them...

all in all .... I just wanted to find out what everyone thought about the horns on the rear deck.... that would probably be my rear fill if I did it... but I guess not

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

I have horns and RE XXX mids as well...great combo IMO!!

they can be a P.I.T.A. to install....they are usually mounted under the dash

thing with horns is that they are very natural and smooth (not very harsh......though they might get peaky at times...EQmay be needed)

they are very effecient (2-3x more than tweeters)

horns also raise your soundstage

Im not going back to tweeters //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

*Illusion Audio CH-1 Drivers Mounted on Image Dynamics CD2 Pro Mini Horns*

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

oh btw...dont use horns in your rear

I have plenty of midbass with my XXXs...they are getting 160 wrms and are x-overed at 1200 hz and below......horns (40 wrms) are crossed at 1200 hz and above (yes, they play low frequencies well)

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

yea that is what I have read about the horns taking lower freqs.... so do you think mounting the horns in a kick panel type setup would work???

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

so do you think mounting the horns in a kick panel type setup would work???

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Those would be some monster kickpanels...

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

they are usually mounted under the dash

kickpanels wouldnt be a good idea IMO

they take up too much space plus they wouldnt sound very good....

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

you have a pic of the setup??? im curious to see what you did