Time to go active.

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Wow, 1.5k. That's nuts. Good to know though.

So the Exclusives and the trusty Seas Neo's, eh? Those have been on my list of possibilities for quite some time now. Thanks for the recommendations.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

i've listened to the 5.5 exclusives for a brief moment and from i gather from it was the midrange was detailed and had plenty of clarity. obviously midbass wasn't there for me as at the time i was running 8's. i've read people liking the midbass of the 7's.

now the neos on the other hand are gems. im running the aluminums and they are smooth, detailed, and very natural. npdang is running his at 1.5 but i'm running mine at 4khz @ 24db because im running a 3 way front stage. but also i've listened to a car where they were running the neos in a 2 way front stage and he had it crossed at 4khz @ 12db/oct and it sounded great.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

That's good to know, thanks! And for the price they are offered at they certainly are hard to pass up.

 

[genxx 10+ year member]

The graph response on the 7" and 5.5" have very similar freq. response graphs. They almost mirror each other. The Major difference to me looks like the 7" is about 2db louder from 70hz-3khz. Both look like they have a pretty flat response. The 5.5" looks flat from about 80hz-3khz. This is going to sound weird but the 7" looks flat from about 75hz-4khz.

The Sea Neo would work well with either one.IMO Neither speak appears to have a real heavy bottom end but for a 2-way in this price range not sure you are a going to get any better.IMO

I would also look at the Seas P18RNX if you could keep it no more than 30 degrees off-axis. The Dayton RS150 and RS180 if you wanted to start out even cheaper on the active side.

Also if you could find a pair would be the Seas CD18RE-MDS.

Just keep doing some research on DIYMA and check out madisound, partsexpress and timbre-audio.

I would just use a HU to handle everything. In the budget range I would use either the 880PRS or Clarion DXZ775USB.

Well there is my .2 cents for whats its worth.

I will say this Alphakenny1 has more exeprience with these DIY than I do. So Alphakenny1 please correct me if I am wrong about anything I stated.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Thanks for the reply genxx.

I just looked at the response graphs for the 7" and the 5.5", and man that is odd.

As far as off-axis, they'll be placed in the doors, so getting them 30deg or less will not happen.

 

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

I've got a set of Premier TS-C720PRS for sale if you're interested... mildly used for about 3 months or so... and a lot better midbass than others I've heard. Reviews seem to rave about both off-axis response and running them actively //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif PM me if you're interested //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif They'll probably cost you less than buying those other separates if that is the route you want to go...

Mike

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

Im looking to go active also so this thread has alot of great info and has got me looking into the ARC MX-3 xover.

 

[Tempe 10+ year member]

I've got a set of Premier TS-C720PRS for sale if you're interested... mildly used for about 3 months or so... and a lot better midbass than others I've heard. Reviews seem to rave about both off-axis response and running them actively //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif PM me if you're interested //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif They'll probably cost you less than buying those other separates if that is the route you want to go...
Mike

Howdy n00b, or should I say next door neighbor //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

I've got a set of Premier TS-C720PRS for sale if you're interested... mildly used for about 3 months or so... and a lot better midbass than others I've heard. Reviews seem to rave about both off-axis response and running them actively //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif PM me if you're interested //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif They'll probably cost you less than buying those other separates if that is the route you want to go...
Mike

PM sent!!!

 

[jblayz1 10+ year member]

i went active a couple weeks ago and i am still fine tunning things. sounds incredible. i have my CAL-25's at 3.2k @ 18 and the mids are 2.5k @ 12. EQ-flat

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

What mids do you have, jblayz1?

 

[jblayz1 10+ year member]

i just realized i never answered your post. must have had smoked good budz last month...hehehe. i've upgraded my comps since then. i now have the Phass HR6.5's in my car. mids 3.2 @ 12db highs 4k @ 12db. i still have to play with the axis on the tweeters. haven't had time to do that yet. they're in the door at 90° axis.

i'm really interested in hearing the Peerless exclusive 7's in my car with a set of seas neo's or peerless HDS's. But the Phass comps sound really suprisingly good. IMO better than the Rainbow CMX's i had. but i'm sure there's better, you know how that car audio OCD can be....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif