Which 8" Midbass

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

hey there everyone

im looking for a good 8" mibass driver for my doors, i going to change my setup in the next few weeks, and id like some suggestions.

currently im running the ID OEM's active, the have good mid bass but the upper range suffers a little.

so im going to glass my doors, and do 1 8" midbass and 2 aa polys in each door. so i can have a 3 way front active system

so im going to be looking for a good midbass that delivers in the 75-250hz range, to play the in between frequencies, between the sub cutoff and midrange cutoff point.

this is what i had in mind

sub 30-75hz

midbass 75-250hz

midrange 250-2.5khz

tweet 2.5-20khz

what do you guys suggest?

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[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

If you can fit them, Peerless SLS's are considered to be the best for the money.

One question, why are you using 6.5" mids as the midrange in your 3-way? Because you already have them? I personally think that running a pair of 3" or 4" fullrange drivers in each door would better suit your needs. You could run them from 250hz to 6-8k and have the entire vocal range covered by one set of speakers instead of having to split to vocals with a tweeter.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

The SLS's are great midbass drivers as are the Dayton RS225's. What's your budget, could mean the difference between running one of the above options or Dynaudio or Morel 8's.

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

If you can fit them, Peerless SLS's are considered to be the best for the money.
One question, why are you using 6.5" mids as the midrange in your 3-way? Because you already have them? I personally think that running a pair of 3" or 4" fullrange drivers in each door would better suit your needs. You could run them from 250hz to 6-8k and have the entire vocal range covered by one set of speakers instead of having to split to vocals with a tweeter.

i was thinking about doing 2 4" drivers instead of the 6.5"

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

If he's only wanting to cross up to 250hz with the midbass, then there's really no need to look anywhere else that the SLS's, as Morels and Dyns are most usefully used in a 2-way setup with a tweeter that can cross low or a horn, since they can be crossed a good deal higher than the SLS's.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

i was thinking about doing 2 4" drivers instead of the 6.5"

What's your budget for all of your midranges?

I'll go ahead and suggest a few anyways...

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=264-844

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=264-847

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=264-887

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=295-338

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=299-241

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=45_241_282&products_id=8585

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=45_241_282&products_id=281

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=45_228_253&products_id=1607

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

my budget is about $450-500 for drivers

so im open to many options

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

my budget is about $450-500 for drivers
so im open to many options

Is that for everything?

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

Is that for everything?

just midbass and midrange drivers, i have a few tweets,and horns i can use.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

now when you say horn are you talkin horn like ID horns or horns like parts express horns

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

now when you say horn are you talkin horn like ID horns or horns like parts express horns

i got ID horns, their the CD1e horns

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

v2 or v3? if you pair the horns up with the 6.5s you have now they'll cover that upper range your missing. you won't need to run a 3 way setup

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

v2 or v3? if you pair the horns up with the 6.5s you have now they'll cover that upper range your missing. you won't need to run a 3 way setup

v2 Full Body Horns

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

hybrid-audio legatia l8...

dls ultimate

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

i ran those before i got my ultras they tied in good back when i had my idq5's i think try the horns before going for the 3 way setup and see wat you think.