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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8598844" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>1. You are correct all around. I'd suggest you stick with the passive crossovers if you're not either daring, patient, or experienced with setting crossover points on your separates.</p><p></p><p>Some DSPs come with a mic that you set up and they pretty much set themselves. I'm really not up on which offers what or what your audiocontrol will or won't do. Factory head units can often be a source of noise or poor signal.... one way to find out if it'll work or not. If you have to replace it, don't go too cheap in aftermarket or you'll wind up in the same boat. Decent middle of the road single DIN should run you around 250$ if you shop around and will get you some nice options and remove the possibility of your source unit being a weak link in that price range.</p><p></p><p>3. What's "loud enough" is very subjective. You won't hurt anything from too little power to your woofer and the IDQ is a great solution in small sealed box. It'll sound good, perform as advertised and hold fairly good resale value if you don't physically destroy it. As far as being evenly balanced with the rest of your music it should be fine, but you're talking about not a lot of power, a 10" sub in a small sealed box, and running it in a trunk so you have a lot of obstacles in the way of anything most of us would consider loud.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8598844, member: 614752"] 1. You are correct all around. I'd suggest you stick with the passive crossovers if you're not either daring, patient, or experienced with setting crossover points on your separates. Some DSPs come with a mic that you set up and they pretty much set themselves. I'm really not up on which offers what or what your audiocontrol will or won't do. Factory head units can often be a source of noise or poor signal.... one way to find out if it'll work or not. If you have to replace it, don't go too cheap in aftermarket or you'll wind up in the same boat. Decent middle of the road single DIN should run you around 250$ if you shop around and will get you some nice options and remove the possibility of your source unit being a weak link in that price range. 3. What's "loud enough" is very subjective. You won't hurt anything from too little power to your woofer and the IDQ is a great solution in small sealed box. It'll sound good, perform as advertised and hold fairly good resale value if you don't physically destroy it. As far as being evenly balanced with the rest of your music it should be fine, but you're talking about not a lot of power, a 10" sub in a small sealed box, and running it in a trunk so you have a lot of obstacles in the way of anything most of us would consider loud. [/QUOTE]
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