Jeffro83
Senior VIP Member
Alright guys I need your expertise one more time trying to set up a decent 3 Way active front stage but I have never done this before and want to make sure I buy the right shift the first time I will try to post as many details as I can hear if you need anything else just ask and just so you guys don't think that I'm being lazy and trying to have you do all the work for me the past couple nights I have looked through the Forum pretty hard and read just about every thread I could find that mentioned front stages or three-way setups front to back got a lot of good knowledge but not really the details that I'm looking for or recommendations on speakers in my price range but that is how I found out about the ones I listed below and I did a little tiny bit of Google searching but Google has already misled me on this build a couple of times and I I am just over trusting random *** holes on the internet when I know I can trust you guys I know this post is crazy long but please bear with me I am desperate to get this build done
What I have
A 98 Yukon I will be running to zv4 15 on roughly 3.5k each before rise I already have a JVC KD x350bts which is three-way capable and has time alignment and all that good stuff I also have a Rockford Fosgate Punch 700x a crossfire Tek 35.4 and a Orion Cobalt 465 old school not sure if these amps are capable of running 3-way active but I think that the punch and Cobalt are will have to look into that
What I want
A front stage that can keep up with the subs and sound good doing it but I am not trying to win any sound quality Awards or have the best of the best I just wanted to sound good for everybody in the car including those in the back seat I also want to keep this as cheap as possible I have already spent way way more then I really wanted to and the higher the cost the longer it's going to take to get it done
What I need
I need to figure out the cheapest drivers that will get the job done and where the best place to put them in the vehicle is I can definitely afford some crescendo pwx midbass drivers and that is probably what I will roll with for midbass but I still need to figure out mid-range and tweeters hopefully 1 8 per door will be enough to do what I'm trying to do if you guys think I need to step it up to 1 10 per door or two 6.5 or whatever just let me know I don't think I can afford the prv Neo midranges but if it is going to save time and effort or buying multiples of others maybe I could try to swing it but I was initially thinking of putting midbass in the doors mid-range in the kicks and tweets either in the sail panel or the a-pillars but I could possibly also build a small console box for the mid-range and aim them up at the front driver and passenger which honestly might be better than buying the expensive kick panels I was looking around last night and saw the prv 4 inch midrange driver and thought it looked pretty **** good just not sure if 1 per side would be enough for tweeters I was going to roll with the crescendo silk domes but they don't seem to carry them on Sound Solutions audio anymore not sure if they're discontinued or what but I can definitely order from other places as long as they're reputable or would even be willing to buy used as long as it's from a solid member here and I definitely have nothing against crapping all these ideas and rolling with Parts Express woofers if you guys can point me in the right direction
What I can do
I can build almost anything out of wood that we can imagine also can fabricate metal to an extent can cut larger holes in the doors or anything along those lines
What I can't do
I have never fiberglassed anything in my life or even messed with it at all I do not have access to CNC machines or anything like that and I definitely definitely cannot drop a ton of cash on this front stage if I could get it all together for less than a couple hundred bucks that would be super ideal not sure how realistic that is though if I have to buy the kick panels I know they are a couple hundred by theirselves so there is flex on the budget but definitely not a lot
Thank you guys in advance for anyone who takes the time to help out with this a few other random details I already have a bunch of coaxials and a component set or two laying around here but the components are mostly cheap bottom-of-the-barrel stuff I do have some nice JL coaxials and a pair of focal six by nines that are really nice to if rear fill is needed those could possibly be used both or one or the other I would like to use the amps I already have and if upgrades are needed that could be done down the road but if they are unusable then it is what it is anyways thanks again guys you all have got me this far let's see if we can get this finished up
What I have
A 98 Yukon I will be running to zv4 15 on roughly 3.5k each before rise I already have a JVC KD x350bts which is three-way capable and has time alignment and all that good stuff I also have a Rockford Fosgate Punch 700x a crossfire Tek 35.4 and a Orion Cobalt 465 old school not sure if these amps are capable of running 3-way active but I think that the punch and Cobalt are will have to look into that
What I want
A front stage that can keep up with the subs and sound good doing it but I am not trying to win any sound quality Awards or have the best of the best I just wanted to sound good for everybody in the car including those in the back seat I also want to keep this as cheap as possible I have already spent way way more then I really wanted to and the higher the cost the longer it's going to take to get it done
What I need
I need to figure out the cheapest drivers that will get the job done and where the best place to put them in the vehicle is I can definitely afford some crescendo pwx midbass drivers and that is probably what I will roll with for midbass but I still need to figure out mid-range and tweeters hopefully 1 8 per door will be enough to do what I'm trying to do if you guys think I need to step it up to 1 10 per door or two 6.5 or whatever just let me know I don't think I can afford the prv Neo midranges but if it is going to save time and effort or buying multiples of others maybe I could try to swing it but I was initially thinking of putting midbass in the doors mid-range in the kicks and tweets either in the sail panel or the a-pillars but I could possibly also build a small console box for the mid-range and aim them up at the front driver and passenger which honestly might be better than buying the expensive kick panels I was looking around last night and saw the prv 4 inch midrange driver and thought it looked pretty **** good just not sure if 1 per side would be enough for tweeters I was going to roll with the crescendo silk domes but they don't seem to carry them on Sound Solutions audio anymore not sure if they're discontinued or what but I can definitely order from other places as long as they're reputable or would even be willing to buy used as long as it's from a solid member here and I definitely have nothing against crapping all these ideas and rolling with Parts Express woofers if you guys can point me in the right direction
What I can do
I can build almost anything out of wood that we can imagine also can fabricate metal to an extent can cut larger holes in the doors or anything along those lines
What I can't do
I have never fiberglassed anything in my life or even messed with it at all I do not have access to CNC machines or anything like that and I definitely definitely cannot drop a ton of cash on this front stage if I could get it all together for less than a couple hundred bucks that would be super ideal not sure how realistic that is though if I have to buy the kick panels I know they are a couple hundred by theirselves so there is flex on the budget but definitely not a lot
Thank you guys in advance for anyone who takes the time to help out with this a few other random details I already have a bunch of coaxials and a component set or two laying around here but the components are mostly cheap bottom-of-the-barrel stuff I do have some nice JL coaxials and a pair of focal six by nines that are really nice to if rear fill is needed those could possibly be used both or one or the other I would like to use the amps I already have and if upgrades are needed that could be done down the road but if they are unusable then it is what it is anyways thanks again guys you all have got me this far let's see if we can get this finished up