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General => Car audio => Topic started by: CABBZ on 20 February 2005, 22:12
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i am thinking of 3sub install but dont wat would sound better 3 x 15" or 3 x 12" also wat do you reccomend for the parcel shelf i already have a set of 6x9s but dont know if to get another set to go with them or should i get 6" components with the 6x9s or just have the 6x9s on there own ??? :undecided:
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it depends what sort of sound you want. 15s will be really low bass but will lack punch. where as 12s will give you good low bass with a fair punch. 10s will be very punchy but will be lacking in low bass.
as for the 6x9s i would bin them and buy a good set of components for the front doors, or seeing as you want to run 3 subs id even consider getting 2 sets of them.
hopw this helps. bunter
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lots of questions lol
why 3 subs? I use a single 10" fine and it's fairly loud. If I was you I'd go for a decent single sub in the boot and a set of components in the doors and tweeters in the right places. Save the money you'd spend on 3 subs and buy a better single sub. The size of your enclosure is so important. squeezing 3 in there limits your options whereas a single sub can easily be put in exactly the right sized enclosure.
I found using 6x9's on the shelf a waste of time when you run a decent sub in the boot. the sub will always win the air so the 6x9s can't operate anyway and damage themselves. They're alright on a strong shelf without a sub, but pointless when you start to get a decent system in there. if you really want rear speakers put them in the rear doors/quarter panels, but angle them backwards else the sound image will come from behind you and sound wrong.
Don't skimp on the wiring either. 4 gauge at least for the amp power cable and decent speaker wire goes along way towards a decent system. The cost of the amp usually detemins how good is it. forget watt figures. they just tell you how much power handling the sub or amp has. if another amp can produce the same volume (messured in decibels!), but with less watts then it says something about the quality of the amp. Genesis, JL, Audison, Diamond to name a few are the quality manufactures. Expensive though, but worth it.
Dynamat extreme is the stuff to use. the standard dynamat is pants and falls off all the time. Dynamat the doors with the speakers in and the tailgate. or if you can the whole boot.
hope that helps. of course I can only give my opinion. feel free to buy whatever you want :wink:
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thanx dinx i was only thinking about running 6x9s and components as at the last sound off i went to my mate hit 144db with 6x9s 6"components and 2 x 12" sony subs and 2 power caps ( out of a corsa aswell lol ) but i will strongly consider wat you said dinx but i gotta have at least 2 subs its wat im used to lol :grin:
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Personally, going on my brothers previuos setups, having 6x9's and a sub have an odd effect on the sound in the car and it makes it sem unbalanced, so the best way to go is subs in the boot and component speakers in the front to give a nice crisp balancing though the car. :smiley:
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I've got mine setup perfectly now. it's loud enough you have to shout to eachother and clear enough you can hear the vocals and the beats perfectly.
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^^Nice, thats how my brother used to have it!! rattled the spline a bit tho :grin: