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  2. I need Midbass

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

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    80hz is fine for a freq response general start point but you need to first look up the CTX model and check the freq response zone of the speakers. Many mids don’t start at 80hz and may start response around 100hz. Even though I think you have other issues more pressing, if your mids were not designed to recreate a freq that low you may be out of luck having your current mids sound the way you want them to.

    What type of vehicle is this set up in? Is the sub in the same airspace as your mids? (all in the cabin or sub in the trunk?) What is the cut off freq of your sub? You said it is tuned low but how low are we talking?(not box tuning but crossover wise) How are you crossing the mids over? Amp high pass? What are your settings adjusted to?

    Other than my questions keep in mind that you have only 2- 6.5's competing with an 18 on your human ears. Sounds properties make perfect sense but almost all studies have been recorded in controlled environments (ideal space, temp, constant controlled power etc) and don’t always work in theory inside a terrible acoustical environment. (all cars) Have you listened to the mids with the sub off? If so, are they responding to the midbass freq or just sound like shit on the good midbass notes? If they sound good you may need additional mids to achieve a complete sound.

    This would be going into a 95 Jeep GC, so obviously the sub is in the same airspace as the rest of them. I have the sub crossed over around 70hz, but the box is tuned to 28hz. The front mid drivers I have crossed over at like 100hz (they are shallow mount woofers and couldn't take too low of a crossover) and the rear drivers (the ID's) I have playing like 60-200hz. They can play low and sound good, but just not loud enough. That's why I was thinking of building a ported box for them.

  3. I need Midbass

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

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    kinda a strange request dont you think?

    you dont usually associate good music with a rear stage, and yet you have a rear stage and in addition you want to run more rear stage?

    i have no experience with this kind of thing, but it seems like every extra speaker ive seen has been in a sealed box. but at the same time, i thought that speakers were mostly free air. i know some people have said that they have less low end response when they put their speakers into door pods cause they are taking free air speakers and enclosing them.

    i dont know what you drive, but is a kick pannel speaker enclosure from qlogic or some customs ones available? or fiberglassing the rear portion of your door for some regular sized speakers?

    Well, I heard different info about at what frequency sound becomes omnidirectional. I've heard people say above 50hz is directional, and i've heard below 300hz is omnidirectional. Now say that the latter is correct, I will have these speakers time aligned so it will sound like it is coming from the front. There are kickpods for my car, but I don't know how much that'll help with midbass. I don't really want to mess with fiberglass.

    Now I was also thinking that these speakers might not work well sealed. I know door speakers are usually meant to be free air, so if they won't work well, I was considering buying some new 6.5" drivers. Then my question would be to buy "woofers" or "subwoofers" for this application. I know Steve used subwoofers in his front doors, so I could probably use something like that.

  5. I need Midbass

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

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    Since I got zero responses to my thread in the mids-highs section, I'm going to repost it in this section to get some responses....

    As you can see in my sig, I have an 18" woofer tuned low and a pair of 6.5" comps in the front doors. I just installed my new kenwood hu and got all the DTA and positioning set up. Front stage sounds great, real similar to my studio monitors image and sq-wise. Only problem I have is that the front comps don't play midbass very well. They are shallow mount because my doors aren't very deep, so it makes sense that they aren't great for midbass. Now what I want to do is take a pair of 6.5" ID CTX mids I have and port them and have them sit behind my back seat. I will time align them with the front stage, so hopefully it should sound more like the front stage. My questions are

    A. What should I tune to? I was thinking 80 hz.

    B. Will the ID speakers work alright, and if not, should I buy 6.5" subs or 6.5" woofers?

    C. What should I cross them over at? I was thinking around 60-200hz and have my sub play up to around 65-70hz

    Please let me know what you think.

  12. Songs with sound effects

    in Tunez - All things music related

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    The song Jack Sparrow from the Pirates Of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest soundtrack. It's the first song. Has a nice low bass line that comes in at about 5:00. Plus, the sound track is awesome anyways.

    Gnarles Barkley- Transformer It's fast paced and different, but has some pretty good bass.

    Enya- The Longships I haven't tried it, but I heard it has some good low bass.

    Someone posted recently about some Owl City song that had some surprising low bass. I think the song was Meteor Shower. Has nice smooth bass and excellent sound quality. In fact, check out their album. Sounds real good.

  15. Building myself a PC, need help.

    in Computer Talk - News, technology, advice

    Posted · Edited by Nirvalica

    I would get a better power supply. Something like corsair. Also, like the man said, the mobo and case don't match. I got that in the fall and it's been working great for me. Everything looks good. You can also look at the Nvidia GTS250. I think it's the same as a 9800GTS or something. Check it out. I got one for like $125 and it came with COD5 free. Looks great too.

    EDIT: Here's the graphics card I got. Maybe I got it on sale, but it's $142 w/ shipping. You can also get the same with for like $154, but it comes with COD4. There are some cheaper GTS250's too, but this is the brand I got and can vouch for. EVGA is also a pretty good brand. I would check them out.

  20. upgrading factory speakers any suggestions

    in Mid's and highs

    Posted

    why stay away from oval speakers? i fail to see your reasoning.
    It is said that oval speakers don't deliver the best SQ. It's because the cones flex abnormally compared to a round cone, similar to a square woofer.
    are you talking about making adapter plates for where the 6x9's are located?? and putting like 4", 5" or 6 1/2 or somthing
    That's what he meant.

  24. Recone Type R

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

    Posted

    I'm excited to see how this looks and the functionality of it over the OEM design. I'm always wanted to do some sort of a franken woofer using my blown 15" R I have... Do they use standard coil sizes and are u having to tap holes to fit the 12 spoke on??

    But that would be useless...

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