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  1. Should I run 4 or 8 ohm mids?

    in Mid's and highs

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    I don't think anyone's really "against" it per se, but there's a few reasons it's not really a good idea. The first, and probably most important reason, you can't control each channel's crossovers individually. You can only control them in pairs. This goes for the amp, your head unit, and pretty much any active crossover I can think of. So you would either need to go passive, or find some other way of crossing them.

    So let's say you DO find a way to cross them properly. Well now you'll have to go mono instead of stereo. On most songs you won't be able to tell the difference, but there are a few songs that do utilize the left/right channels, and sometimes the effect is actually pretty cool and ends up sounding really nice. I guess this part is up to you, but it's not really the "proper" way to set up a stereo system.

    If I were you, I'd just do (2-3) 6.5's and the tweets. Then if sometime down the line, you feel you need more midbass, you can get another amp and add the 8's (or other drivers) in the kicks, or redo your doors.

    I was thinking about it over night and you guys made some pretty damn good points. I'll be scrapping my original plan and either going with 2 8" per door or 3-4 6.5" per door.

    I left this information out but I already have 4 6.5" 4ohms and 1 8" 8ohms. I'll just have to decide which setup I want

  3. Should I run 4 or 8 ohm mids?

    in Mid's and highs

    Posted

    Not really a good idea, unless you want mono audio. Curious though, why are you so set on that setup? Trying to make mickey mouses out of speakers? :P

    Amp wise: didn't want to spend money on one yet. And speakers: even though Mickie Mouse would be cool (lol). I thought it would be well balanced, but apparently I'm wrong

  4. Should I run 4 or 8 ohm mids?

    in Mid's and highs

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    damn it... I need to rethink this. Can I run the 2 8" on 1 channel, 4 6.5" on 2 channels, and tweeters on another channel?

    I really didn't want to buy another amp, at least yet. and I would like to run and 8 and 2 6.5" per door but if it comes down to it, I'll scrap that idea

  5. Should I run 4 or 8 ohm mids?

    in Mid's and highs

    Posted

    Running two 4 ohm speakers in series brings the ohm load into 8 ohms, then parrel them to a 8 ohm speaker would bring to a final load to 4 ohms. Might want to invest in a dmm if you do not already have one, and find the real world ohm load of the speaker, to get a more accurate reading.

    definitely my fault, wasn't thinking when I hit the key.

  6. Should I run 4 or 8 ohm mids?

    in Mid's and highs

    Posted

    You say you're running active with 3 different drivers, but only 4 channels. How does that work? Are you planning on putting the 6.5's and 8's on the same channel? If so, I would advise against it, and instead just run two 8's or three to four 6.5's... Or you can get another 2 channel for a total of 6 channels (but there's really no point in that, the sundowns aren't great for midbass IIRC, don't quote me on that though).

    yeah, I wanted to run 2 6.5 and 8 on 1 channel. If you don't mind, what's the reason on you to advise against it?

  8. Should I run 4 or 8 ohm mids?

    in Mid's and highs

    Posted

    as far as im aware, the higher the ohm the better the sound quality you will get.. the problem being obviously is getting the power you need at 8 ohms from an amp.. if each speaker will have its own channel id personally run 4 ohm speakers just for ease of making power, unless your really into SQ haha

    Not too too serious about SQ, just enough haha. But I'm trying to get my mids up to balance out the amount of bass I have, so I needed it louder but without forcing my amp to work too hard

    Worthwhile read but some may not like the site or people.

    http://www.diymobile...hm-drivers.html

    that was pretty informative, thanks for the link!

  10. Should I run 4 or 8 ohm mids?

    in Mid's and highs

    Posted · Edited by _Vince

    What's up everyone? I'm working on fiberglassing my doors and I want to run Sundowns: (1) 8", (2) 6.5", & (1) tweeter per door on a Sundown 100.4

    I'm stuck between running these parallel:

    all 8 ohm speakers at 2.66ohms

    all 4 ohm speakers at 1.33ohms

    8ohm 8" & 4ohm 6.5" 1.60ohms

    I'm running active, so tweeter wouldn't matter. So if someone can tell me the benefits and downfalls of running the above options, that'll be great.

  21. Anyone know a Mario B Jones from Houston TX? He's a scammer!

    in Buyer / Seller Feedback

    Posted · Edited by _Vince

    He scammed me too! I was suppose to buy his Sundown amp and power wires, I sent him money and I never got it shipped!

    He sent me photos with his username and all so it seemed legit. I was pushing for PayPal but he kept trying to do it through Walmart's MoneyGram, talking about he needed it for legal issues. I gave in and did it, but I never got my stuff. It was suppose to arrive at my house past Monday.

    It was $300 for Sundown 100.4 and 4 runs of Knu and Shok.

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