Confusion!

[iceman1575]

Thinking about two build ideas... One involves 6.5's, 90db sens, 100w RMS, the other involves 5.25's, 93db sens, 50w RMS. Same price, different speaker sizes, just don't know if having the 3db sensitivity difference would really bother anything...opinions?

Note: not a direct VS thread, just a general sensitivity knowledge question

[Watch the bass]

+3 dB upgrade is this much what the ear start to hear as diffrence in loudness.

If you search a good 6.5 for less http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=299-155

[Skullz]

Unless you have a dedicated midbass the 5.25's are pretty small and would be asking a lot for any kind of bass output from them while the higher sensitivity of the smaller speaker may seem like a good choice it really comes down to what your expecting out of them.

[iceman1575]

Unless you have a dedicated midbass the 5.25's are pretty small and would be asking a lot for any kind of bass output from them while the higher sensitivity of the smaller speaker may seem like a good choice it really comes down to what your expecting out of them.

That's what I was thinking. I was just trying to go for one set of speakers to do most mids/highs, not a whole lot of midbass, but right now I don't really plan on adding a midbass, but if I do, I might change things around...I might just do the 6.5's in the front and 5.25's in the rear, since there's gonna be enough bass from there anyways Just don't want to do too much mixing...