My small build , "New Focal component set" Pg 89

[oldsoundguy]

Ok listened to the AQs to work and back. Yes they are loud, yes they sound great, yes they will be staying in for a while.

Only problem is that Soundqubed told me they are coming out with a new 6.5 coax and 6x9 that is better then the AQ. I was like crap just take my money then. LOL

He told me they will have better tweeter and better mid bass to them, and that they will look bad ass. I cant wait to see them.

I went on ebay and bought 2 more sets of the 6.5s just because they are a killer deal.

[oldsoundguy]

Ok so I decided not to keep the soundqubed component set that were delivered today. I refused delivery and they are going back. I want to wait till their new coax come out.

I did place an order from Sonix for a new set of 6' RCAs, 25' of ofc 12 gauge speaker wire and connectors for the speakers.

So something else I found out or heard today. The 20' pos rca s I got from car toys when they installed my first system are junk. I took out the broken ones and put these in as a temp fix so I could have all four channels. They are crap and I get noise from my alt through them. I pulled them out and noise went away. Swapped the good RCAs in the amp to the other channels no noise then put the crap ones back in and noise.

[oldsoundguy]

Went out and took out the RE tweets. I covered the holes in the door with Q mat. I then took off the plastic around the speakers. I will use that as a template to build new door pods/ lower door panels. I don't think I will build a true speaker pod but will cut a hole in the back. I am going to use 3/4' mdf and cut it to the same shape as the door plastic. Then I can screw the door panel to it like the org plastic. Then I can cut a couple of rings to mount to that mdf. Then I will stretch a small amount of material to round out the speakers to give it some shape. Then I will also angel the speakers up a bit to aim the sound. The pods/ door ring spacers that are on there now will not be reused.

The holes in the upper door card suck but I will add something to the hole and then just rewrap the top of the door with black vinyl.

[osiris10012]

I hope you don't mind oldsoundguy but I have a real quick question for you. I have been following your thread since the beginning and think highly of your opinion. I have been curious, have you listened to your hdc3's much on other music besides rap? The reason I ask is because I listen to a wide variety of music and have really been eyeing up the hdc3. I was hoping you could give me your opinion of how your hdc3's sound on stuff like rock and heavy metal. I remember reading in your build that you also listen to a wide variety of music. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work. I love seeing updates in your build. Those AQ speakers look really nice.

[oldsoundguy]

No problem as I listen to all kinds of music. They sound great on all music IMO. They slam the lows on rap, but still keep up with metal. I like Killswitch engaged, Lamb of god etc and it nails it. Rob Zombie has awesome metal and the bass is incredible. I even listen to some Phil Collins and it sounds great. IMO most of how it sounds is by using the bass knob. Some songs can handle more that others so I tune on the fly with that.

Now remember I have only had a couple subs so its really hard to give a review when I haven't heard many subs.

I had a JBL 10" (crap)

a 10" RE audio ( sounded good)

I ran a single 12 HDC3 ( sounded good and loud)

Two subs are almost too much for a daily truck like mine. (Almost lol)

It can get nasty loud IMO

[JNells]

Got a good chuckle that you went from rob zombie to Phil Collins... Lol.

Speakers look pretty damn good... Especially for the "Pyle" price you paid

[osiris10012]

No problem as I listen to all kinds of music. They sound great on all music IMO. They slam the lows on rap, but still keep up with metal. I like Killswitch engaged, Lamb of god etc and it nails it. Rob Zombie has awesome metal and the bass is incredible. I even listen to some Phil Collins and it sounds great. IMO most of how it sounds is by using the bass knob. Some songs can handle more that others so I tune on the fly with that.Now remember I have only had a couple subs so its really hard to give a review when I haven't heard many subs.I had a JBL 10" (crap)a 10" RE audio ( sounded good)I ran a single 12 HDC3 ( sounded good and loud)Two subs are almost too much for a daily truck like mine. (Almost lol)It can get nasty loud IMO

Thanks for getting back to me oldsoundguy. I am glad to hear they play good on all types of music. I was planning on trying to squeeze a 15" in my titan but it is super tight because I am trying to retain the 60% section of my rear seat. So I may go down to a 12". I really like the looks of the soundqubed subs and they are such a great price. Just waiting to hear back from them on shipping costs to alaska. Lol. Thanks again.

[oldsoundguy]

Well today I blew the tweets on three of the AQ coax speakers...lol good thing its only 30 bucks for the 4 of them.

I get 4 more of them tomorrow so I will just install one set and just be nice to them until I decide what I want to do now.

Soundqubed says their new coax are going to be better than the AQ design so we will see.

[Kyblack76]

Show me a rob zombie / white zombie vid please?

Demon speedin or the like please?

Effin love Zombie

[oldsoundguy]