ehall8702 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 One of my ds18 4" in my.active 3 way took a crap. Any suggestions on a replacement speaker that iant gonna cost a fortune? 2009 Silverado 1500, 7.5" lift, 37x12.50r17s, Built Gen 4 5.3L ( 4.8l flat pistons, decked 243s, SS2 Cam, Pac 1218 springs, ported intake, 120mm TB, Long tubes, 3" duals HP tuner software tuned by me), 4l80e swapped and 4.56 gears. All done by me. stereo is Pioneer avh 600ex, all stinger rca, jp23 v1.5, skar rp150.4, and hertz hpd4. 2 SHCA 6.5 8ohm, 1 SHCA 3.5", and 1 DS18 tw120pro in each door. The 3.5 mid and 3.5" tweeters are powered by the skar rp150.4, the 6.5s are powered by the hertz bridged @4 ohms. Dual runs of 3/0 welding cable, 300a alternator, 2 Vmax AGMs up front. current sub is a AB XR 12 ( dual 2 ohm) with bottom spider cut out in 2.25 cubes at 32hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ehall8702 Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Yeah i been looking at those, none really have any power handling tho, im all kindsa overkill, 110 rms to each speaker ( 330 a door lol). Just pulled my speaker and its actually good, dont know if i got a pinched wire or signal cable. Gonna gut whole.truck and start over soon with all good stuff and taped to floor and rputed correctly this time, did it half assed last time nd now im paying the price. Going to eventually replace the door speakers with something that has more sq tho so am still on the hunt. 2009 Silverado 1500, 7.5" lift, 37x12.50r17s, Built Gen 4 5.3L ( 4.8l flat pistons, decked 243s, SS2 Cam, Pac 1218 springs, ported intake, 120mm TB, Long tubes, 3" duals HP tuner software tuned by me), 4l80e swapped and 4.56 gears. All done by me. stereo is Pioneer avh 600ex, all stinger rca, jp23 v1.5, skar rp150.4, and hertz hpd4. 2 SHCA 6.5 8ohm, 1 SHCA 3.5", and 1 DS18 tw120pro in each door. The 3.5 mid and 3.5" tweeters are powered by the skar rp150.4, the 6.5s are powered by the hertz bridged @4 ohms. Dual runs of 3/0 welding cable, 300a alternator, 2 Vmax AGMs up front. current sub is a AB XR 12 ( dual 2 ohm) with bottom spider cut out in 2.25 cubes at 32hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowfkncar Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Aren't ds18's budget friendly already? In terms of dollar to watt? Hard to find a cheap 4" mid that will take 110rms active without worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehall8702 Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 24 minutes ago, slowfkncar said: Aren't ds18's budget friendly already? In terms of dollar to watt? Hard to find a cheap 4" mid that will take 110rms active without worrying. For sure hard to find one thatll take that power. And these i have are pro4.4bm or something like that and are like $30 a piece, they are dumb loud and clear. They are just harsh in upper middle frequencies, i may try out a set of thier "sq" 4" and see if they are a bit smoother. My 6.5 is nice through all its freqs, and the ds18 tweeter isnt even harsh, juat that 4" is hard to even eq the harshness out of it. 2009 Silverado 1500, 7.5" lift, 37x12.50r17s, Built Gen 4 5.3L ( 4.8l flat pistons, decked 243s, SS2 Cam, Pac 1218 springs, ported intake, 120mm TB, Long tubes, 3" duals HP tuner software tuned by me), 4l80e swapped and 4.56 gears. All done by me. stereo is Pioneer avh 600ex, all stinger rca, jp23 v1.5, skar rp150.4, and hertz hpd4. 2 SHCA 6.5 8ohm, 1 SHCA 3.5", and 1 DS18 tw120pro in each door. The 3.5 mid and 3.5" tweeters are powered by the skar rp150.4, the 6.5s are powered by the hertz bridged @4 ohms. Dual runs of 3/0 welding cable, 300a alternator, 2 Vmax AGMs up front. current sub is a AB XR 12 ( dual 2 ohm) with bottom spider cut out in 2.25 cubes at 32hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowfkncar Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 44 minutes ago, ehall8702 said: For sure hard to find one thatll take that power. And these i have are pro4.4bm or something like that and are like $30 a piece, they are dumb loud and clear. They are just harsh in upper middle frequencies, i may try out a set of thier "sq" 4" and see if they are a bit smoother. My 6.5 is nice through all its freqs, and the ds18 tweeter isnt even harsh, juat that 4" is hard to even eq the harshness out of it. Thing about active is the speakers are going to do exactly what you make them do, the EQ, phasing/distance between drivers and crossover slopes can make a significant difference with most in-car setups. If your midrange is harsh beyond 1.5-2khz you could always experiment with driver phase, placement or a tweeter that can play lower. It took me a very long time until i found an active setup that i like, i usually end up selecting drivers that can compliment each other so i don't need to worry about harshness near my xover points. I've use some moderately priced in ear monitors almost daily for 10+ years and it drives me nuts chasing the same type of sound in my vehicles, i usually get close enough to not bitch about it but sometimes with 3 way front stage it can be a real challenge when your on a budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehall8702 Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Yeah, ive been through a ton of different speakers, did a passive 3 way in my buddies cherokee with infinity components, added a 3 1/2" infinity in dash and used an audiopipe 3 way xover and it sounds amazing. Totally flat eq on headunit ( has 65x4 for doors, so each 3 way up front gets 65 and rear coaxials get 65 each) sound amazing. I mean they are reference series but they make me envious still. Those ds18s are pro audio atuff so they sound different i guess 2009 Silverado 1500, 7.5" lift, 37x12.50r17s, Built Gen 4 5.3L ( 4.8l flat pistons, decked 243s, SS2 Cam, Pac 1218 springs, ported intake, 120mm TB, Long tubes, 3" duals HP tuner software tuned by me), 4l80e swapped and 4.56 gears. All done by me. stereo is Pioneer avh 600ex, all stinger rca, jp23 v1.5, skar rp150.4, and hertz hpd4. 2 SHCA 6.5 8ohm, 1 SHCA 3.5", and 1 DS18 tw120pro in each door. The 3.5 mid and 3.5" tweeters are powered by the skar rp150.4, the 6.5s are powered by the hertz bridged @4 ohms. Dual runs of 3/0 welding cable, 300a alternator, 2 Vmax AGMs up front. current sub is a AB XR 12 ( dual 2 ohm) with bottom spider cut out in 2.25 cubes at 32hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwking Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 i might check the output of your active crossover, make sure that channel is still working. nice part about active is you have a straight line to trace back to find the problem. which model crossover are you running the doors off of anyway? im curious for myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehall8702 Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Soundstream prox4.1 has worked damn good and ive had it for like 6-7 months now. It is mounted to sub box tho never know. 2009 Silverado 1500, 7.5" lift, 37x12.50r17s, Built Gen 4 5.3L ( 4.8l flat pistons, decked 243s, SS2 Cam, Pac 1218 springs, ported intake, 120mm TB, Long tubes, 3" duals HP tuner software tuned by me), 4l80e swapped and 4.56 gears. All done by me. stereo is Pioneer avh 600ex, all stinger rca, jp23 v1.5, skar rp150.4, and hertz hpd4. 2 SHCA 6.5 8ohm, 1 SHCA 3.5", and 1 DS18 tw120pro in each door. The 3.5 mid and 3.5" tweeters are powered by the skar rp150.4, the 6.5s are powered by the hertz bridged @4 ohms. Dual runs of 3/0 welding cable, 300a alternator, 2 Vmax AGMs up front. current sub is a AB XR 12 ( dual 2 ohm) with bottom spider cut out in 2.25 cubes at 32hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwking Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 nice, yeah i'd grab a voltmeter and check the output of the channel in question, make sure the rca is still working also if you have a DD-1 i'd double check your level adjustments to make sure you're not clipping. those knobs twisted to max level would concern me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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