2 12's or 1 15?

[jperryss]

Originally Posted by cardude007617

ohhh ****ttt your the guy with the infinite baffel set up! i remember seeing that while back and goin holy crud.....nice. im wondering tho, how do u have your mids and tweets mounted......
i asked about the 5ch cuz i know they dont put out loads of power, and was curious how u could run 2 15s off of one ever.

very interesting tho, got any pics of it done

My mids are mounted in the stock door locations. I surface-mounted them so as to avoid any rear (or front) clearance issues. The door panel is sandwiched between the speaker in front and a 1/2" thick MDF baffle in back, with a few layers of deadener on the backside. Not the BEST way to do it, but it works and is very solid, considering. The backside of the door panel also has quite a bit of deadener on it to minimize vibrations. Even with the subs switched off, the punch (for lack of a better word) from those mids is impressive, enough to make my mirrors shake a little.

The tweets are down in the kickpanels, flush-mounted (for now) and firing directly across the car at each other. Hard-dome tweeters are easier to tame when they're not pointed directly at you, which I learned from my old Kappa tweets that I had in my sail panels last year.

I'm not running any rear deck speakers.

I have no decent pics right now. Someone is making me some MDF rings, one pair to angle the tweeters slightly up and towards the cabin, the other pair so I can make a nice set of grills for the mids. Then I need to re-carpet the trunk. Then you guys'll get pics.

But yeah, WAY off topic. LOL

[jperryss]

Originally Posted by llsht14

well smart ass. For you information i think i know what im talking about. I install it for a living. I have that rockford powering my diamonds. And a alpine v12 4 channel powering my boston acoustics 6x9 speakers in the back and 1200 dollar component system in the front.

So? What '1200 dollar component system' do you have up-front? And how's it installed? No sound-deadening (Dynamat, etc.) anywhere in the cabin? The 'best' speaker system means NOTHING if it's not installed to perform the way it's supposed to. You could have $4000 door speakers, but if you just slapped them in place of the stockers, then you've wasted $3900.

And that's kinda the point I've been trying to get across. Expensive equipment means NOTHING, the install is way more important. It's not always worth spending $400+ on speakers, when your current $50 speakers may have plenty of untapped potential.

And sorry, the fact that you install for a living doesn't impress me. 95% of installers don't get paid for doing an excellent job, they get paid for doing a mediocre job and getting it done fast. I've had enough shoddy work done by 'reputable' installers to just do everything myself, unless it's beyond my abilities. Like fiberglassing, which I suck at.

NOTE: That wasn't an attack on you or anyone's installing abilities, which I know nothing about. I'm just trying to find out if you're 'all mouth' or not. You sound like a typical "MINEZ THE BEST LOL!!!111!1" punk, but I'm hoping you can prove me wrong. Got some more details, or pics even?

[bigstribs]

so anyone interested in that solo x

[cardude007617]

Originally Posted by jperryss

And sorry, the fact that you install for a living doesn't impress me. 95% of installers don't get paid for doing an excellent job, they get paid for doing a mediocre job andgetting it done fast. I've seen enough shoddy work done by 'reputable' installers to just do everything myself...

cough cough BEST BUY!!!!! sorry, my freind had a system installed at BB and like this kid's ground has to be like 4 feet long.....and me and my freind cant figure out where it goes for the life of us... (there are seat bolts just like any other car...) i was going to have my stuff installed there but i looked at it and thought screw this, i can do better work and im 17 doing my first system ever

[notsoaveragej0e]

EDIT: never mind, Nate said he was talking about a square sub.

[chevy355blazer]

Ok i went from a single eclipe aluminum 12 to a 15 eclipse titanimummummum i didnt think it was loud enough. but i listened to a freind who has two jl w7 with 1000 watt amp. with a really good box. its 10 times louder than 2 12s i got my amp a 1/4 of the way turned up his is 1/2 and hes pissed cuz mines louder. just watchur box size ur gonna lose ur trunk tho.