help 2way or 3way components

basshead · Street 2NR Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 53 My 2NRide:

jus want to find out wat is the best ting to use in my car .
its a libero wagon the doors cud take a 6inch and under the dash has cut out for 4 inch speakers as well and i was tinkin of buildin a pillar for the tweeter. Is that makin sense or jus go with a 2 way component set

Audionutz · Street 2NR Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 30 My 2NRide:

your three speakers will be facing three separate directions which would be hard to tune,go with the 6 in the door and a 4 and a tweet in the a pillar (3 way comps) and you'll be ok.

roger · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject:

^^^why would it be hard to tune??

Audionutz · Street 2NR Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 30 My 2NRide:

cus the 4 would be facing the seats and you'll be losing some of the tones that the other speakers would not have picked up or in lay man's term ,you would not be hearing the full tones of the 4 inch.

roger · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:05 pm Post subject:

roger · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject:

to the OP, the simplest thing is to go with a QUALITY 2 way comp setup.

if you chose a more challenging route....a 3way kit with the midrange woofer mounted in the kickpanel would be the best option.

set ur budget and get the best in you price range, but keep in mind the 3way kit costs more...

Audionutz · Street 2NR Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 30 My 2NRide:

yes I have seen and installed many comps in A pillars in TnT.

jeff · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject:

Audionutz · Street 2NR Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 30 My 2NRide:

I have no recent pics but I'll be putting DLS comps in a wingroad and I will post build pics.

Aimar · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject:

A-pillar tweets are a great idea

basshead · Street 2NR Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 53 My 2NRide:

i was getin the dls c36 3 piece com set cheap dats y i ask and i still confuse so any more input on this or shud i go 2 way

pimptacular · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:59 am Post subject:

what are you looking to get out of the system?

adopson · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:59 am Post subject:

you have to know what you looking for in your system... as roger said eg. imaging, staging etc.. or large amounts of midbass or sub bass....try midrange kicks.....

Sully · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:13 am Post subject:

roger · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:18 am Post subject:

roger · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:20 am Post subject:

basshead · Street 2NR Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 53 My 2NRide:

one more ting if i using the 3way comp set up to the front do i still have to put a sub in d trunk

roger · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:58 pm Post subject:

yes..it would defintely help.

the c36 based on my experience is most comfortable when high passed at about 63hz on at least a 12db slope....so you will need something to effectively fill the subbass region below that 60hz.

please post here if you have more questions. there are some other dls uses who can chime in with advise as well.

basshead · Street 2NR Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 53 My 2NRide:

ok will i sunday i will start my project i will post pics and i tink i will use one of the elemental designs 7inch woofer

roger · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject:

ok guy, looking forward to the build pics.

please do your research on proper custom kick panel construction, if you are headed in that direction for your midrange mounting location.

rigman00 · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject:

elemental designs 7" woofer = sweet Laughing

X_Factor · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:

would one 7" sub be enought?

i mean u will know that there is bass but would it be intense enough and give good subsonics?

rigman00 · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject:

depends on the type of enclosure....go with the specs on the website it should work nice

slacker_jack · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:57 am Post subject:

rigman00 · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:18 am Post subject:

for the 7" its like 0.5 ported...works great for me. i have 2 of them in a 1.0 cubic enclosure tuned to 30hz

basshead · Street 2NR Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Tech posts: 53 My 2NRide:

i got a mtx 5500 8inch instead goin and put it in a sealed enclousre and loudsound doin the A pillar for me i droped it today

nemesis · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:19 am Post subject:

If you going with the 4" on the A-pillar chose your products very carefully. Will probably also have to install more than once to get the angle correct. Have had in 2 cars already, and I think it is very difficult to get right.

roger · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:39 am Post subject:

any pics or updates on this build??

De Hero · Street 2NR Joined: 10 May 2006 Tech posts: 41 My 2NRide:

roger · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:19 am Post subject:

^^ well my experience has taught me to keep the midrange as far forward as possible (research pathlength differences)

with respect to the between the tweets and the mid range...it depends on the useable frequency response of the midrange.

i personally would not put a midrange in the lower part of a door.

personally i like my midranges mounted above the dash because i do not use an eq in my car.....so i tend to prefer A-pillar mounted mids. But be aware that this configuration has its inherent issues to overcome, and one must have a substantial amount of control over individual signal intensity and signal arrival time to safely pull it off.

kick mounted mids are usually easier to get right (again, research pathlength differences).

hth