Has anyone mounted 8" or larger midbasses in the front doors?

[suprarx7nut]

In my opinion, most people should be happy with a high quality 6.5" but, I have loved and had many SQ stereo systems for 35+ years now & I still am passionate about them! My main goal is for the 4 main seating positions to have a great SQ experience, soundstage at concert volume levels.

In my opinion the hardest thing to achieve in a car system is the midbass from 70hz to about 250hz. This is because of the size & geometry of a vehicle. (In case you are wondering, the easiest thing is to achieve in a car system is subbass 30hz to 60hz).

To answer your question, my 1st system in my 2001 LX had Focal 165KRX3 (3 way components 6.5", 3" & 1") in the front doors & Focal ES100k as the center channel. Plenty loud but, no matter what I did, I couldn't tame the Focal's to make them sound musical.

I slowly upgraded in multiple steps to AudioFrog GB60, GB25, GB10 in the doors & GB40, GB10 as the center channel. This is a very good sound system that should satisfy most anyone.

I still wasn't getting the midbass that I desired. So then I also installed some 5.25" mini subs in both front footwells and a JBL Fuse to compliment the AudioFrog system above. I could get a very good sound curve but, I wasn't getting the concert volume levels because of having to do too much EQ work.

The reason for the 8" in the front doors is to help reinforce the dip that I had at around 65hz so that I wouldn't have to do so much EQ work and overload the other speakers.

The current system sounds great so far, gets decently loud and I am glad that I done it!


P.S. The rest of the system that I have no complaints about & have never felt the need to change:

Kenwood 9903s
Two AudioFrog GB10D2
Focal ES165k in the rear doors
Focal ES100k behind the 3rd row seats
JBL MS8 Logic7 processor/DSP
Three Arc Audio xDI 1200.6 amps
Two rear mounted batteries
250a Alternator

Awesome thank you.

I loved those es165k speakers when I did my tour of auditions a few years ago. I still haven't heard any of the audiofrogs, but I've listened to plenty of Andy's trainings and such.

If you're ever in the Denver area I'd love to hear the setup!

 

[Berkut10r]

Awesome thank you.

I loved those es165k speakers when I did my tour of auditions a few years ago. I still haven't heard any of the audiofrogs, but I've listened to plenty of Andy's trainings and such.

If you're ever in the Denver area I'd love to hear the setup!

Question for you. I have been searching for a guidance for total removal of ML in 03-07 models via high-end DSP. Has that been done that you know of?

 

[willyroo]

I have been searching for a guidance for total removal of ML in 03-07 models via high-end DSP.

One avenue is a T'eyes CC3 as the HU. It has S/PDIF Optical and Co-axial outputs. If you install Tidal natively on the HU - as opposed to AA/CP - you can get Redbook audio to your processor.

As far as I can see, there are 2 X pairs of speaker cables in each of the front doors, so an active 2-way should be achievable without too much pain and suffering.

I'm saving up for some good 2-ways such as Morel, Hybrid Audio and Focal, and a local sound shop raves about the Alpine PXE-C80-88 as the processor + amp.

PXE-C80-88 – Alpine Electronics of Australia

www.alpine.com.au

 

[Berkut10r]

One avenue is a T'eyes CC3 as the HU. It has S/PDIF Optical and Co-axial outputs. If you install Tidal natively on the HU - as opposed to AA/CP - you can get Redbook audio to your processor.

As far as I can see, there are 2 X pairs of speaker cables in each of the front doors, so an active 2-way should be achievable without too much pain and suffering.

I'm saving up for some good 2-ways such as Morel, Hybrid Audio and Focal, and a local sound shop raves about the Alpine PXE-C80-88 as the processor + amp.

PXE-C80-88 – Alpine Electronics of Australia

www.alpine.com.au

Thank you for the reply. I have the mediocre Rhino radio for now. If you are willing to consider CDT, they are having a massive sale on their fantastic MX line.