Sry if I'm ranting. My personal choice for speakers? It's hard to beat the sound from Infinity. If you search the web you can find free speaker box design programs. I built a bass box for my best friends wifes Toyota truck, It's 18" x 9" x 9" has a forward firing folded port that is 8" x 2" x 18". It has a 8" kicker sub in it and it will drive you right out of the truck. It's run by a bridged 66w planet audio amp wired to 2 OHMs. Thats not a typo it's a 33 watt old 2 channel amp bridged to 66 watts she's been using it for over a year now and she cranks it all the time. Tons of power can overcome poor design. But it isn't necessary. Separates do sound better. But if you get them to far apart you lose the stereo imaging. It's all about wavelength. The higher the frequency the shorter the wavelength. The short wavelength the more easily it's absorbed. That's why your neighbor cranks his stereo all you hear is the thump thump. Long waves (bass) penetrate things, short ones don't. The best things about separates are the better quality crossovers that usually come with them and that the separate singles are usually better made. The newer plate speakers, mid and tweeter mounted together on a flat plate really sound good. One of the easiest ways to make small speakers sound better is to get a set of chokes or blocks. It's a single capacitor sized to block the bass out of the signal and let the higher frequency thru. So your 5 or 6" mid isn't trying to play the low stuff. They make a huge difference if you have a sub in your car and your door speakers are running off the head unit. They are cheap and easy. You just pull the + wire off the speaker hook it to the cap then the other end of the cap to the speaker.
Last edited by Junster : 02/13/2011 at 11:37 PM
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