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What's up everyone, I just signed up for this forum and would just like to say hello to everyone. My little spot on sounddomain is in the sig...or should be. First off I'm just getting started with the whole SQ thing so any help (websites, resources, certain products) you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated. So far I'm wanting to go with Infinity Kappa 4x6 plates in my dash and Infinity 61/2 3 ways in my doors (I know, coaxials are BAD for SQ...or at least I've heard)and a Kicker L7 12" for my sub. Any suggestions or ideas would be welcome and appreciated. C y'all lata.
-------------------- 1997 S-10, 3/4 drop, euros, all the standard boltons. Stock stereo except for 1 blown Kicker L7 and a JBL 1200.2 amp. Want to set up my truck for SQ. Posts: 17 | From: Alma, Ga. | Registered: Oct 2002
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welcome to the board, your locale is close to the name of a board legend
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Don't get caught in the WEB Gimmie some bass baby keep your XXX and others, MTX for me Is that me in the top 10 now?? Do you smell what the BASS is cooking... Posts: 6799 | From: cincinnati, oh, USA | Registered: Jun 1999
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Welcome. Coaxials may not be preferred over Component sets by many, but if you're on a budget (or don't want to put a large chunk of your pay-check into your system), then there are some good coaxials for SQ. Kappas are one of them.
The mid-bass is a bit-lacking for my taste w/the Kappas - great mid-range & highs...the Reference series seem to have better mid-bass, IMO. The 4x6 plates are a very nice alternative to purchasing a 3.5/4" comp set or coaxial -- easy to instal & component quality. The Kappas should give you a pretty smooth mid-range and good highs - they are a bit sharp for some...I personally like the silk tweeters of the older Kappas, but the newer ones sound OK too.
Other coaxials you may want to look into: JL, RF, CV V-Mag, BostonAccoustic, Morel, and Eclipse PointSource to name but a few. The Kappas should keep up with most of them, the PointSources are one of my favorites and they're in the same price range as the Kappas (at least the last time I checked).
They can take a decent amount of power, I wouldn't send much above rated power to them w/o a very clean & x'd-over signal (I blew my tweeter on my Kappa 5x7s in the BII before I realized that x-overs were a good thing).
I don't have a lot of in-car exp with the L7s, but from my auditions at the store & in customer's cars....they are a nice sub.
From a speaker perspective, sounds like a good system . Good luck.
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get out of here NEWBIE...you're not welcomed j/k
what up man, there is no link to your SD page. i would like to see your s10, i was THIS close to getting an s10. welcome to termpro.
-------------------- 98 Honda CR-V EX pioneer 9300 2 15w3s JBL BP1200.1 JBL P180.2 Kicker K60 Optima red top FINALLY IN!!! but too damn lazy to clean up the install Posts: 4312 | From: NEWARK NJ | Registered: Jan 2001
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Hey guys, thanks for replying to my post....sorry about the mistake about the link to my truck....thought the home page would be displayed in the sig. Sounds to me like there's more to SQ than i first thought, after looking around for a while....I'm gonna check out all the other coaxials Ber mentioned and see what i think, Could you guys also recommend a good x-over, good quality for maybe less than $150, and maybe some sites that sell all of this stuff cause I've never heard of half the brands everyone's talking about . Anyway, who was the legend you were referring to spydermann? Thanks for all the help and I'll keep you guys posted about the progress of my search for decent SQ, I forgot to mention that the only speakers besides my subs i have right now are my stock 4x6 , The guys who installed my first system put all my factory highs AND my 2 woofers on a RF Punch 60.2....probably was pushing a .4 Ohm load or something, but to my surprise it handled it. Another thing i forgot to mention was the amps I'm going to use for my setup, So far I'm thinking of getting a PPI PCX-1250 for my L7 and a Rockford 300X for my mids and highs. Once again thanks and later.
-------------------- 1997 S-10, 3/4 drop, euros, all the standard boltons. Stock stereo except for 1 blown Kicker L7 and a JBL 1200.2 amp. Want to set up my truck for SQ. Posts: 17 | From: Alma, Ga. | Registered: Oct 2002
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I would also recommend looking at Oz Audio Matrix coaxials...I just bought a pair of Oz Audio Matrix 300L 12's and they are beautiful...the fit and finish looks amazing, to me. Oz Matrix components are said to be very nice, with great midbass...I'd really look at them if I didn't already have components.
1999 Ford Explorer Sport 4X4 -Alpine CDA-9831 -CDT CL-51 two way component's {front} -CDT CL-5X coaxial's {rear} -Cadence A4 -Cadence A7HC -1 DD 9515 in a 5 cub. box tuned to 35 hz with 65.25 sq.inches of vent Posts: 2156 | From: the psychopathic house | Registered: Jan 2002
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