What are your amp gains at? You may be enabling compression early because you're overdriving your inputs. Try to run the gains as low as possible so you're not sending clipped inputs to the amp. Start around half.
I'm not used to high level inputs because it's not a great way to get good sound...
Does anyone have any pictures of what the frame looks like behind the massive trim panel that appears to go the entire length of the truck? Pushing on it it feels like there is a lot of room back there and I might build a sub enclosure on one of the sides if it's possible but it also appears...
I don't understand the obsession with rear speakers. The purpose of sound reproduction is to replicate music as if you were there watching and listening live. The soundstage sound expand across the dash and even out onto the hood with a good system and you should be able to imagine a band...
I’m doing dedicated woofers and then a sub if I feel it’s necessary. I was thinking about using the tang band shallow subs but their efficiency scared me away. The kicker key won’t have the ass for them to be loud enough
It's probably more TCU than pedal. I had a BMW that had an engine capable of matching the transmission's max torque rating and the ECU/TCU limited torque in the first 2 gears. Having a pedal tuner helped but really you're just making the "volume" on the dial turn up faster, you can literally do...
Speakers are somewhat sorta figured out, it all depends on what I can squeeze into the dash:
Tweeters:
Either Dayton ND20 or ND25
Mids:
Either: Dayton DMA90,80,70 depending on what fits
Woofers in kick:
Goldwood GW S650
Crossover (for dash)
2700hz 2nd order linkwitz riley
Dayton caps
Jantzen...
I ordered some ABS to make plates for the dash speakers. I'm going to template the opening with cardboard, then cut some acrylic so I can trace the opening and see if something other than a 4" coax will fit in there. Looking to put a 2.5-3" mid and tweeter in there if possible.
It blows my mind...
Just for reference, here's a crossover calculator, you can ignore the lowpass, put in the frequency you want to crossover at and remember, it's just a 6db filter with just a cap so you probably want to go higher than you would think. The stock cap is 100uf which is around 400hz...
That's not true for the dash. The dash speakers go through the kick panel speakers and have a capacitor built into the speaker. You do need them up front.
I figured I'd start one of these since we're planning on several mods and have some parts already ordered.
Stuff done so far:
Sealed kick panels and installed sound deadening for future woofer install
Added console box upper panel (mabett)
Tint- Autobahn i3 front windows (windshield, doors)...
Is it just me or is this camera 90s webcam technology-esque? It's like sitting on ICQ trying to make out if that might have been a boob I just saw flash by at 5fps.