Receiver: Pioneer DEH PRS-80
Tweets : LPG 25 NFA
Mids: Rainbow W 165 Profi Vanadium Kick
Sub (not installed yet): Focal 27 v1
speaker amp: Rainbow ipaul 4.300
sub amp: Zapco z220
I have the rainbow ipaul 4.300 running rainbow vanadium profi kicks (in the doors) but need a tweeter(factory location in front of door handle) that can play low to really make up for the lack of upper midrange in the rainbows. I am running an active setup with a Pioneer deh 80 prs hu. The auto time alignment seems to do a good job imaging the sound stage. For tweeters I'm looking for something that is very detailed, crisp and warm sounding. I have also considered a larger tweet up to 2" or slightly bigger to accomplish my goal. I have read somewhere about running these mids at a 12 db slope for best results crossed around 3khz if anyone has insight on there own findings. Also these things seem to play down to 63 Hz no problem without fail just curious if its preference or if they'd do better at 80 Hz. Criticism is welcome if I am just naive to think I can have a great sounding front stage with midbass woofers and tweeters. Whatever info you guys can give me thanks in advance. Keep Reading If you interested in the rest of the build.
Recently started an active setup install with a good amount of sound
deadening. I tried out knu konceptz kno noise for the first time and was very
happy with the results as compared to previous products used such as;
boom mat dynamat, edead and fatmat. This seems to have an actual
aluminum face where as other products just seem to be a big silver shiny
sticker.
Inside and Outer door shells got damped followed by the vinyl panel. I used
Neoprene 1/4", polyethylene 1/4", and charcoal reg 1/2" foam all fused
together with lock tite spray adhesive and some gorilla tape to secure to the
vinyl panels. All my foam was from thefoamfactory.com . Just covering
approximately 30% of the doors with dampener and sealing off the doors with
caulking then foaming I must say I have enjoyed my best results so far. I also
laid foam on the entire floor of the truck surprisingly there was an abundant
mount of factory cld tiles on the floor of the Tacoma as well as carpet
underlayment attached to the upholstery so i did not use any kno
noise there. The back of the cab was damped with kno noise followed by 3
layers of foam combination of neoprene and polyethylene.
Ran 16 gauge speaker wire through door grommets on either side for both
tweeters and woofers. Custom made spacers out of 1/2 mdf to
accommodate the rainbows ( the 2010 Tacoma has 6 x 9 ' s up front).
A friend who is also on the forum (Toolparabols) had a pair of tweeter
spacers from tacotunes he had from a previous vehicle that were used.
I rolled foam up on top of itself and created a gasket that i super glued onto
the mdf spacer that was thick enough to bridge the gap between the
speaker and the vinyl panel. Same was done for the tweeter. I will post
more about the build along with pictures this is all i had time for at work
today.
Tweets : LPG 25 NFA
Mids: Rainbow W 165 Profi Vanadium Kick
Sub (not installed yet): Focal 27 v1
speaker amp: Rainbow ipaul 4.300
sub amp: Zapco z220
I have the rainbow ipaul 4.300 running rainbow vanadium profi kicks (in the doors) but need a tweeter(factory location in front of door handle) that can play low to really make up for the lack of upper midrange in the rainbows. I am running an active setup with a Pioneer deh 80 prs hu. The auto time alignment seems to do a good job imaging the sound stage. For tweeters I'm looking for something that is very detailed, crisp and warm sounding. I have also considered a larger tweet up to 2" or slightly bigger to accomplish my goal. I have read somewhere about running these mids at a 12 db slope for best results crossed around 3khz if anyone has insight on there own findings. Also these things seem to play down to 63 Hz no problem without fail just curious if its preference or if they'd do better at 80 Hz. Criticism is welcome if I am just naive to think I can have a great sounding front stage with midbass woofers and tweeters. Whatever info you guys can give me thanks in advance. Keep Reading If you interested in the rest of the build.
Recently started an active setup install with a good amount of sound
deadening. I tried out knu konceptz kno noise for the first time and was very
happy with the results as compared to previous products used such as;
boom mat dynamat, edead and fatmat. This seems to have an actual
aluminum face where as other products just seem to be a big silver shiny
sticker.
Inside and Outer door shells got damped followed by the vinyl panel. I used
Neoprene 1/4", polyethylene 1/4", and charcoal reg 1/2" foam all fused
together with lock tite spray adhesive and some gorilla tape to secure to the
vinyl panels. All my foam was from thefoamfactory.com . Just covering
approximately 30% of the doors with dampener and sealing off the doors with
caulking then foaming I must say I have enjoyed my best results so far. I also
laid foam on the entire floor of the truck surprisingly there was an abundant
mount of factory cld tiles on the floor of the Tacoma as well as carpet
underlayment attached to the upholstery so i did not use any kno
noise there. The back of the cab was damped with kno noise followed by 3
layers of foam combination of neoprene and polyethylene.
Ran 16 gauge speaker wire through door grommets on either side for both
tweeters and woofers. Custom made spacers out of 1/2 mdf to
accommodate the rainbows ( the 2010 Tacoma has 6 x 9 ' s up front).
A friend who is also on the forum (Toolparabols) had a pair of tweeter
spacers from tacotunes he had from a previous vehicle that were used.
I rolled foam up on top of itself and created a gasket that i super glued onto
the mdf spacer that was thick enough to bridge the gap between the
speaker and the vinyl panel. Same was done for the tweeter. I will post
more about the build along with pictures this is all i had time for at work
today.