Need your ideas please - Stereo NOT satisfying my taste
01-07-2013, 10:30 PM
#1
Need your HELP Please - Stereo XLT
I have the 09 F150 screw. I installed a PAC24, Polk PA D4000.4 (125 watts @4 ohms, 200 watts @2 ohms) and a 7 band decent EQ all connected to 4x Polk db5251 4 ohm speakers (100 watts RMS, 250 peak).
Everything is tuned connected correctly, (HPF, polarity and RCA from PAC to AMP, etc) and it rocks but I want more juice and can't find any good quality 2 ohm speakers that I can swap them out for!!!
It can easily blow these speakers especially the tweeters and I think that is a short coming of the Polk composites.
I have no issue moving up to the Polk MM6501s other than the I have already run into a bad set when I had a set of Polk 5x7 in it before these and knowing the tweeter issue I am reluctant.
I have the base covered so not looking for that, just more midrange juice and tweeters that can handle it as well.
I am looking for 200 watt RMS quality speakers that I can crank without blowing so the peak RMS needs to be about 300.
or
Open up my doors and see if I can add 1 more speaker per door , (probably not feasible).
or
Make a box in each door since the doors dont make good enclosures, (probably not feasible).
or
Find somewhere to add more speakers that you can NOT see, dont need any eye candy for someone to break into my chit, (probably not feasible).
I can't do under seat as I have the DUHA storage and it is full with other stuff I need.
I dont think adding any sound insulation in the doors will be worth the cost vs benefit because you can not coat the entire inside as you cant get to the entire inside of the doors so thats out.
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED but please only serious replys.
Everything is tuned connected correctly, (HPF, polarity and RCA from PAC to AMP, etc) and it rocks but I want more juice and can't find any good quality 2 ohm speakers that I can swap them out for!!!
It can easily blow these speakers especially the tweeters and I think that is a short coming of the Polk composites.
I have no issue moving up to the Polk MM6501s other than the I have already run into a bad set when I had a set of Polk 5x7 in it before these and knowing the tweeter issue I am reluctant.
I have the base covered so not looking for that, just more midrange juice and tweeters that can handle it as well.
I am looking for 200 watt RMS quality speakers that I can crank without blowing so the peak RMS needs to be about 300.
or
Open up my doors and see if I can add 1 more speaker per door , (probably not feasible).
or
Make a box in each door since the doors dont make good enclosures, (probably not feasible).
or
Find somewhere to add more speakers that you can NOT see, dont need any eye candy for someone to break into my chit, (probably not feasible).
I can't do under seat as I have the DUHA storage and it is full with other stuff I need.
I dont think adding any sound insulation in the doors will be worth the cost vs benefit because you can not coat the entire inside as you cant get to the entire inside of the doors so thats out.
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED but please only serious replys.
Last edited by Richard75013; 01-08-2013 at 08:06 PM.
01-09-2013, 03:49 AM
#3
Proper sound dampening will absolutely blow your mind. Proper layering of both mat and tiles is costly, but will greatly improve your mid bass and lower frequency response.
Power wise, you don't have too much. I used to routinely run 2200 watts on woofers that had a total rms of 1000-1500 watts. Never lost one. I used to also used to routinely run 300 plus watts to a single component speaker with an rms rating of 100-150 watts. Never lost one. Did this over a 10 year period with dozens of setups. The key is in the power supply. Make sure the install is correct so your amplifiers don't clip or provide a distorted signal to the speaker. Power doesn't kill speakers, distortion and clipping does.
Power wise, you don't have too much. I used to routinely run 2200 watts on woofers that had a total rms of 1000-1500 watts. Never lost one. I used to also used to routinely run 300 plus watts to a single component speaker with an rms rating of 100-150 watts. Never lost one. Did this over a 10 year period with dozens of setups. The key is in the power supply. Make sure the install is correct so your amplifiers don't clip or provide a distorted signal to the speaker. Power doesn't kill speakers, distortion and clipping does.
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01-09-2013, 08:54 AM
#4
You can seal off all the holes in the door panel with some thin aluminum or something and dynamat the inside of the outter door skin and the inner door skin and that will help a lot.
