Hollow sound, speakers in a tunnel?

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Mar 18, 2009 | 07:56 PM

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Don't be hatin on the IDs.

They're ID OEM mids, not exactly CX62. An evolution that didn't hit the mainstream. I doubted that 25w would be enough, but I trusted the pros and it's really quite good. It'll do until the amp gets replaced when I go 3-way fronts someday

I Only Hate ID Mid & Tweets, I'm Running ID MAX 10 2 of them

Mar 18, 2009 | 09:00 PM

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Are you on the DIYMA forum? Pretty much the only place to get these mids. Are not the same design as the CX series. Anyway, I like them a lot.

Mar 18, 2009 | 09:07 PM

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Only broke in the mids, didn't run the tweets until they were in the car. My receiver outputs 4 or 8 ohm selectable so no worries there. Tweets sound nice, real bright and airy. Bit hard to tame without an eq, but we'll fix that. The tweets are connected to the rear channel of the 500/5 bandpassed. Only 25w, but plenty power. I have a few other RCA cables laying around. I'll see if possibly it's the cables. They're multishielded, lots thicker than the twisted pair, but who knows.

I had the same tweeters in my integra up in the a pillar. It took a lot of work to get it to sound right. I am guessing because the window was loading the tweeter and cause a hump or a rise in the freq responce. I had to cut 5k a lot with a wide q parametric eq to get it sounding decent.

Why did you bandpass the tweeters? Where did you mount them? It almost sounds like it could be a phase problem. You should try swapping the + and neg of one and possibly both of the tweeters. If they are out of phase it could cause a hole in the freq response. They may both be out of phase from the mids and trying it different ways should be able to tell you. It is odd that it would go away and then come back. That sounds like an equipment issue if it persists.

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Mar 18, 2009 | 11:27 PM

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Appreciate the feedback. The Seas are much better now. They're just HP at 2.6Khz now and are much more laid back. I have them in the sails, but angled in quite a bit. Suckers had to be seriously cut down to fit in there. Definitely wired in phase. Stereo is actually sounding a ton better over the last week