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Old 12-07-2010, 05:18 PM
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i bought new speakers for my front doors. I heard good things about Audiopipe. Here's the link to the speakers
http://cgi.ebay.com/AUDIOPIPE-6-6-5-SPEAKER-LOW-MID-FREQUENCY-LOUDSPEAKER-/370424574767?pt=Car_Speakers&hash=item563f06732f
i'm buying this tweeters for the door pillars
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-CAR-COMPONENT-AUDIOPIPE-100W-1-DOME-AUDIO-TWEETERS-/350374194712?pt=Car_Speakers&hash=item5193edee18
need crossovers for the speakers tweeters. Would this crossovers work for them? also i'm confused wether i need 2way or 3way?
http://cgi.ebay.com/AUDIOPIPE-500-WATT-PASSIVE-3-WAY-4ohm-CROSSOVER-NETWORK-/140477254884?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item20b518cce4
http://cgi.ebay.com/AUDIOPIPE-300-WATT-PASSIVE-2-WAY-4ohm-CROSSOVER-NETWORK-/140477254847?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item20b518ccbf
 
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Old 12-07-2010, 05:32 PM
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Those are ****ing terrible dude lol

If you're gonna go the pro audio route, do it right.
 
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Old 12-07-2010, 05:43 PM
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^ i heard those speakers in person they are loud. A reputable shop around me sells them for like 120 per pair. on ebay they're wholesale
 
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Old 12-07-2010, 06:12 PM
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Loud is just one piece of the pie
 
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Mixing components and trying to match crossovers is waaaay above beginner-level stuff.

Those particular components... well, yeah, they got a high sensitivity, so they'll be loud, but I'll take 90db of quality sound over 95db of noise any day.

They look virtually identical to the stock speakers.

Audiopipe may make some good stuff, but I doubt it's the ones that are retailing for $36 each... somebody's making profit on that price, so wholesale is probably more like $25/each. I'm not saying that just because something's expensive it's good, but yeah, I'm going to side with eggyhustles on this one.

I just can't imagine that putting $100 in speakers and tweeters, and another $20 in crossovers... crossovers, mind you, that can't be adjusted, are not specifically made for the frequency ranges of those particular components, and the fact that crossover design and matching to different components is waaay above the level of anybody who has to ask if they need a 2 or 3-way crossover. This is fixing to sound worse than the bose system.
 
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What does that prove? getting loud is so damn easy. It probably sounds like ****, though.
 
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sounds clear to me, and this is thru video, which distorts more than in person

 
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Never judge something based off of a video.

You're going about this the wrong way. You need some hefty eq and processing power if you want to mess with pro audio.
 
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Old 12-07-2010, 07:21 PM
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never judge something based off its price. I'm not just getting new speakers, i'm getting new amps, EQ, already got a double din etc and i'm getting the setup professionally installed
 
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Old 12-07-2010, 07:26 PM
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If i were you, i would just get a comp set. Keep it simple.

Something like
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...se-SC8365.html

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http://www.crescendoaudio.com/produc...roductid=17516

Should sound good and get loud. 500 on tap per side should be enough for anyone.
 
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Old 12-07-2010, 08:01 PM
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^ yea but if I got a setup like that and used the amp to power my rear coaxial door speakers (1 channel for each door) would it still provide enough power to the 2 front speakers? It wouldn't be 500w per side if I ran my rear speakers to the amp as well
 
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Old 12-07-2010, 08:11 PM
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No need for rears

if u feel u really need them, run em off hu power
 
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Old 12-07-2010, 08:41 PM
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Well I already bought this audiopipes and I have bad luck selling stuff. I'm gonna get those components you posted and maybe that amp or a similar one and just run the rear doors to the head unit and mount the audiopipes on the rear deck and run em with the 4 channel amp and hopefully everything sounds loud and clear or can I run the audiopipes off the headunit as well and use the amp for the front speakers only?
 


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