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Old Feb 14, 2018 | 02:30 PM
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'10 Grand Sport Convertible

Full system from front to back all aftermarket for quick info.

Pioneer Nex w/ 4volt - Big 3 wire upgrade - extra battery in rear. Stinger cable throughout

Doors - Old school 2 -way Diamond Audio 6.5" -deadened doors- tweet up top door panel.

rear fill - some Diamond Audio Co-ax turned way down.

Subs- (2) 10" JL Audio 10w3's in sealed custom fiberglass enclosure.

Amps - Alpine PDX 4 channel- 100x4 rms
Alpine PDX mono channel for subs - 1000+

SO... I put the 6.5's in the doors and man did I lose some MAJOR mid-bass.. major gap.. zero punch.

If any you guys can recommend a 8" or shallow 10" that had good luck with (budget friendly.. 3-400ish).. I'd appreciate it. Would love to run the Dynaudios but $1300 is way outta my range atm. I have some Silverflutes for my other build but have yet to try em (6.5" though).. open to suggestions.
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Old Feb 14, 2018 | 07:17 PM
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how about some 8" quarts?

The problem though, with going to a sub in the doors, is that now youre going to lose mids since you'llonly have 3.5/4.25s... Why not get a shallow mount sub or a powered sub (behind passenger seat) if you dont want to lose trunk space?
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Old Feb 14, 2018 | 10:55 PM
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I'd be crossing the 8" to play vocal as well as the mid bass - just prefer something better than the weak Bose speaker..though atm, the Bose has more punch than the Diamond 6.5". If I it was some old school MB Quarts like I used to run many years ago
, I'd be willing to try.. but the new Quart or even Diamond for that matter aren't what they used to be 10+ years ago.

As for the trunk space.. I don't need it, got a '69 El Camino for haulin




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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 08:46 AM
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damn! That is a serious setup... haha. I glossed over the part you mentioned you had subs in the back.
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