OT: car speakers

[aragorn723]

Hi,

Does anyone have experience with taking raw speakers and creating crossovers to install into a car environment?  I'm familiar with the installation, but haven't really designed a component set before.  Can someone make a suggestion for a nice combo?  I suspect a diy setup would outperform a pre-designed set    Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

Dave

[Deluk]

A pre designed set is the outcome of a lot of DIY at the makers. It's unlikely that you will want to spend the money on a couple of dozen  mixtures of speakers and electrical components. Get a good name brand set up from a reputable supplier. If in the end you want to go down the "modified" route you can then spend what you want.
To keep this a bit Bottlehead, just think how much experimenting Doc and crew do to bring out the best they can with each new model. Yes the modifers will make changes but mostly the improvements will be in their own heads.

[Paul Birkeland]

Tweaking crossovers for vehicle component speakers is really a pain the butt.  Often times, you will break a lot of door clips from pulling the door card on and off so many times.  To add to this, since the speaker sets don't come in enclosures, automotive component speaker systems tend to be a pretty decent deal.

[aragorn723]

Thanks for the 2 cents.  I was hoping maybe someone had done this already, though it might be hard to use that as a gauge since sound is a personal preference.  Anyone have experience with any of the madisound car component sets? (or can you recommend something else?)  I had Alpine type r 6.5 components previously, but don't want to pay the $300 if there is something better out there for less.  As a point of reference, the tweeter is a bit on the more lively side, is there something similar out there for less? Thanks,

Dave

[Paul Birkeland]

  I had Alpine type r 6.5 components previously, but don't want to pay the $300 if there is something better out there for less.

Get the Alpine Type R's on eBay for about half of that and call it good.