i'm currently having a slight dilemma working out what aspect of my system i should upgrade next. at the moment run 3 way morel elates off a bridged JL 300/4 amp.
possible upgrades are:
adding another 300/4 bridged to run the elate crossovers bi-amped and semi-active as i think the coil is consuming a fair amount of the power. this would result in the mids and tweets getting 150wrms a side, and the midbass getting 150wrms a side, or:
replacing my morel mt37's with supremos
both would be in the same ball park price wise. i guess an advantage of the extra amp would be i could then run the splits active sometime in the future.
what do you guys think would be the better option?
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Started by PartyJase, Jul 20 2005 07:35 PM
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Posted 20 July 2005 - 09:36 PM
active if you do it now is worth the most increase in listening pleasure.
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Posted 20 July 2005 - 10:12 PM
factor in the fact it will take a bit of time to get an active setup tuned properly to your taste
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 10:05 AM
change your sub 
i think it was the only thing that the car needed 
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 10:47 AM
i'd go for the supremo upgrade.... haven't heard anything better than the supremos.
My current phass tweeters are different but just as good.
My current phass tweeters are different but just as good.
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 10:48 AM
ohh dont say that - i had been tossing up ideas of idmaxs of w6v2s or something else along those lines, but had been thinking that for sq could get away with a lower end sub because its turned down a fair bit and only carrying a small part of the freq spectrum.
- i had been tossing up ideas of idmaxs of w6v2s or something else along those lines, but had been thinking that for sq could get away with a lower end sub because its turned down a fair bit and only carrying a small part of the freq spectrum.
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 01:33 PM
ParyJase..
if you really wanna hear how the supremo's sound, im sure i can lend you mine for a few hours for a trial demo if you wish.. i have the 3 way elates (6" ones) with the supremos and they arent in the car atm as the kicks are in progress (gotta get time to work on them some more)..
get an IDMAX..
i have 1 of them at home too.. 
if you really wanna hear how the supremo's sound, im sure i can lend you mine for a few hours for a trial demo if you wish.. i have the 3 way elates (6" ones) with the supremos and they arent in the car atm as the kicks are in progress (gotta get time to work on them some more)..
get an IDMAX..
i have 1 of them at home too..
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 05:46 PM
Check your impedance. I recall my older series Supremo's were 6 ohm. If this differs from your current setup, that'll throw out your crossover. Not saying it'll sound terrible, but something to consider.
I think I'm a little over supreme setups :(
6 months with a new car, and I've got an amp and a set of front speakers.
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 06:35 PM
thats cool dasherhalo - both mt37s and supremos are 6ohm and the crossover is made for them.
i think i might have to take you up on that offer damo - would be a good chance to hear the difference between the two in a back to back test.
i think i might have to take you up on that offer damo - would be a good chance to hear the difference between the two in a back to back test.
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Posted 22 July 2005 - 02:33 PM
the impedance of the normal tweeters are 6ohm also dasher..
so a supremo swap is no problems.. i also checked this out when i got my 3 ways..
no worries PJ.. let me know where/when..
so a supremo swap is no problems.. i also checked this out when i got my 3 ways..
no worries PJ.. let me know where/when..
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