I've got Focal 165K2P's front and rear with an Audison VRX4300. Sounds incredible. Great midbass from a 6.5.

 

Two sets of components? I remember seeing most SQ setups back in the day only have a pair of (round) mid woofers for rear fill, or nothing at all. Maybe so none of their hgihs would cancel each other out and to draw the sound field foward.

I'm sure two sets could still sound good, but would it not be a compromise in some way?

 

All depends on placement for imaging, frequency settings, and power dispursement. The rear components are in the c-pillars facing each other and are operating on 75 watts per channel at about 50% gain, the front are in the floor kick panels and door and are operating on 150 watts per channel at about 65% gain. Imaging is awsome at almost any level, higher volume is bad ***. It's in the May 2006 issue of Car Audio And Electronics Magazine .

 

I only use the mid in the rear.

 

Pics???

 

I have two pair of Orion Components Front & Rear, Not too bad. Don't like the titanium tweeters though when I get home I will probably either go with Polk's or PPE. They are running of a pair of Directed 150X2s.

 

Here's a few.

 

That looks awesome.

 

Thanks evo 8 ya. It was a lot of work but it got me in two magazines last year. We thought about just using a pair of coaxials in the back or nothing but without rear speakers you lose the front/rear imaging and with just using coaxials they are ok until you crank it up. The tweeters are adjustable on the XRs, that helps alot for the back. I even have a pair of XRs in the trunk for the PS2.

 

Rocket,

arent you afraid of someone kicking in your speakers being in the kick panels?

 

Rocket,

How long did it take you to do that, and how hard was it? The reason I'm asking is I may try something like that.

 

No because not just anybody gets in my car and everybody around here knows the car and that I'm freakin **** about it.

 

The whole sound system took about 3 to 4 months, maybe a little longer because we were creating as we went along. The hardest part of the system is deciding what you want to do with it and stay on that idea or course of action. We started with one idea and as it progressed we would stop and get a better idea and take it in a different direction trying not to alter what was done so far. The guy who did most of the work is Louis Gonzalez and he is the sh**.

 

JL Audio ZR Evolution 3 way components...6 1/2" driver, 4" mid, tweets

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Nice design. I like the idea of kickpanels, I'm just afraid of losing footwell space and having people trample them.