Hello,
This is my first post, but I lurk from time to time. First off most of my audio experiance comes from the Car Audio realm (I frequent the www.diymobileaudio.com forum) which I've been in for about 10 years. I have had an all active system for almost 7 of those years so I know about active systems. Well now that I'm married and have kids I find myself staying home more often and basically only using my car to go to the store and to work so I've been thinking of getting into Home audio...
Anyway I have 90% of a car system sitting in my closet that I've been piecing together since May of last year. The more I think of putting a 4 way active system in my car the more it feels like a total PITA and actually installing anything in a car right now doesn't sit well with me ATM and I don't feel like paying someone to do it because they'll never get it the way I want it. So my thoughts are to sell my car audio amps and buy some pro audio amps, keep my speakers and do a 4 way active TMWSS tower. I can pretty much damn near get the Pro Amps and the Xovers with the money I can get from my amps.
I mostly watch movies but I want to be able to reproduce music very well. My goals are SQ first with the ability to get loud when called upon, even though I have an Automatic Volume Limiter (a.k.a. the wife... but when the wifey is away the husband will play muahaha :twisted: ).
So onto the proposed system...
My reciever is an old Denon AVR-85 which works pretty well. I plan on using the L/R audio outs to a Xover then to some Pro Amps. For crossovers I'm thinking of using two Behringer Super-X Pro CX3400 running 4 way mono, one for left and one for right. Later on I may add an EQ if needed. I'm thinking about getting going with two Crown XLS amps because they have some awsome rebates going on right now.
Crown XLS-402D bridged @ 4ohm mono for the subs. I have Four Ascendant Audio Assassin 8's for subs. Two per each side. I'm thinking of going ported or if someone can help me with a TL enclosure for them.
Crown XLS-202D @ 4ohm stereo for the mid bass. I have a pair of Ascendant Audio Poly 6.5's for Mid bass. Should I keep these sealed or try ported?
A pair of AudioSource Amp100's, one for mids and one for tweets. The mids I have two choices either a pair of Phaze Audio Studio Driver MW-64's (6.5") or Oz Audio 100L (4") mids. I'm leaning towards the Phaze Audio mids. Below are the specs for both drivers since there are no links for these.
Phaze Audio Studio Driver MW-64 Specs:
Fs 57.0 Hz
Qms 4.130
Vas 18.6 Liters
Cms 0.730 mm/N
Mms 18.8 grams
Rms 0.93 kg/sec
Xmax 5 mm
Sd 135.0 sq.cm
Dia 13.1 cm
Qes 0.74
Re 3.4 ohms
Le .15 mH [@ 1kHz]
Z 4.0 ohms
BL 5.0 Tm
Qts 0.63
no 0.302%
Sens 87 dB [1 Watt / 1 meter]
Oz Audio 100L specs:
Fs= 90.84 Hz
Re= 3.4 Ohms
Qm= 2.777
Le= 0.16 mH
Qe= 0.957
Xmax= 3.0 mm
Qt= 0.712
Vas= 0.12 Ft3
SPL= 90.25 dB
For tweeters I'm somewhat undecided. I have three in mind. Bohlender Graebener Neo 3 (No back cup, non PDR version), Seas 27TBFC/G, or Peerless HDS 810921. I'm leaning towards the BG Neo 3's on top of the tower open baffle.
So basically I'm just looking for comments and/or help. Should I go for it or is it a stupid idea? I hope my intentions were clear enough.
Thanks in advance!
Ryan
This is my first post, but I lurk from time to time. First off most of my audio experiance comes from the Car Audio realm (I frequent the www.diymobileaudio.com forum) which I've been in for about 10 years. I have had an all active system for almost 7 of those years so I know about active systems. Well now that I'm married and have kids I find myself staying home more often and basically only using my car to go to the store and to work so I've been thinking of getting into Home audio...
Anyway I have 90% of a car system sitting in my closet that I've been piecing together since May of last year. The more I think of putting a 4 way active system in my car the more it feels like a total PITA and actually installing anything in a car right now doesn't sit well with me ATM and I don't feel like paying someone to do it because they'll never get it the way I want it. So my thoughts are to sell my car audio amps and buy some pro audio amps, keep my speakers and do a 4 way active TMWSS tower. I can pretty much damn near get the Pro Amps and the Xovers with the money I can get from my amps.
I mostly watch movies but I want to be able to reproduce music very well. My goals are SQ first with the ability to get loud when called upon, even though I have an Automatic Volume Limiter (a.k.a. the wife... but when the wifey is away the husband will play muahaha :twisted: ).
So onto the proposed system...
My reciever is an old Denon AVR-85 which works pretty well. I plan on using the L/R audio outs to a Xover then to some Pro Amps. For crossovers I'm thinking of using two Behringer Super-X Pro CX3400 running 4 way mono, one for left and one for right. Later on I may add an EQ if needed. I'm thinking about getting going with two Crown XLS amps because they have some awsome rebates going on right now.
Crown XLS-402D bridged @ 4ohm mono for the subs. I have Four Ascendant Audio Assassin 8's for subs. Two per each side. I'm thinking of going ported or if someone can help me with a TL enclosure for them.
Crown XLS-202D @ 4ohm stereo for the mid bass. I have a pair of Ascendant Audio Poly 6.5's for Mid bass. Should I keep these sealed or try ported?
A pair of AudioSource Amp100's, one for mids and one for tweets. The mids I have two choices either a pair of Phaze Audio Studio Driver MW-64's (6.5") or Oz Audio 100L (4") mids. I'm leaning towards the Phaze Audio mids. Below are the specs for both drivers since there are no links for these.
Phaze Audio Studio Driver MW-64 Specs:
Fs 57.0 Hz
Qms 4.130
Vas 18.6 Liters
Cms 0.730 mm/N
Mms 18.8 grams
Rms 0.93 kg/sec
Xmax 5 mm
Sd 135.0 sq.cm
Dia 13.1 cm
Qes 0.74
Re 3.4 ohms
Le .15 mH [@ 1kHz]
Z 4.0 ohms
BL 5.0 Tm
Qts 0.63
no 0.302%
Sens 87 dB [1 Watt / 1 meter]
Oz Audio 100L specs:
Fs= 90.84 Hz
Re= 3.4 Ohms
Qm= 2.777
Le= 0.16 mH
Qe= 0.957
Xmax= 3.0 mm
Qt= 0.712
Vas= 0.12 Ft3
SPL= 90.25 dB
For tweeters I'm somewhat undecided. I have three in mind. Bohlender Graebener Neo 3 (No back cup, non PDR version), Seas 27TBFC/G, or Peerless HDS 810921. I'm leaning towards the BG Neo 3's on top of the tower open baffle.
So basically I'm just looking for comments and/or help. Should I go for it or is it a stupid idea? I hope my intentions were clear enough.
Thanks in advance!
Ryan
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