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FYI guys, his headunit won't support an active setup, and he would be giving up his rear fill for his DVDs. So I talked it over with him, and he is going to run the Bravox carbon fiber 2 ways, and add in some mid bass in his rear doors later.

Just don't forget, in the DIY world (Madisound, Partsexpress, Creativesound, MCM, Speakercity, E-speakers, Zalytron, Acoustic-Visions and others) the prices are usually each. Seas are great speakers, just remember those are $150 each, not a pair. Dayton RS drivers at about $40 each from parts express are also very highly regarded.

Since you have the 4 channel already, you could go active with some raw drivers and have a pretty nice system for the price.

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index. ... 8&pid=1940
Very highly regarded mids (Also made in 5.5" and magnesium coned in both sizes). Not sure about which tweeters to run with it (I'm sure some matching Excels would be good).
If you didn't want to spend that much, the Peerless Exclusives are also nice drivers.

what do you guys think about these comps

Morel DOTECH OVATION 6" - Morel 2 Way Component System

* Nominal Impedance: 4 ohm
* Power Handling: 140W
* Max. Transient Power Handling: 500W
* Sensitivity (2.83V/1M): 90dB
* Frequency Response: 40-22000Hz
* Crossover Point: 3200Hz 6dB/octave
* Voice Coil Diameter, Woofer: 54mm (2.1"), Tweeter: 28mm (1 1/8")
* Voice Coil Wire: Woofer: Hexatech Aluminum , Tweeter: Copper
* Mounting Depth: Woofer: 61mm (2.40"), Tweeter: 20mm (0.8")
* Magnet System: Woofer: Double ferrite rear vented, Tweeter: Double Neodymium

Ryan from Ohio wrote:Why are you paying more for rear fill than your fronts?????
I adivse spending that $350 on quality front comps and forgetting the rear. You will be light years ahead.

I started thinking the samething. I am looking at using th XS125.4 to run an active setup up front with no rear speakers for now. With that said I will spend about three to four hundred buck for a good set of comps any suggestions

Why are you paying more for rear fill than your fronts?????

I adivse spending that $350 on quality front comps and forgetting the rear. You will be light years ahead.

better freqency control if your headunit has an on-board crossover or your amps have on board crossovers. You can fine tune each speaker since it would only have one channel of power per speaker.

what would be the advantages of running active

why are you worried about the rear doors? They seem like a good set of speakers, but if you are doing components, why not run active on the component set up front?

I am going to put a system in the Focus and this is what I was looking at doing forr the front and back doors

CDT Audio CL-61A - CDT Audio Classic 6.5" 2-Way Component Speakers $139.99
* 2-way 6.5" Component set
* Woofer: 6.5" Stamped Frame
* Power handling 110Watt
* 100Hz high pass
* Frequency response:65-20kHz.
* Impedance 4 Ohm
* Sensitivity: 91.6 dB.
* X-over:12 dB.
* Surround: Buytal rubber.
* Tweeter:3/4" Silk twtr.
* Suspension: Flat
* Cone: Carbon treated paper cone
* Mounting depth:2.5"

and these for the back doors
CDT Audio M6 - CDT Audio 6.5" 300 Watt Mid-Bass/sub-bass drivers $199.99
# Mounting Depth: 2.94"
# Diameter: 6.5" (170mm)
# Sensitivity: 88.1dB
# Power Handling: 150w RMS (300w Peak)
# Prequency Response: 10-4000Hz
# Nominal Impedance: 4 Ohms
# Voice Coil Diameter: 1.37" (35mm)
# Peak Xmax: 10mm
# Magnet Weight: 30oz

With the XS125.4 pushing it all

What do you guys think