Well it's been a long weekend, but the new audio build is coming together. Should be enough time to get ready for the tri-state MECA coming up this weekend. I'm itching to destroy the guy that beat me last time.
I ended up replacing my Zapco ST-4X with a Z-150.6LX to support my new tweeters, and to improve the sound quality. Since the amp is too big to place behind the rear strut under the carpet, I decided to chuck the spare and surrounding foam. The Zapco DSP was replaced with an audison bit-one. The Zapco DSP was good, but the interface for the audison is much easier to work with.
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The ZLX amp made a noticeable difference in Sound Quality. More crisp, clean, and detailed sound. Absolutely zero floor noise. Very happy with it. After working on the car for 8-10 hours, listening to the ZLX brought back my energy.
I had originally tried using one tru technology t4 amp and one t2 amp the day before. For being high-end hand-made amps, you would expect great quality control. Both of the amps wouldn't output signal to the speakers, so they are being sent back to tru tech. I ended up trying another t4 amp that same night, which did work, but there was a ridiculous amount of floor noise even with the gains all the way turned down. Pretty pissed about the tru technology amps since they were wired to go behind the driver and passenger seat. One whole day down the drain, along with all the wiring since it was cut/made to length.
Instead of going with the Audible Physics T1 tweeters, I put in some Hybrid Audio Legatia L1pro tweeters into the sail panels. I went with the sails instead of the a-pillar to keep the soundstage wider. I think they look pretty good. I'll eventually wrap them in vinyl.
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No clue why the heck the pic is posting upside down. Anyways...
The tweeters are pretty bada**. I bought them used so they were already broken in. More jingle and detail than small format scanspeaks, but it can't compete with the full-size scanspeaks, which imo would look like complete crap in the Z. The vocals are nice and smooth as well. One of the best small format tweeters I've heard. Of course I've yet to hear the stereo integrity ones. I'll probably try the SI tweeters after the competition, since they are relatively cheap.
After some more tuning this week, I'm ready to kick some butt at the tri-state championship!