A few install pics of a work in progress

RonRizz

Appreciate the input. I do intend to upgrade the speakers to the stage 4 components in the near future. Not to be a ****, but for someone who highly recommends the polk db's to ask if I intend to upgrade from the mm's strikes me as odd. Just sayin'...The tweeters are very much on axis at thier present location. Soundstage is very high on the windshield, and widespread left to right. Considered a center channel until I gave it a good listen.
I have been installing for 25+years, and have had much success on the competition circuit with all of my vehicles, but the 370 install by far is the best sounding system I have ever put together.
The MB Quart amp shown in my post was one of the amps I had In a 1999 Chrysler Sebring that I Took to the 2005 Slapshow Nationals in Hagerstown, Md and Did a 2nd place finish (missed by 1 point) Great SQ amp.....I have a twin for sale if anyone is interested.......

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bigaudiofanat

Ah, I only recommend those to people who do not intend on doing serious SQ setups. I would get your final speaker locations and speakers setup before considering a center, a lot of the new time alighnment helps create a virtual center in some aspects.

The db's are good for running off a head unit and the mm's are a good mid range component set for the average consumer. To people that get serious I recommend other brands such as, morel, rainbow, audison "amps", zapco "amps", image dynamics, focal and so on. So in no way your being a jerk I just know what people's budget is and what they want from the system. I personally am going with a 3 way setup active with the MS8 in my altima. Can not wait to work on that. I also know that a 2 way setup can sound just as good as a 3 way if done properly.

Also I did two installs with the stage 4 components in 2 way active mode and passive, I did not care for their tone but you may find different.

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RonRizz

What did you find lacking in the stage 4 comps??? curious because I have yet to hear them.
I have a set of DLS Iridium 8.3's from an old install that I am sad to say I just cant squeeze the 8's into the doors without some major work.
I'm in the unfortunate situation that there are no high end shops local to me, so auditioning a good quality set of components has to come at shows that I attend. I was lucky enough to be asked to do SQ judging at a local show when one of the judges didn't show, which is where I heard the DLS set.
I Bought them the next day.

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bigaudiofanat

It was either too much mid or the tweeters being a tad to bright for my liking, even after toning them down with some tuning. HOWEVER I only was able to tune the system for 10 minutes and he is coming back next month so we can do a real tuning on the system. So that may help things out. I think for the price a set of hertz miles or id cxs would suffice more. I prefer the tweeters of the id's as they have a more natural tone more so like my martin logans at home.

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