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Thread: Does anyone have a favorite 3 1/2 "? |
    
New member Username: Mustangsally
Post Number: 4
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 03:47 am: |
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hey i was wondering if anyone knew of a good 3 1/2" i know they are slim pickings now i had a set of alpines pack in the day they were great, but i dont think they make them any more i had a set of infinity reference series a few years ago but i didnt have my grills on and the surrounds went to pot so if anyone has some good thought that would be sweet. |
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Gold Member Username: Alteraudiousa
Concord
Post Number: 1049
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 10:13 am: |
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buy a component set like the Hybrid Audio Legatia L3 with a CDT drt-25. Very nice sound for a 3in driver. |
Silver Member Username: Van_man
Boston South,
MA
Post Number: 749
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 05:21 pm: |
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I just got PowerBass 3.5 For $35. They are my new favorites. 35wrms too. |
Bronze Member Username: Justblaze
St.Louis,
MO
USA
Post Number: 35
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 01:06 pm: |
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ok, as a future project i though it would be cool to put a couple 3 1/2s in my dash some where. does anyone know how i would go about making the holes and possibly wiring them to a headunit? |
Silver Member Username: Van_man
Boston South,
MA
Post Number: 764
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 09:49 pm: |
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Update, My PowerBass blew the tweet today while playing "Take the money and run" at fairly low volume. so @ 20wrms hitting it. Onto another brand. |
Gold Member Username: Dustin3
Tigard,
Or
U.S.
Post Number: 2368
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 10:05 pm: |
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lol. that sux man |
Silver Member Username: Scubasteve
College Park,
MD
Post Number: 926
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 10:14 pm: |
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if you need to have a 3.5" driver, go with a 3-way component set with a dome midrange. I'm not a big fan of 3 inch cone speakers. They can't really deliver the full range sound most of them promise, like computer speakers. |
Gold Member Username: Alteraudiousa
Concord
Post Number: 1060
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 12:25 pm: |
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a good 3in driver will deliver a good midrange for you. It only needs to play from about 200hz to 4khz. A 3in driver that is built well will give good results and need less customizing to install. |
Gold Member Username: Theelfkeeper
Stockbridge,
GA
USA
Post Number: 2452
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 04:00 pm: |
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my 4 inch midrange is great scuba steve, and its a cone midrange 
i think this guy is looking for a coaxial set though.
Justblaze - you couldn't power more then 1 set on HU power. and you'd have all kinds of phase issues and just overall crap for SQ if you wired up a lot of 3.5 inch drivers. |
Silver Member Username: Scubasteve
College Park,
MD
Post Number: 931
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 06:08 pm: |
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I'm not saying 3.5" or 4" midrange speakers can't be great. All I'm saying is that you won't get even close to full range sound out of it, which is what some may expect, and which is why you'd also want a midbass speaker as well, and thats why i recommended going with the 3 way set. |
New member Username: Mustangsally
Post Number: 5
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 03:51 am: |
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im still thinking about infinities in the das and infinity 5x7 in the rear with my kenwood deck |
Silver Member Username: Believe
Illinois
Post Number: 166
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 11:42 am: |
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i got some clarion 3.5inch coaxials
ive beat them hard and they still work fine
but they need an equalizer cause they sound too bright
if you got an eq for em CLARION SRC925
ive beat them with the crossover as low as 80hz
theres three different auctions goin on at ebay right now.. the auctions give good pics |
Gold Member Username: Alteraudiousa
Concord
Post Number: 1077
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 04:55 pm: |
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COAX...LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MIDRANGE DRIVER. |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 3468
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 09:12 pm: |
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Scuba steve already said it: 3.5"s are worthless unless they're a midrange (probably too small) or tweeter (probably too big). |
Silver Member Username: Believe
Illinois
Post Number: 171
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 11:37 am: |
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full range no.. but put an eq to a 3.5 and it can sound great down to 100hz-200hz
if i had an eq to give those clarions some 'beef' into the voice they would be insane competition to a 5.25 as long as the 5.25 isnt in a box or pod
but thats a equalized 3.5 free air vs a non equalized 5.25 free air
5.25 already has enough cone area to play voices deep.. if you added an eq to the 5.25 the 3.5 speaker would put up a fight because most ppl want too much bass out of their 5.25's and that would distort the vocals and thats an advantage to the 3.5
sooo...
if you got stock spots for some 3.5's and can use some extra detail in your music fill those spots in but just be sure to have an eq to make the voices sound deeper
this is the best example to 'voice matched'
if one speaker plays voices deeper then the other they wont blend together and the higher tone voices will stick out *bad* |
