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Interesting, yeah everyone seems to rave about those woofers yet aid never heard of them befor. Did you ever try running them alone without subs? Just curious what their in-car low frequency extension is and how likely I’d be tempted to run them alone. They cost so much it would be tempting.
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I've always loved the BMW puts its midranges so high in the door.
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I wish my vehicles could do 0-60 in 3.8 seconds, but I guess I have to settle for 7.5, lol. Very nice and clean build Jimmy. Enjoyed reading through it and looking through the pictures. I appreciate someone who puts a lot of thought into both the installation and forum thread. I think New England winters are cold but Canada, no thanks.
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Changed a few more things...
1. Swapped the mObridge unit for a Helix SDMI25. Doesn't make any difference... just my OCD wanting it to match the new Helix DSP.
2. I swapped the Helix DSP-Pro II for a mObridge DA-G2.PRO... then I swapped that for a new Helix DSP-Ultra!
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The DSP-Ultra is incredible!
In my opinion; it is a definite (and noticable) upgrade from the DSP-Pro II.
You can run it in 'basic' mode, which doesn't really offer any benefit over the DSP-Pro II.
Or, you can switch on the 'Virtual Channel Processing', and suddenly you are open to a pile of new stuff!
I have dialed-in the Augmented Bass Processing, and it is something else!
Still Playing with the software.
I'd say the tuning was 80% done with the built-in RTA and Autotune feature.
Still tinkering with the fine tuning... but I'm close to being satisfied.
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Interesting, yeah everyone seems to rave about those woofers yet aid never heard of them befor. Did you ever try running them alone without subs? Just curious what their in-car low frequency extension is and how likely I’d be tempted to run them alone. They cost so much it would be tempting.
I've run just the 3-way front stage, when I was tuning the system (Sinfoni tweeters, Esotar midrange, and the W800-NEO midwoofers).
They sound pretty good, and they can dig down deep. But at the end of the day... they still can only effectively play down to maybe 65Hz.
I have mine running from 80Hz to 250Hz.
They are really nice midwoofers... REALLY nice. But they are no substitute for a well-tuned subwoofer.
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Changed a few more things...
1. Swapped the mObridge unit for a Helix SDMI25. Doesn't make any difference... just my OCD wanting it to match the new Helix DSP.
2. I swapped the Helix DSP-Pro II for a mObridge DA-G2.PRO... then I swapped that for a new Helix DSP-Ultra!
I believe you are what Erin refers to as a Type 2 user not that thats a bad thing :D
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I believe you are what Erin refers to as a Type 2 user
More like a Type 2 Loser... This hobby is expensive!
But in all honesty; I don't regret a single thing I've done.
Cost aside; this has been a fantastic project for me!
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I don't believe the loser part for a second, but yeah, this hobby is expensive!
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Very nice install and another one getting me excited to start mine, the hidden cargo area worked out nice, looks to be a decent size compared to a typical spare tire well.
Kudos on working in that cold, I don't like going in my garage once it drops below 45 deg F outside...
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It's been It's been wicked cold here, the past few weeks...
So, when I first installed the Helix SDMI25 and DSP-Ultra; I kinda did a quick hatchet job.
It was just too damn cold out, and I wanted to get them installed... as fast as possible, before I froze.
This week, it warmend up, substantially.
So I went out to the garage, ripped all the wiring out, and spent the past 6 hours installing them properly.
(cables pulled evenly, and zip-tied, and strapped down to the mounting board)
Also, a few weeks back; I started using ferrules... since then, I'm junked on them!
I've been putting ferrules on everything!
Power Connectors:
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Speaker Connectors:
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Blank Ferrules (with heat shrink) for 4awg Power:
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I got the SDMI25 installed neatly. Mounted where the OEM amplifier was:
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Re-did all the wiring to/from the DSP-Ultra:
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And ran new Stinger 8000 Series RCA Cables to the amps:
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Finished Product - Everything Is Strapped Down Secure:
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