Help me choose new 6.5" midwoofers

[Jbird61801]

I am looking to replace my Hertz MP165P.3 6.5" mids. They have good midbass, get plenty loud and I've crossed them as low as 63hz, but I am getting a bad off axis beaming effect. At higher volumes they just cause too much ear fatigue.

Mounting location is the factory door in a 2016 Jetta. I have some mild sound deadening applied. My system is 2 way active with the highs taken care of by audiofrog gb10s and Dayton dsp for processing.

Here are some of my possibilities based on forum reads and reviews. SB17NRXs, Satori MW16P-4, ID XS65, SSA Evils, SI TM65iii. Overall I'd like great sounding midrange over thumping midbass. Also I'd like to stay around $150-250 for the pair.

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[Hillbilly SQ]

For great sounding midbass I'd do the SB17 out of your choices. 80hz is about as low as you can safely cross them in a door.

[beak81champ]

Maybe take a look at the Stevens Audio MB6 as well, but I agree with Hillbilly on the choices you listed.

[ToNasty]

Maybe take a look at the Stevens Audio MB6 as well, but I agree with Hillbilly on the choices you listed.

Exactly what I was going to say

[chithead]

Can you raise the crossover to 80Hz, and try cutting a bit around 250Hz?

[Jbird61801]

Im open to suggestions. Stevens looks like a good possibility as well. Do you like that over the SB17?

Also I'll have to tune for the new mids so I'm not really hung up on crossover points. Main goal is better SQ and not have the mids try to burn out my ear drums with laser beams

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[Hillbilly SQ]

What are your crossover points between the 6.5's and tweets? The gb10's can play down to 2500 no problem with a 24db slope so bringing a 6.5" up to 2500 or so shouldn't bee too much of a problem for beaming.

[Jbird61801]

75 to 2500hz LR 24db slopes. Tweets 2500 up LR 24DB Slope

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[Hillbilly SQ]

What are you using for processing? Your laser beams in eardrums issue might be more of a tuning issue. It wouldn't hurt to switch to a better midwoofer but I don't think that's going to totally solve your problem. Do you have an rta to take measurements of your response for us?

[mark3004]

You can't demand to go too much low in a 2-way system. IMHO cutting mid-bass at 80hz is enought, and help them with subwoofer.