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    Re: My 2001 Lexus LS430 Daily...

    Just purchased a 10 day old Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad which will power the front stage.
    2001 Lexus LS430
    Pioneer DMH-2660NEX | Pioneer GM D1004 | Helix DSP.2 | Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad | Morel TiW 634Nd | Audison Prima AP1 | Dayton Audio Ultimax UM8-22

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    Re: My 2001 Lexus LS430 Daily...

    Quote Originally Posted by SQ_Blaze View Post
    Just purchased a 10 day old Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad which will power the front stage.
    Good choice, I had a T600X4ad and ran it in my testing and it did very well.
    Mazda CX5 AF GB10, AF GB25, AF GB60, JL VX800/8i, AF GB12 sealed, Mmats M1400.1

    Ford F150
    AF GB10, AF GB25, JLC5, JL twk88/Pioneer D8604, Mosconi Pico, JBL Club 5501, Sundown SD3-10 ported @ 30 Hz

    Sienna
    AF GB15, Audiofrog GS690, JL twk88/Pioneer D9500F, JBL GTX500, Alpine SWS10 ported @ 31 Hz

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    Quote Originally Posted by JCsAudio View Post
    Good choice, I had a T600X4ad and ran it in my testing and it did very well.
    Thanks. Been a fan of RF forever, but never ran any of their amps, though my oldest brother ran the original Punch 45 back in the 80's as well as a couple of Punch 12's in an IB in his '86 VW Jetta. Loved that car and system.

    Anyway, I plan on also buying a matching Power T750X1bd.
    2001 Lexus LS430
    Pioneer DMH-2660NEX | Pioneer GM D1004 | Helix DSP.2 | Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad | Morel TiW 634Nd | Audison Prima AP1 | Dayton Audio Ultimax UM8-22

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    Well, almost everything arrived today... Two packages from UPS, one from FedEx, and the one from USPS? Well, it's coming from Illinois, yet it's sitting nearly 100 miles south of me in Sarasota, FL. How or why it went right past my town, who knows. Maybe it will show up tomorrow, though I'm not holding my breathe.

    Anywho...





    And my Helix thrown in for good measure.
    2001 Lexus LS430
    Pioneer DMH-2660NEX | Pioneer GM D1004 | Helix DSP.2 | Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad | Morel TiW 634Nd | Audison Prima AP1 | Dayton Audio Ultimax UM8-22

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    Kind of ironic that the 8" subwoofer has a 2" voice coil and the 6" mid-bass drivers have a 3" voice coil. Ha!
    2001 Lexus LS430
    Pioneer DMH-2660NEX | Pioneer GM D1004 | Helix DSP.2 | Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad | Morel TiW 634Nd | Audison Prima AP1 | Dayton Audio Ultimax UM8-22

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    Re: My 2001 Lexus LS430 Daily...

    Looks like Morel midbass and Dayton sub. Very nice!
    Mazda CX5 AF GB10, AF GB25, AF GB60, JL VX800/8i, AF GB12 sealed, Mmats M1400.1

    Ford F150
    AF GB10, AF GB25, JLC5, JL twk88/Pioneer D8604, Mosconi Pico, JBL Club 5501, Sundown SD3-10 ported @ 30 Hz

    Sienna
    AF GB15, Audiofrog GS690, JL twk88/Pioneer D9500F, JBL GTX500, Alpine SWS10 ported @ 31 Hz

    https://www.diymobileaudio.com/threa.../#post-5608901






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    Quote Originally Posted by JCsAudio View Post
    Looks like Morel midbass and Dayton sub. Very nice!
    That would be correct. I've always had good luck with Dayton drivers over the years with DIY custom home audio and home theater loudspeakers and subwoofers, everything from isobaric loaded to dual push-pull designs as well as open baffle, bipolar and dipolar designs. You name it, and I've most likely designed it and built it at some point, all using mostly Dayton drivers, and mostly their higher end drivers.

    I've never used Morel drivers before, though I have used Dynaudio drivers before for custom 3-way, 4-way MTM designs, and I feel both Dynaudio and Morel are very similar in design concept, which is NOT to say they perform or sound the same, but it IS to say that they are very well designed and very well performing high quality drivers.

    I think the equipment that I'm acquiring for this build is going to be a good foundation for a solid little system when it's all said and done.
    2001 Lexus LS430
    Pioneer DMH-2660NEX | Pioneer GM D1004 | Helix DSP.2 | Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad | Morel TiW 634Nd | Audison Prima AP1 | Dayton Audio Ultimax UM8-22

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    The new Audison AP1 tweeters showed up yesterday in the mail. So today...


    I just went out and popped the grills off of the stock tweeters in the dash. The way these grills are designed and shaped, it looks like the metal mesh can easily be removed from the plastic portion of the grills, these little Audison tweeters dropped right in and tacked into place INSIDE the grills, then the mess put back in place, all while keeping the stock tweeters untouched in the dash below the grills. If need be the Audison grills can easily be removed as well to make even more room inside the stock tweeter grills.


    There's plenty of room around the stock tweeters inside the dash to pass the speaker wires through to the new tweeters. So in other words, the stock tweeter grills will become a complete, functional Audison tweeter! Pretty darn excited about that!
















    And a few more beauty shots of all of the equipment so far...






    2001 Lexus LS430
    Pioneer DMH-2660NEX | Pioneer GM D1004 | Helix DSP.2 | Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad | Morel TiW 634Nd | Audison Prima AP1 | Dayton Audio Ultimax UM8-22

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    Re: My 2001 Lexus LS430 Daily...

    Once you reach a certain point in equipment qaulity, and as long as you understand and use the drivers you have within the passband for which they’re designed, then all you have left to master is installation and tuning. Tuning is for many the most challenging part. With your experience in home audio though, I think you’ve got a good foundation to build on.

    Many people think that you have to spend a lot on equipment to get good sound and generally it’s true to a point, especially if you want low distortion and loud, but if done right, it’s possible to get really good sound on a modest budget. Morel, Dynaudio, Focal, Sinfoni, and AudioFrog are amount the best manufacturers out there for car audio.
    Mazda CX5 AF GB10, AF GB25, AF GB60, JL VX800/8i, AF GB12 sealed, Mmats M1400.1

    Ford F150
    AF GB10, AF GB25, JLC5, JL twk88/Pioneer D8604, Mosconi Pico, JBL Club 5501, Sundown SD3-10 ported @ 30 Hz

    Sienna
    AF GB15, Audiofrog GS690, JL twk88/Pioneer D9500F, JBL GTX500, Alpine SWS10 ported @ 31 Hz

    https://www.diymobileaudio.com/threa.../#post-5608901






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    Yeah, tuning isn't much of a concern for me. I'm not perfect and certainly no pro at it, but I'm a firm believer of doing as much tuning and getting as much of a clean response as possible with levels and crossover points alone. Only after that do I start playing with TA and EQ to really dial things in.

    For years with my home systems, I have dealt with active crossovers and parametric EQ's, then within the last 8 years or so, using room correction and full-on DSP for levels, crossovers, phase, TA, EQ and room correction. So doing similar in a vehicle isn't much of a major challenge these days.

    I think my equipment lineup for this car is pretty decent. It's not ultra high-end, but it is higher than average. That alone should net me some good results. Then once I dig into the DSP, things should get pretty spicy.
    2001 Lexus LS430
    Pioneer DMH-2660NEX | Pioneer GM D1004 | Helix DSP.2 | Rockford Fosgate Power T400X4ad | Morel TiW 634Nd | Audison Prima AP1 | Dayton Audio Ultimax UM8-22

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