So I need some new ones. I'm running a pair of Morel MDT-12s I bought a few years ago as placeholders just to get something in the spot and never replaced. One of 'em gave up the ghost, so I need to replace them and thought I might as well get something decent. Budget is generally up to $200-250. Looked into higher end, but really can't justify spending $300, $350, $450 on tweets. Like James said in the chat this morning, 98% of the performance at 50% of the price. I don't need that extra 2%. Not right now anyways.
So that being said, these are going in my 370Z, stock dash location, firing into the windshield, mounted in these:
I can get to about a 55mm flange diameter, 60 is just possible with those mounts. I looked at the Scan D3004, but they are just a hair larger and would be pushing the mounting a bit too much, I think. Those
Top 2 choices right now are the Morel MT 230 @ $260 shipped, and the Scanspeak Illuminator D2004/6020-00 @ ~$240.
Scan has an Fs of 700, recommended x-over of 3k @ 12dB/oct. 4 ohm nominal, 50 RMS, 86dB sensitivity (2.83v/1m).
Morel has Fs of 1200, factory crossover is 2200 @ 12dB/oct. 6 ohm nominal, 130W RMS, 93dB sensitivity (2.83V/1m).
So gimme your thoughts.
BTW, I listen to a lot of rock, from classic Pink Floyd and such to modern hard rock like Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace. Some Broadway, opera, classical. A little rap like 2Pac and Dre. So pretty all over the place. Vocal tonality is important, I don't need metal dome zing and sizzle.
They'll be paired with SI TM6.5 mkIIs (I think?) running off a Zapco DC750.2 with on-board processing.
<edit> Oh, and I need a pretty good amount of output - they'll be keeping up with the TM65s and 2 SI MagV3 12s with 3500W.