Howdy all,
I am looking to replace my 2ohm 8" Bose midbasses in my latest car. This is trickier than it may seem. I am limited to a 3" mounting depth. The replacement driver also needs to have a high sensitivity which is preferably above 93dB 2.83V / 1M. I like my midbass strong and emphasized in my tuning. I will be running the driver with an amp that produces 75W at 4ohm and 120W at 2ohm. Thus the reason for the 2 ohm driver, more power to the speaker. Target freq range for the driver will be 80Hz to 300Hz using 24dB/octave crossovers. Trying to keep the cost about $250 per driver so please don't recommend Dynaudio Esotars. Ain't gonna happen.
My initial thought was to go with as big of a driver that will fit in the hole. However, I'm finding it difficult to find a 8" midbass that shallow. For instance, I wanted to use a Stevens Audio MB-8. But, it is 1/2" too deep. So, I'm willing to go down in size to find the right thing. For instance, the Stevens Audio MB-6 will just fit. But, that's the only other 2ohm driver that I know of. Some say Stereo Integrity made a 2 ohm version of their TM65 MKIII. However, that driver is being discontinued.
I talked to Nick from Stereo Integrity yesterday. Word is that he is running out of parts from his current inventory and looking to replace them with new stuff. Most interesting to me is a shallow 8" driver. However, with CV19 lock downs in place he can't make any progress on that now.
So, what else is out there? Do you think I would be happy stepping down in size and going with MB-6's?
Ge0