ahb07 06-30-2007, 04:07 PM I changed the fronts yesterday, and finished the rears today. The first door took 3 hours, the others just over 1 hour.
I installed Polks db 651s, I tried to get the db650 but the lady at Crutchfield insisted that they would not fit, and gave me the db651s for $30 more.
I also got four bass blockers, but ended up just using two on the fronts, as they cutoff at 150 hz and I didn't know how high the sub went, so I didn't want to have a hole in the middle. So I left the rears filling in down to the 50hz area.
Anyone thinking of changing just the fronts, should also do the rears, they add a lot. With just the fronts changed, they tend to stand out too much as there is too much difference between them and the rears.
The sub actually does not sound too bad now that the doors are tighter and I adjusted it down untill I could not hear it, then up one or two notches.
That give it a nice low thump.
I am thinking of going back there and just deaden the whole plastic enclosure
with dynamat. I bet some simple tweaking could improve it.
The Polks are nice so far, I bet they will get better as they break in more.
breakfastchef 06-30-2007, 04:29 PM The sub actually does not sound too bad now that the doors are tighter and I adjusted it down untill I could not hear it, then up one or two notches.
The Polks are nice so far, I bet they will get better as they break in more.
I quite agree with your post. I replaced all four doors with the Polk db525's (because the Crutchfiled site claimed the doors would not handle the 6+" speakers) and the difference is quite remarkable. I also found that the stock subwoofer in the Ridge sounds best at -4 or -5 as opposed to OFF. I am not trying to create 'concert hall' quality in the truck, just improved quality overall. Door replacement speakers, no matter what brand, with the factory head unit is a real big step up in quality,
I've used bass blockers in the past and I don't really like them. 150hz is a little high, you loose too much mid bass. 80-100hz and sub @ 75-100hz is good (try not to overlap too much), sub freq over 100hz gets is too muddy for me.
kanji 07-02-2007, 01:53 AM I changed the fronts yesterday, and finished the rears today. The first door took 3 hours, the others just over 1 hour.
I installed Polks db 651s, I tried to get the db650 but the lady at Crutchfield insisted that they would not fit, and gave me the db651s for $30 more.
I also got four bass blockers, but ended up just using two on the fronts, as they cutoff at 150 hz and I didn't know how high the sub went, so I didn't want to have a hole in the middle. So I left the rears filling in down to the 50hz area.
Anyone thinking of changing just the fronts, should also do the rears, they add a lot. With just the fronts changed, they tend to stand out too much as there is too much difference between them and the rears.
The sub actually does not sound too bad now that the doors are tighter and I adjusted it down untill I could not hear it, then up one or two notches.
That give it a nice low thump.
I am thinking of going back there and just deaden the whole plastic enclosure
with dynamat. I bet some simple tweaking could improve it.
The Polks are nice so far, I bet they will get better as they break in more.
Are you using any amp to power your door speakers? or are you just using the head unit to push the door speakers?
I'm still thinking of changing out the speakers, nothing fancy, full range in the back and some 2 way's in the front? or just follow what you all did without the amp.
hofffam 07-02-2007, 09:33 AM The Bass Blockers are just 6 db/octave high pass filters. The 150 hz model will be down just 6 db at 75hz (one octave below 150hz). That's why they picked that frequency. The response will be down another 6 db at 37.5hz. Removes enough bass from the door speakers to be useful without really impacting the midbass.
But for some - that probably like a fatter midbass, the bass blockers may lean the sound a bit too much.
ahb07 07-05-2007, 04:41 PM Are you using any amp to power your door speakers? or are you just using the head unit to push the door speakers?
I'm still thinking of changing out the speakers, nothing fancy, full range in the back and some 2 way's in the front? or just follow what you all did without the amp.
No separate amp, just the HU. Sounds good enough, ten years ago it would not do.
SuperChris7 11-17-2007, 11:22 PM Hey, ahb07. What do you think about the DB651s speakers? How does the bass sound with them? Do you get any distortion?
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