Buying component set....help

[smoker]

holy crap!!! for that kind of money i would run an electronic crossover and multiple amps!!!

[Jonathan]

The crossover is the most important part of the set, and the engineering required is what jacks the price up anyway. That's car audio for you, though. SEAS Excel mids can be had for around $150 each on madisound, but the Rainbow Reference 2 ways use the same drivers (but different speaker cones) and are $7,000 for the whole she-bang. Alpine F#1 Status and Genesis Audio systems use Scanspeak Revelator drivers, the CDT component systems use Vifas, list goes on and on.

[lotas]

yeah just talked with another guy from caraudio.com and he said that its not worth it, you could go active yourself and work with your cars acoustics rather than his passives, he said his xovers are basically "caps strapped down real fugly on some plywood". So OlogyAudio is out...

Im really leaning toward the Arc's right now. I've owned two sets of CDT's in the past, and I am pleased with the performance, but I'd like to try something new.

[Jonathan]

With car audio, your options are to either choose a component system that will work well with the installation you intend, install your speakers in a way that will take advantage of your component systems configuration, or to DIY and go active, then tune the x-overs to complement your install for best results. All give great results, but will depend on the level of knowledge/patience you have.

[lotas]

With car audio, your options are to either choose a component system that will work well with the installation you intend, install your speakers in a way that will take advantage of your component systems configuration, or to DIY and go active, then tune the x-overs to complement your install for best results. All give great results, but will depend on the level of knowledge/patience you have.

Yeah im not really feeling DIY, I don't have enough knowledge of the concept of it to even get me started. So hopefully the first works out for me.