Hi sirs,
I've had this nagging project I wanted to do but I wanted to check first if it's advisable.
In a normal car audio 3-way setup, you'd have the midbass, midrange and tweeters.
I think(?) in a Loud and Clear setup, setting up Raw Drivers would mean an 8-10 inch midbass,
an 8-10 inch midrange and bullet type tweeters. I was thinking I could replace the "midrange" raw
driver to an Alnico full range set of speakers. They are quite inexpensive now as compared to car
audio brands. Here are my questions:
1) Is it a waste of time as crossover settings will eventually cancel out the "full range" purpose and instead treat it as a "midrange"?
2)Is the Alnico built to withstand door pod installation and the constant jarring due to road use?
3) Will it be able to match the loudness of the raw driver beside it when placed side by side in a door pod?
4) Do I need an enclosure in my door pod to make this work?
My goal here is to go louder and clearer. I've heard full range Alnico's belt out vocals with such depth and precision that I wanted to replicate that in my car. I would want to imagine that if done right, I can have that same full bodied sound emanating from my car.
AAudio has the Alnico's for sale and since they manufacture them, they can tweak it for car audio use. There just a question on the "ohms" load which could be rectified by amplifier bridging. Here's the link to the parts thread:
http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php/topic,164541.0.html and here's the speaker in question:
8-inch Full Range
50-100 Watts
39 hz to 19 khz
parameter 39 hz
Vas 79.9L
Qts 0.2
Qes 0.26
Qms 3.88
Re 7.4 ohms
Le 0.35 mh
Spl 94.6 db
PHP TBD
Thank you in advance for your expert opinions.