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Now that I have decided to go ahead with components, I am intrigued by the possibility of cobbling together my own. I've been looking around partsexpress.com, and have read that Vifa and Audax both make solid products. I wanted to know if anyone knew if the Tang Band speakers on PE are any good? They are really cheap, and I am all for cheap if they are actually worth their weight.
On a related note, what should I look for in matching tweeters and woofers. I already know I want to have textile/silk dome tweeters for highs that aren't as bright as with metal domes and that I need at least 40W RMS power handling (see amp choice below). Is there anything in particular that I should know to look for/avoid in picking out components?
In case its important, I plan on putting the components in MDF plates in my factory sites for my front stage and powering them with two of the channels from a JBL P80.4 (I think 40Wx4 RMS) and bridging the other two for a rear deck sub later.
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I've just ordered a pair of these Goldwood 7" Woofers and a pair of these Onkyo 5/8" Textile Dome Tweeters for a whopping grand total of $27.50 to put together a component system in my MSP. I also ordered a pair of these Goldwood 8" Woofers at $14/each for a pair of rear deck subs (two 8ohm woofers being run in parallel for a total 4ohm load, which will be run off the bridged rear channels of a 4ch amp). Tang Band speakers are good speakers. I'm guessing you're looking at their tweeters? What you need to be aware of when picking out components is the impedence of the speaker. I'd make sure your woofer has a nominal impedence of 4ohms. If you go with an 8ohm woofer, your amp will only be putting 20w to it. It's not as important with a tweeter for it to have a low ohm load. With a higher ohm load, you'll be sending it less power (less chance of frying it) and it won't overpower the mid (I can't stand bright tweets either). Put up some links to the drivers you're considering, and we can help you out with your choices.
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The tang band drivers are actuall exceptional for what you pay for. I'm personally going to get a pair of TB drivers for my g/f's altima, for a component set. The 4 ohm neodymium 4" drivers are what i'm going to use at $20 each.
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Originally posted by dbzjr:
The tang band drivers are actuall exceptional for what you pay for.
This actually brings up another concern I have. I've never heard a system with components like these before. It seems like the people with the most audio experience on CEG seem to prefer these brands, even though they seem unusually cheap, so I assume this is the right road to go down, even though I only have a vague idea of what I am doing. This is actually important, because my parents think I am pouring money into a black hole by doing anything to my 'tour, and I need to prove them wrong with either serious sound, saving a lot of money, or preferably, both.
With that in mind, I pinned down some choices that appear to be good. Audax 5.5" Aerogel Driver, Tang Band 4" Driver, Goldwood 5.5" Driver.
And these Tang Band's for tweets.
One other thing, do you know what size tweets and drivers will fit on a 6x8" plate? I was going to draw up a model to figure out what sizes will fit, but can't find complete enough dimensions for a 6x8" mounting location.
The one reason I didn't pin down choices initially is that I noticed on ebay there is a continually changing set of vifa (and other brands) drivers up there in pairs for significantly less than on PE. I figured that some of those would be good, and certainly be cheaper than buying already-put-together components, but since they change so often, I didn't want to become really set on them only to have them bought up by someone else before I could get a chance/figure out what I'm doing.
Thanks for your help.
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I plan on doing the same thing to my front so me and you are in the same boat. I found cthomps post here useful, I think I'm going to make plates as well. Any vets out there willing to give us some advice?
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u r going to need some type of crossover since these are all separates. either have custom passive crossovers made, or audiocontrol crossovers, etc.
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Gee, I know even less about crossovers than I do about the component parts. How much is it to get custom ones made up? Or are there cheaper crossover options, like something I could pick up off ebay or PE?
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You are correct about these brands being unusually cheap. Although it may be cheap, when you actually end up using all of them, the sound will be ALOT more than what you expected. It's what happened to me, having to own a crap load of name brand stuff. MB Quart, JL audio, and so forth.... Right now you're entering the Do It Yourself world of audio. You'll realize a crap load of stuff will out perform famous names.. for a lot less.
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Originally posted by bluetour:
Gee, I know even less about crossovers than I do about the component parts. How much is it to get custom ones made up? Or are there cheaper crossover options, like something I could pick up off ebay or PE?
You can get custom-built crossovers from www.madisound.com but you'll have to buy the drivers they offer (from them or someplace else). They've got some nice looking woofers on their sale page.
Check out www.solen.ca and www.speakercity.com for drivers too. Between them and PE, you can usually find something nice for dirt cheap on their sale prices.
You'll find the more that you get into car audio, that the addage "you get what you pay for" just doesn't apply in this realm. 
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Originally posted by Tj78492:
I plan on doing the same thing to my front so me and you are in the same boat. I found cthomps post here useful, I think I'm going to make plates as well. Any vets out there willing to give us some advice?
Yup, those Vifa Neo tweets are my personal favorite. I've got 3 pair of 'em.
Post up any drivers you're interested in, and we'll make comments on them.
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