Getting 8's and 6x9's to play well together
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I've got the GZ yellow baskets and love them .... but I was looking for a 4ohm midbass to match the rest of my system and the amp that I already had. I initially had the PRV8mb450's in my bags and upgraded to the GZ's. I have a set of Cadence XPro69's in my lids, running 150w to them with ~250w going to the GZ's. I have played around with running the GZ's out of phase with the Cadence 6x9s and it does make them sound louder ... but they are hollow .... so I switched them back around rather quickly.
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I am running the GZCK's (yellow basket) 8's in the rear corner of my bags and VO 6x9's in the lids, and they don't seem like they are fighting each other at all! I have played them at high volume and have tried with the lid closed and locked and then cracked the lid open to allow them to vent a little, with no discernible difference to me (actually sounded a little tighter with lids closed)! I put 8's in because I wanted to keep the lid speaker, because my better 1/2 can hear the lids when cruising! Would they sound better separated, with proper enclosures per manufacturer specs...I'm sure...but they sound good to me and not worth the effort or bag space IMHO! Musical Mike
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I am running the GZCK's (yellow basket) 8's in the rear corner of my bags and VO 6x9's in the lids, and they don't seem like they are fighting each other at all! I have played them at high volume and have tried with the lid closed and locked and then cracked the lid open to allow them to vent a little, with no discernible difference to me (actually sounded a little tighter with lids closed)! I put 8's in because I wanted to keep the lid speaker, because my better 1/2 can hear the lids when cruising! Would they sound better separated, with proper enclosures per manufacturer specs...I'm sure...but they sound good to me and not worth the effort or bag space IMHO! Musical Mike
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