Those look good and are even marine-grade speakers. How did you mount them (adapters) and what amp are you using? Their 2.7Ω impedance would put me at around 1.85Ω with the Tweeter Pods, which is a bit better than 1.5Ω I have with the Hogtunes speakers.

 

I don't think the Elf requires any mods to fit, but based on Sam's photos in the link he provided it is a very tight fit.

 

I give the J&Ms a thumbs up. I have the 7.25s in my ultra with a HK head unit with no amp. No trouble hearing a cd crystal clear at 70+. Music from the ipod not as good but thats not the speakers fault.

 

"The only time a 4 ohm speaker is 4 ohms is when there is no signal going to it. If that doesn't sound right, check a speaker with an ohm meter with the radio switched off and then with music going through it."

Remember that the ohms rating on a speaker- is more an inductive reactance rating, measured over a frequency range, (It is a coil after all), and so measuring it with an ohm meter, especially when running, would not be an accurate or true reading.
The inductive reactance of the coil does go up and down with frequency, so it would in fact change, so the part about the 4 ohms at rest would be somewhat true. Just your measuring it with a dvm would not be totally accurate.

 

It fits easily, its not up against gauges.

 

That's a good reference. Do you have a list of settings that worked for you? You provided some, but where did the gain switch end up after you tweaked it with the meter? Since I have the same HK head unit they should be the same for me.

I just bought the Elf amp on Ebay and will try it with the Hogtunes speakers and Tweeter Pods. Then if not happy I would change the main speakers out. The Polks that Hoblick suggested look very good and are reasonably priced at Amazon. My question is what adapters were used, as they presumably don't come with them.

 

[quote=iclick;8475043]That's a good reference. Do you have a list of settings that worked for you? You provided some, but where did the gain switch end up after you tweaked it with the meter? Since I have the same HK head unit they should be the same for me.

put the gains at about 2 o clock. if you give it some bass boost gains about 12 to 1 o clock. The gains are very sensitive. I will say with the sony marine head unit I just put in the sound is way nicer sounding. I to like the polk speakers mentioned here I would not mind checking those out.

 

iclick follow that thread in the link to post 96 setting gains is talked about more. Here is a link you can read on setting up amps gains.

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/f...mplifier-gain/

 

I found this in my recent research frenzy.

 

Its hard to beat the Elf for sure especially with the price factored in. I recall seeing that now that you mention it.