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[Elmomini]

I am looking for advice about a sub and what is good or bad about my set up.
All I have is a kenwood kdc-bt40u head unit and a set off kenwood 4 way 6x9 with 450w peak power mounted under the rear seat

[Ruckus]

mini sound system 101:

A headunit (durr! )

Front comps (preferred is 6.5")

10" sub in the boot or 2 small subs under the rear seats.

4 or 3 channel amp. (To power the front comps and the sub/subs)

And that is all you need.
Rear speakers are not a good idea, as a mini is just too small for 'rear fill'.

If you put a sub in the boot you need to sound deaden and ensure there is ample air flow in to the cabin.

Sub in the boot and full speakers on the rear shelf do not work unless you box in the full range speakers and make extra holes in the shelf for air flow... But as said rear speakers are a bad idea.

And please do not get me to comment on 6x9's as I don't like upsetting people...Well not on a weeknight LoL

[RawlinsGTR]

Can you comment on 6x9's please?

Oh and just to clear things up; it's spelt 'advice', not "advise". That annoys me everytime I read the damned thread title.

Edited by Dog., 15 November 2011 - 06:46 PM.

[Ruckus]

You can edit any more after 15 minutes

And on 6x9's:
http://www.theminifo...dpost&p=2262798

Also due to the stupid new edit function, that post has loads of spelling errors and the wrong words all over the place!! Lol its was written in a rush...

Edited by Ruckus, 15 November 2011 - 07:54 PM.

[RawlinsGTR]

Ruckus - I wasn't aiming that at you in any way, so don't worry

Plus, I was joking about the 6x9's, because you told us not to ask.

[Ruckus]

Can you comment on 6x9's please?

Oh and just to clear things up; it's spelt 'advice', not "advise". That annoys me everytime I read the damned thread title.

Also on spelling, this forum has some of the worst spelling and text speak I've seen 'init' and I'm a dyslexic! Sometimes it taks 3 reads of a post to understand what is meant... Anyhoo.

[Ruckus]

Plus, I was joking about the 6x9's, because you told us not to ask.

Well there's a link, that was one of my calmer moments on the subject

[Elmomini]

hi guys thanks for the advice and i know im a terrible speller lol . so your suggesting get rid of the 6x9s , can i not keep them and put a sub in or will it sound horrible?

[RawlinsGTR]

Actually I want to take back my aforementioned statements.

Feel like I'm turning into a grumpy forum complainer. Sorry

[Ruckus]

hi guys thanks for the advice and i know im a terrible speller lol . so your suggesting get rid of the 6x9s , can i not keep them and put a sub in or will it sound horrible?

Read my the post I linked to above. With that in mind and my first post in this thread, I'm sure you can make your own mind up...

[danielevison93]

mini sound system 101:

A headunit (durr! )

Front comps (preferred is 6.5")

10" sub in the boot or 2 small subs under the rear seats.

4 or 3 channel amp. (To power the front comps and the sub/subs)

And that is all you need.
Rear speakers are not a good idea, as a mini is just too small for 'rear fill'.

If you put a sub in the boot you need to sound deaden and ensure there is ample air flow in to the cabin.

Sub in the boot and full speakers on the rear shelf do not work unless you box in the full range speakers and make extra holes in the shelf for air flow... But as said rear speakers are a bad idea.

And please do not get me to comment on 6x9's as I don't like upsetting people...Well not on a weeknight LoL

I have 2 6.5'' speakers in a speaker board under my back seats. So do you think it would be better to move them up front, and stick a couple of small subs under the back seat instead?
Thanks

[Ruckus]

Yes

[danielevison93]

Any subs you can recommend, for a reasonable price? (under £100 each)
Thanks

[Ruckus]

A pair (if you can push the budget) of these would be amazing.

http://www.caraudiod...udio-6w3v3.html

to be honest if you dig around you should be able to find them closer to £100.

Edited by Ruckus, 21 November 2011 - 04:23 PM.

[danielevison93]

Any chance there is anything on a smaller budget? Maybe around £100 (ish) for both? Us students don't have very much money, cus I guess I will need to also buy an amp