How are Silver Flute mids working out for you?

[machinemike]

I am considerng buying two pairs of silver flute 6.5 mids to replace the mids in my old kicker resolution component sets. I noticed some of you are running them. How do you like them? Do they work OK in an infinite baffle? Have read reviews of them and the few negatives I have read say they don't do well in IB, most others say different.

[Renovatio]

Do they beat scans speak? i would changed my mind and buy scans

[LowandLoud]

I am also curious to hear opinions on these mids. I have heard all good things and the price is hard to beat.

LL

[oilworker]

They are amazing drivers for the $. Not really fair to compare a low cost driver to a scanspeak but I can say that they sound just as good as a lot of higher cost speakers. They are used in some very expensive home speakers as well.

[machinemike]

Well, I bought four of them, waiting to go in the truck. Will post with how they turn out. Gonna try to remember to take pics of my install as I go. I am excited, have two zx450s so I can have a channel for each mid and tweet, always had passive crossovers in my older installs. Also found a used sub box for my truck on Craigslist and got a pair of bonus infinity kappa perfect 12s with it.

[knightrider358]

I ran a set of 8" mid bass in a huge ported box off 200rms on my bench setup.....not ideal but they sounded pretty damn good!

Ive heard the 6.5's and own a set....best affordable mids out there...hands down.... I wouldnt xover the 6.5's any lower than about 60hz @ 16db slope as they will bottom out w 75w+

[smgreen20]

Haven't been here in a while, sorry.

I've been running the SF's longer then anyone I know, just over 5 yrs now. I love the sound of them and would compare them to the Hybrid Audio L6's. The down side, these really need a sealed enclosure to work/sound properly. I have run mine in a .15cf sealed enclosure from anywhere between 50-160 wrms. I've played them from 50Hz @ 12dB/oct HP to 4kHz @12dB/oct LP. They are down low so I didn't notice much beaming at higher freqs that others have complained about. I currently run them from 50Hz @ 12dB/oct HP to 500Hz @12dB/oct LP and run Sundown Audio SA2.75FR 2 3/4" fullrange mids from 500Hz up. They are currently only getting 50wrms from a Clarion APA4200 amp. Soon to be getting more, just not sure what amp yet.

A friend ran the 5 1/4" SF's in his S10 IB and they bottomed out VERY easily. Crossed over at 100Hz @12dB/oct HP at 50wrms.

[machinemike]

I have the 6.5s planning to run them around 100-3500 w/ 24 db slope. Install keeps getting pushed back by other projects.