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todd217
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im pulling whats left of my hair out

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ok after a year i got a round to getting some stuff in my mustang that i got last year. i have a dynaudio system 222 up front powered by the zx500 half of my zx950 and 2 kicker xpl12s by the zx450 half bridged. i had planned on going 3 way up front with a set of dynaudio mw170 in the factory 8 enclosures in the doors. im kicking myself for selling my ms1000 again as i fell other than its length its what i need. i just feel like i had a metric ton of headroom with the ms1000 running comps and now i still have a lot but that holy shit feeling is gone. i thought about running the subs or a separate amp and just ditching the 3 way plan because i love the snap and midbass i get out of the comps now just not the amount of headroom. sorry for the long post it was fueledc by jim beam
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If you step up to a three way set up front you'll have more power to your mids/tweets.

Adding a set of 8" midbass drivers up front will bring you smiles if dome right and with enough power to your mid/tweeter array you should have plenty of headroom if the power is there.
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How about bridging the comps on the zx450, and bridging the subs on the zx500? That will solve your headroom problem for sure...
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i swapped them and with a quick listen it seemed a little better. im going to try it out for a few days and go from there.
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stipud wrote:How about bridging the comps on the zx450, and bridging the subs on the zx500?
I was thinking the same thing. Or go 3 way up front and add another ZX500 for the subs.

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