q logic kick panel pod’s, yay or nay?
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Topic: q logic kick panel pod’s, yay or nay?
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Subject: q logic kick panel pod’s, yay or nay?
Date Posted: October 08, 2007 at 10:04 PM
I am looking into solutions for my front stage, I have a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche and have some Adire Extremis woofers that I will be fiberglassing sealed pods in the stock speaker locations, and am looking into getting some kick panel pods for my component speakers. Are they a good idea, or should I be looking into cramming my component speakers on to my doors also since the kick panel pods suck for imaging?
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2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.
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Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: October 08, 2007 at 10:13 PM
Always thought the "Q" stuff was cheap. Build some pods in your doors.
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There is no such thing as free installation!
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: October 08, 2007 at 10:16 PM
Cheap as in build quality, or cheap as in they just pointed the speaker mounting locations and hoped for the best?
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2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: October 08, 2007 at 11:33 PM
I've seen people kind of alter or modify the q-forms. Either by adding dynamat products or venting them based on the driver used. I personally don't think they are terrible for a some what mass marketed option. They at least get you where you need to be, and with the above mentioned mods, probably aren't that bad.
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: October 09, 2007 at 8:12 AM
Cheap as in build quality. I put a pair with some Morels into a friend's Grand National, and we couldn't EVER get it to sound even decent. They'd ring like an S.O.B., and they were so thin, you couldn't get a decent screw to hold the driver(s) in place, and they cracked and came loose in the first day of heat we had. Cheeze.
You'll also be far happier with pods, I think. Kick panels really aren't the way to go AFAIAC.
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: October 09, 2007 at 8:15 AM
Ok, I guess i'll have to asses the door pod situation a little further.
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2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.
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