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solidONE · 05-01-2020, 11:36 PM

Got around to testing the BMR speakers on the dash vs my Dayton 3"

The 3" Daytons out performed the 3.5" powered off the headunit and paired with the stock tweeter. Much clearer highs, but not a real apples to apples since the 4ohm BMF speaker were not available I went with an 8 ohm. Although, the 8ohm BMF sounded slightly louder surprisingly even with the higher impedance.

Finally got around to sealing the doors, and I'm now running the wires. I'm pretty sure I'm overdoing it with the hardboards and abs board. I cannot imagine it sounding tremendously better than a door sealed using more flexible panel, but meh? Closed cell foam blanket will go over after i cover the smaller holes with HomeDepot sound deadening (Roof repair sheets). Roughly 1 sqft on the outer skin, .75 sqft on the inner skin(some on the backside not shown in photos particularly around the speaker opening) in addition to the 2 6x6 pieces already on the door. Maybe .5 sq ft on the back of the door card. A lot of cloth tape, felt tape and HomeDepot Freeze king closed cell foam in various sizes all around.

05-01-2020, 11:36 PM	#55
solidONE Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S Whiteout Location: California Posts: 2,863 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 791 Times in 611 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Got around to testing the BMR speakers on the dash vs my Dayton 3" The 3" Daytons out performed the 3.5" powered off the headunit and paired with the stock tweeter. Much clearer highs, but not a real apples to apples since the 4ohm BMF speaker were not available I went with an 8 ohm. Although, the 8ohm BMF sounded slightly louder surprisingly even with the higher impedance. Finally got around to sealing the doors, and I'm now running the wires. I'm pretty sure I'm overdoing it with the hardboards and abs board. I cannot imagine it sounding tremendously better than a door sealed using more flexible panel, but meh? Closed cell foam blanket will go over after i cover the smaller holes with HomeDepot sound deadening (Roof repair sheets). Roughly 1 sqft on the outer skin, .75 sqft on the inner skin(some on the backside not shown in photos particularly around the speaker opening) in addition to the 2 6x6 pieces already on the door. Maybe .5 sq ft on the back of the door card. A lot of cloth tape, felt tape and HomeDepot Freeze king closed cell foam in various sizes all around. __________________ Intent > Content cowardice is the mother of cruelty. Last edited by solidONE; 05-01-2020 at 11:46 PM.