lol. well you know I was pretty happy with the system with the subs and those cheap 5x7 drop ins parts express sold a few years ago... but I was kinda forced into system v3.1 thanks to some thieves. the center piece is a jbl ms8

 

holy flash back! Styx is back!!

 

making some progress with the ms8

 

here's what i'm working on right now

 

I know most of you don't care but on the off chance someone is actually following this
I got the remote mounted in the ashtray and the center speaker mounted in the top of the dash

 

Well something with the bondo or paint didn't go right. I have to redo the ash tray, but heres what it looks like.

 

this is where the amp is going:



and heres the amp mounted and halfway wired up:



I'd love to see a theif try to steal this one

 

Everything is in and working.. so my thoughts on the JBL MS8... one, using the built in amp its just barely gets loud enough for my liking and two I HATED the way is sounded at first. The imaging and sense of space was impressive and unlike anything I've ever experienced in a car. Center image is focused and high, but the frequency response didn't make my ears happy. after a little time tweaking the 31 band eq I was able to pull out the honk out of the 800-1.2k I was getting and I also bumped up a little midbass and cranked the sub and BAM. the frequency response just felt right.