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Silver Member Username: Mark872
2 Type X 12s, Hughes S...,
Texas
Post Number: 317
Registered: Jul-07
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| Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 12:56 pm: |
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I really want to remove my dash speakers and put my tweeters in there place. But ive heard its not good to have the tweeters too far from the door speakers. Is this true? Or will i really not notice a difference? |
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Gold Member Username: Skibum12189
Cleveland
Post Number: 3054
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 01:15 pm: |
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what kind of car? and where are the dash speakers?
i know my dads car's bose system has the woofer and a mid on the door and the tweeters are in like the a and b pillars....
i remember reading somewhere that the pillars and the dash are like the best place for tweeters..
correct me if im wrong. |
Gold Member Username: Jkidder
Worlds gunna end,
In
2012
Post Number: 3901
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 02:21 pm: |
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pillars are a great place because they are ear level. it all depends on the car. try it and see if you like it. if not try somewhere else. experimentation!!!!! |
Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive
A pic is worth
1000 posts!!
Post Number: 19444
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 02:41 pm: |
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Headphones.
High freqs don't like to be redirected or bounced off anything. The straighter the line to your ears the better. |
Gold Member Username: Hittin1
TEAM REVOLUTION
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Post Number: 2055
Registered: May-07
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| Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 04:02 pm: |
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what vehicle? |
Gold Member Username: Jakeyplaysbass
St. Louis,
MO / ASU
Post Number: 3511
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 04:26 pm: |
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I like the A Pillars.
I fiberglassed mine in and then wrapped it in a mesh material that matched the interior.
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Silver Member Username: Cozce
St. Louis ILLside,
Pronounced: ...
U.S.A.
Post Number: 445
Registered: Mar-08
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| Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 04:35 pm: |
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Jake I hate you.
...because I want your Aviator |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Philadelphia,
PA
Post Number: 9303
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 05:18 pm: |
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" But ive heard its not good to have the tweeters too far from the door speakers. Is this true? "
It is true. The further away they are the more imaging problems you will have. That is why mounting everything in the kick panel is so popular in SQ installs. That, and the difference in distance from you ear to each speaker is less when they are in the kicks.
The problem with that is everything can sound to "low", so doors are usually the best mounting location for a daily system. |
Gold Member Username: Deadrabit
Marionville,
MO
Post Number: 1150
Registered: Jun-07
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| Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 02:23 am: |
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jake that looks really nice but no way i would do that. its to high man. i tried my tweets all over and right above my 6.5s sounded best to me.
i think i have a pic |
Gold Member Username: Deadrabit
Marionville,
MO
Post Number: 1151
Registered: Jun-07
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| Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 02:26 am: |
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ok i don't have a pic its on my flash drive and id on't want to go outside ot my car.
its like an inch above them facing at an angle up. like the drivers side tweet is facing the pasenger and the other side facing the driver. i really could tell a difference when they were higher. it was almost like the sound was not as clean. |
Silver Member Username: Mark872
2 Type X 12s, Hughes S...,
Texas
Post Number: 318
Registered: Jul-07
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| Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 02:57 am: |
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Car is 08 altima coupe and the speakers in the dash are right up against the winshield facing up. I really dont want to put them in my door cuz the color dont match and i think it would look tacky. And i cant mount the tweeter on the speaker. Now this is my first componenets i have ever heard so im not gonna know much about sound reflection or imaging problems, but if its gonna make a HUGE difference then ill do what i have to do. |
Gold Member Username: Jakeyplaysbass
St. Louis,
MO / ASU
Post Number: 3512
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 03:54 am: |
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"jake that looks really nice but no way i would do that. its to high man. i tried my tweets all over and right above my 6.5s sounded best to me. "
Thanks for your expertize BLK but i actually have a tweet down low as well. To tell the truth my front stage system probably took longer to tweek/phase than your entire system did so be careful before you jump to conclusions.
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Gold Member Username: Bernymac
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Post Number: 4533
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 04:03 am: |
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LOL. Once again. BLK pwn'd. |
Gold Member Username: Skibum12189
Cleveland
Post Number: 3055
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 02:30 pm: |
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"Thanks for your expertize BLK but i actually have a tweet down low as well. To tell the truth my front stage system probably took longer to tweek/phase than your entire system did so be careful before you jump to conclusions."
be nice jake haha |
Silver Member Username: Mark872
2 Type X 12s, Hughes S...,
Texas
Post Number: 319
Registered: Jul-07
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 12:20 am: |
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Sooo...will it be ok to place them in the dash?? |
Gold Member Username: Philly306
You choose to be ignor...
Post Number: 1378
Registered: Apr-07
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 12:43 am: |
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BLK trying to talk down to Jake has me rofling |
Gold Member Username: Deadrabit
Marionville,
MO
Post Number: 1166
Registered: Jun-07
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 01:50 am: |
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hahaha. looks nice jake, longer than my entire system? idk about that i have been doing a lot of testing with the bass, i would really like to listen to something like what jake has
mark, the placment of the speakers will make a HUGE difference. i am no spl pro but all i can say is try different things to find what u like. i love the way mine sound but for some reaons it doesn't sound as good on the pasenger side and idk y. |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Philadelphia,
PA
Post Number: 9336
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 01:59 am: |
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Mark C:
In my experience tweeters that high almost always sound terriable..... so yea keep em close to the mids. |
Bronze Member Username: Boston_spl
Highland,
CA
United States
Post Number: 65
Registered: Nov-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 04:56 am: |
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My friend just bought a box with the subs and tweeters in the same box and it sounds pretty good in the back seat of his Accord. He doesn't even bother with front speakers, not necessary he says. But IDK, he says he's a big audiophile, so you may not need to go that far. |
Silver Member Username: Mark872
2 Type X 12s, Hughes S...,
Texas
Post Number: 320
Registered: Jul-07
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 08:24 am: |
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Alright, getting hooked up today. Guess im cutting a hole somewhere in the doors, even though id hate too. Thanks fellas. |
Gold Member Username: Deadrabit
Marionville,
MO
Post Number: 1168
Registered: Jun-07
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 12:33 pm: |
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don't listen to chris. only tweeters in the back sounds really bad.
i would try and try out the placement before cutting a hole |
Platinum Member Username: Rovin
1 15 = 149.5 DBs
Trinidad & T...
Post Number: 14592
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 02:36 pm: |
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tweeter placement is a controversial topic & u will get a different answer\argument over it - its ur car put it where ever u find it sounds best ... |
Bronze Member Username: Boston_spl
Highland,
CA
United States
Post Number: 67
Registered: Nov-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 07:14 pm: |
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That's true, don't listen 2 me. Tweeters in the rear only, is just idiotic. That post was a joke,...clearly. |
