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looking for low end for my 3.5's
I have some 3.5's for my kickpanels and I'm wondering what I need to do to
round out the spectrum. I have a 50rms x 4 amp on order and my car is a 1960's full size ford, with several 6x9 (and some other) holes under the rear shelf cover and one that looks to be 6x9 in the dash. The trunk is huge as you might imagine though with the spare tire I only have about a 11"h x 18"w space for a subwoofer right behind the back seat - which by the way is pretty solidly backed, so I wonder if much woofer sound would penetrate it. Basically I think I am going to be okay with the mid and high end but I am looking for something to round out the system. Hopefully I can get some ideas here! Thanks |
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looking for low end for my 3.5's
I don't know the specific car you have (you didn't mention it) but if you
need exact specifications you can always go to Crutchfield's to find out EXACTLY what will fit your car at: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-f0ixKFw...*ctzfubflFYgzy In general, you want to have most of the sound coming from in front of you (like at a concert). We get away with putting subwoofers in the rear because bass is much more difficult for our brains to localize AND with the help of a good time-alignment system, that MANY HU's (head units) today have, you can delay the front speakers a tiny amount so that all speakers (front and back) hit your ears at the same time. So with that in mind, I would focus in building up your "front stage" by adding midbass speakers and tweeters (if those 3.5" do not already have tweeters) up front. Any speakers in the rear (besides the subwoofers) should be for rear-fill only meaning that they should just barely be heard and give the sound simply a fuller texture. My rear-fill does not have tweeters (as higher frequencies are much easier to locate), I run them both in mono (I sum both the left and right channels) and they help raise my front soundstage. Yet you only notice them IF I TURN THEM OFF. Again, remember that if you go to a concert, you don't turn your back to the performers. A car audio system should be the same way: sound should seem to come from the front. There is TONS of helpful advice regarding building a system on our FAQ: http://www.mobileaudio.com/rac-faq/ MOSFET "puttster" wrote in message ... I have some 3.5's for my kickpanels and I'm wondering what I need to do to round out the spectrum. I have a 50rms x 4 amp on order and my car is a 1960's full size ford, with several 6x9 (and some other) holes under the rear shelf cover and one that looks to be 6x9 in the dash. The trunk is huge as you might imagine though with the spare tire I only have about a 11"h x 18"w space for a subwoofer right behind the back seat - which by the way is pretty solidly backed, so I wonder if much woofer sound would penetrate it. Basically I think I am going to be okay with the mid and high end but I am looking for something to round out the system. Hopefully I can get some ideas here! Thanks |
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