I am thinking about putting in a new sound system in my car. Here is the stupid question, The front speakers on the 2k1 EX coupe, are they component speakers (tweeter and woofer in front door) or are the seperate?
There's no actual crossover.. the tweeter itself has a small capacitor wire in-line with it.. Works out to being a a 6db/ Octave Highpass x-over at 3k-3.5K (cheap parts are never exact.. should be somewhere between that number)
so if i put in a new system running the tweeters of the reciever and have a seperate 6 1/2" speaker running off the reciever too. and run the rear speakers off an amp (and yes i am getting a new reciever, not stock)
why would it sound better if i amped the front and not the rear? i am going to have subs (2 12") in trunk. i am going to use polk audio speakers (all of them)
i was going to run reciever on the tweeters and the front speakers
and the amp on the rear (because they can handle more power and the sound has to travel over the subs)
my main goal is a smooth even sound, i am not planning on competitions or making it sound like a boom box. in fact i am thinking about selling my 12"s for some 10"s. i am just a mere mortal, begining the road to audiophile. Thanx for all the help!
Amping the front is also the common way for most people. It sounds better because the sound is coming from the front. Your subs are in the back, but you can't tell where they are coming from, so it doens't matter where the Subs are. The rear speakers, however; are a higher frequency and youll be able to hear that it is coming from teh rear. Some people don't even have any rear speakers, like mohawkboom, i think. THe rear is usually just used for fill.
-Ed
The obvious reason they all amp the front speakers is, where are you sitting? You hear less of the rear and usually the subs will drown out the 6x9's or 6.5's. That is with a system that is not fine tuned though. They used to refer to these people as bassheads. Bass was more important then all around sound quality. You sound like you want a system that sounds good all around, so I would get a 4 channel and crossover. How many comp. systems do you see out there that don't utilize all of their speakers? If you don't have your subs yet, set it up like you want to then adjust the fader till you can hear it all around you. When you get everything together set your gains properly and you'll be able to shake the pictures off walls and shatter the glass with the highs.
