3 way up front, positioning
 

Hey all,

So I have have a 3 way component system I am going to put in my car. I was wondering for SQ, which setup is better;

Midbass in the door, midrange and tweeter a kick panel

or

midbass in a kick, midrange and tweeter in the door

My vote goes to #1 :thumbsup:

I must admit, I've never tried the latter. But I've gotten great results with mids and tweets in the kicks, midbass in the doors.

I take this approach on all my cars for 2 reasons:
1) I believe equal PLD (path length differences) are more important in 200Hz-20Khz range rather than the midbass freqs.
2) It's much easier to get good midbass in well sealed doors rather than kicks which are almost always too small.

Hope that helps.

G.

I guess you could always try it out first by building some boxes before you commit.

why not tweeters in the a pillers ?
move them higher then the door

mid bass in the door (more omni directionnal)

midrange and main tweeter in kickpod ( oriented opposite side)

image tweeter in the a pillar

if you have only one pair of tweeter try both a-pillar and kickpod to see if in the kickpod you image is enough high..

midrange and main tweeter in A pillar.

My vote goes to #1 and it's approximately what I'd do, but only tweeter in the a-pil.
I'm also concerned with with functionality and no bling bling steal me screaming look. Otherwise I'd put a midrange in a-pil.

Last time I checked my ears weren't on my feet. :)

The higher frequencies are definately "line of sight" so, the higher, or more accurately... the more direct path to your ears, the better. High in the door or in the A-pillar makes the most sense.

Choice number 1. I don't like splitting up the mid and tweet, they cover a range that either speaker can be reproducing the same instrument (yes I know this could apply to the midbass as well, but you can't usually fit all three in the same space, so I consider this the lesser of two evils). Mids and tweets on the dash at the far corners and midbass in the kicks is how mine is set up now, If I can find the space (and time to build it) I'll move the midbass up there too.
I am also not opposed to a nice small set of tweeters with minimal power crossed over in the 16k+ range at eye level in the a pillars. But that would be icing on the cake in an otherwise complete front stage, I would rather put those resources into a better set of main speakers first.