Just wondering what you all have OR if you have a center channel set up, Im looking for suggestions . Need a shallow mid preferably 4", or if anyone knows of a shallow 5 1/4", and I mean shallow 3" max depth is all i want to play with no more.

Also, what do you guys think of tweets in a pillars, imaging?? ect, im looking for input! [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

 

Where are you located!?!??!? I'd be more then happy to show you how well A-pillar mounted tweeters do work and how you can get a killer centre image without a centre channel........... but with driver location and some time alignment.

 

Damm I wish I could meet ya, but your like 1500+ kliks away from me, do you have picks of your pillars, what did you do for allignment purposes? Lazer Level?, trial and error? All hints would be great. Ultimatly this would be a nice way to go:http://www.sounddomain.com/memberpage/191175/9, but I think thats not what Im after. I have a truck like this 1, but mines a silverado. I was thinking of putting the centre channel just a few inches towards the firewall (above my H.U.), using a grill from a Grand Am/ Grand Prix (95-96 ish) recovered ofcourse, with a 4" mid and (2)tweets?? Anymore input?

 

Use the window like a wave guide. Aim the tweets so they parallel the curve of the window plane. Then you can adjust the height on the pillar to suite. I also have a 2.5" mid up on the dash........ and a very strong and defined centre image. Mind you, I wouldn't goes as far as to say it's perfect, but it's is good. And it still needs to be fastened in and tuned properly. So I'm pretty happy.

 

This is an interesing thread.
I`m relocating my tweeters, but cant seem to find
the "sweetspot".
Do you need a centre channel to
make that tweeter arrangement work?

And how do you time align?

Thanks is all.....

 

I believe it would depend on the staging you get when you place them. I'm after opinions as to how well it will work. I fell that I'm missing a little in that area as well, and i just want to fill the front stage in a little more, to get that "full stage" type of sound

 

You can get every thing to work without an center chanel a little imaging an adust here and there OK for me it was a lot them BAM it just worked. Now I just need more space so I can get my width up!

 

I think i'll send you some pics this weekend.

 

I'm on my 3rd set of tweeters in 3 days. You could say that I'm trying everything that's possible with positioning. The bottom line is that you've got to experiment. Every vehicle and the components installed will interact differently.

What dawgsbreakfast is recomending works for him. It may work for me too, but keep in mind that he is using a totally active front stage with time alignment on every driver. My next step is installing another amplifier and time aligning the midrange and tweeters to see how that helps.

I don't think that running a center chanel is going to be as easy as doing a stereo setup well. Every time a piece is added to the car, it complicates things.

Now...where can I find another Audison VRx amp to do more testing?

Adam

 

Thanks for the input guys, but I found a solution to my problem. I had the chance to try out a piece from Clarion the other day, and I will be going with that for my center channel. Its a 1/2 din speaker (self powered) that sounds awsome. Fits right in under my deck with a new mounting kit, and kicks ***!!