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Time alignment Front only ok?

Old 07-31-2011, 08:41 AM
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Time alignment Front only ok?

Hello
Time allignment front only or do you need rears also?
I have played a bit with time allignment in the past but some recommendations would be helpfull. I am considering a front only time allignment to expand my soundstage. Is this ok or do I really need to include the rears (mounted low in door) . What about the sub?
The plan is for separatefront midbass (low in door) and tweeter (sail or A pilar) time alignment with electronic crossovers
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Old 07-31-2011, 01:43 PM
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Rears are unneccesary. It's nice to be able to include the sub in with the time alignment if possible.
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Old 07-31-2011, 03:47 PM
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i was wondering the same exact thing,just wasnt sure if it was far enough away to matter back there..
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Old 08-01-2011, 11:42 AM
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That is exactly the problem - the woofer is significantly farther away than the front end. The general process is to delay the entire front end so that the bass arrives at the same time. I guess technically you're not actually using time delay on the sub, but you are including it in the overall tuning.
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Old 08-02-2011, 12:06 AM
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and what bout separate TA for tweeter and midwoof? is it critical?
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Old 08-02-2011, 02:23 PM
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Not if you are using a coincident source driver. If not, then yes.
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