6X9's in the back w/ components?

[bungschmeill]

Hey, I'm getting infinity kappa perfect 6.1 components to place in my door and was speaking to this guy at the stereo place and he talked about something I never considered. The instructions talk about using a 2-channel amp to power it. The guy says I should get a 4-channel amp and think about getting new 6x9's later and using the amp to power them as well. Do most people have components and 6x9's or do they just rely on the components. Please respond.

[igo4bmx]

Originally posted by bungschmeill
Hey, I'm getting infinity kappa perfect 6.1 components to place in my door and was speaking to this guy at the stereo place and he talked about something I never considered. The instructions talk about using a 2-channel amp to power it. The guy says I should get a 4-channel amp and think about getting new 6x9's later and using the amp to power them as well. Do most people have components and 6x9's or do they just rely on the components. Please respond.

thats if you want rear speakers later...
with my speaker sub setup, I took out my rear speakers and only rely on fronts... why? its cheaper and sounds better.
You never listen to a concert or a real gig with the sound coming from all four corners of a room, so why would you in a car?

[93speed]

If you're not getting any subs, then I would put those in. If you already have subs, I'd get rid of any rear speakers. I just did that the other day and I'm real hapy with the sound now. The back ones kinda interfer with the sound of the front ones...Its hard to explain, but it sounds better.

[GSteg]

it interferes with the front because it takes longer for the rear sound waves to get to your ear as oppose to the front. the front speakers are closer to you than the rear. when sound waves travel at different distance, you hear echo-like sound, causing the music to sound poopy

[igo4bmx]

Originally posted by GSteg
it interferes with the front because it takes longer for the rear sound waves to get to your ear as oppose to the front. the front speakers are closer to you than the rear. when sound waves travel at different distance, you hear echo-like sound, causing the music to sound poopy

unless you have a good time delay feature in your source unit like i do... hee hee

[CXHatchback]

That's rediculous, it's like five feet from the rear.

Well I'm gonna go against the flow on this one, I've got 6s in the back for rear sound fill and I think it sounds awesome. THere's not enough midbass coming from front comps to completely fill the spectrum. The music sounds so much louder, cleaner, and fuller with rears amplified along with the fronts.

[igo4bmx]

Originally posted by CXHatchback
That's rediculous, it's like five feet from the rear.

Well I'm gonna go against the flow on this one, I've got 6s in the back for rear sound fill and I think it sounds awesome. THere's not enough midbass coming from front comps to completely fill the spectrum. The music sounds so much louder, cleaner, and fuller with rears amplified along with the fronts.

five feet make a big difference...
my time delay feature on my headunit can adjust based on length and width of car.. and you can tell when you mess with that.

also if you're not getting the midbass from the fronts like you want... you prolly want to think of investing in a good pair... there are plenty of sets out there with great midbass

[super 96 accord]

Time delay is so nice
I have that on my pioneer DEQ-9200!

[GSteg]

believe it or not, no matter how far your rears are... the sound waves will always travel to your ears faster or slower than the front (unless you have the time delay feature). for those who don't have the feature, the sound waves for the front and rear will travel at different speed. it may not be noticable but the difference IS there. if you're from New york, would you get to Orlando faster or Miami traveling at the same speed. to an average person, he or she may not hear the difference audibly. to a SQ guy (like me ) i can hear the difference. but i'm sure we all got our own opinions :finger:

[m3kidds]

can i get away with swappin my existing tweets and adding 2 ways to make up for components¿

[GSteg]

Originally posted by m3kidds
can i get away with swappin my existing tweets and adding 2 ways to make up for components¿

going from a component set to a 2 way is a downgrade. if you're on a budget, just get crystal mobilesound component speakers. they cost cheap and sound quality is amazing. u have components right now, why not just replace it with components.

[m3kidds]

actually i meant change my existing tweeters with better ones and replacing the factory 6.5's with new 2 ways.. isnt that the same as a component system.. cuz i already have a pair of tweets laying around i was thinking about just getting some 2 ways

[GSteg]

Originally posted by m3kidds
actually i meant change my existing tweeters with better ones and replacing the factory 6.5's with new 2 ways.. isnt that the same as a component system.. cuz i already have a pair of tweets laying around i was thinking about just getting some 2 ways

i guess you can do that, but its gonna be funny how you're gonna have two different tweeters.

[m3kidds]

2 different tweeters? how so?

[GSteg]

Originally posted by m3kidds
2 different tweeters? how so?

u have a seperate tweeter and another tweeter on the 2 ways. no two tweeter are the same unless they are the same brand and model.