Component speaker questiuon....

[aldive]

How do you audiophiles mount a component speaker system? Location? How to? Any pics?

What would I gain from this system over a quality 4x6?

Thanks...

 

[Lamah]

the way i understand it, a component set lets each range of frequency (mid bass, high, etc) have its own speaker. Like when you put in a sub, it usually sounds better because all that speaker has to do is the deep bass. however i could be wrong.

 

[Mike 92 XLT]

Yup, Lamah is right. A component system is a huge step above a coaxial speaker. Plus it gives you the flexibility to mount the tweeter wherever you want. I mounted my mids in the door, and flush mounted the tweeters in the dash. This was after experimenting with many different mounting locations. What you can do is put some double-sided tape on the back of the tweeters, and move them around the car and see where they sound the best to you. Try the door panel, the dash, the A-pillars, the kick panels, etc. Good luck!

peace

Mike

 

[Skippman]

Ok here goes.

COMPONENT ADVANTAGES

1.) SHAPE

All component speakers are perfect circles. That means the sound is distributed evenly across the speaker reducing distortion caused by one part of the speaker vibrating faster than another part.

2.) FREQUENCY RESPONSE

Component speakers are designed to reproduce a specific frequency range. Tweeters are for highs (flutes, female voices, triangles, etc) mids are for the midranges (guitars, snare drums, male voices, etc.) and mid-bases are designed for lows (bass guitars, male voices, drums, etc.) These are the 3 parts of a component speaker set. Do not confuse the Mid-Base with the Sub-Woofer. Mid-Base speakers are typically 8' woofers. Subs are usually 10' or greater with larger coils.

3.) POSITIONING

Higher frequency sounds travel faster. Lows travel slower. A component set allows you to place the speakers so the sound blends the best. This is known as staging.

Hope this answers your questions.

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by Skippman
Hope this answers your questions.

Thanks. I still don't understand the mechanics of mounting them in A Pillar.

 

[mrsteve]

I mounted my tweeters in the A-pillars. All you do is remove the trim around the pillar (remove 2 push in plastic screw things, 1 metal screw and pull out). Then cut a hole in the trim panel where you want the tweeter. I used a 1.5" bit and it was really easy.

The only thing to have to check before drilling is to make sure your tweeters aren't too deep so that they won't sit flush. This happened to me and now both tweeters sit at an angle. If your tweeters are too deep to be mounted flush in the trim panel you could always mount the on the surface of the panel.

Steve

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by mrsteve
I mounted my tweeters in the A-pillars. All you do is remove the trim around the pillar (remove 2 push in plastic screw things, 1 metal screw and pull out). Then cut a hole in the trim panel where you want the tweeter. I used a 1.5" bit and it was really easy.

The only thing to have to check before drilling is to make sure your tweeters aren't too deep so that they won't sit flush. This happened to me and now both tweeters sit at an angle. If your tweeters are too deep to be mounted flush in the trim panel you could always mount the on the surface of the panel.

Steve

Thanks, thats exactly what I wanted to know.

 

[justin]

For the record, component speakers are nothing but a component set put together with crappier crossover networks. If you separate the tweeter and the midbass too much you screw up the soundstage because the 2 tweeters and 2 midbasses are all at varying distances from your ears. Component sets usually come with better crossover systems. And Skippman, not all component sets are circles, Infinity made a component set that utilized 5x7 midbass for cars like Mazdas and Fords.