Mid/highs layout in 2000 S-10 extended cab questions

[Kybassbwoy]

Wanting to do my work truck up right. Already gonna transfer my three 12-in SQLs over into it with subs forward ports up for a lil boom. I'm open to any suggestions on where to put the mids and highs, I can do doors but looking for the best setup if anyone has experience or recommendations. I would like to go active and use decent dedicated midbass that would really thrash guitar and drums well, and I prefer the sound of titanium horn tweeters over silk, and would like to keep them in the same voice and brand, I'm stalking Dayton audio right now. Thanks again

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[shredder1 10+ year member]

Wanting to do my work truck up right. Already gonna transfer my three 12-in SQLs over into it with subs forward ports up for a lil boom. I'm open to any suggestions on where to put the mids and highs, I can do doors but looking for the best setup if anyone has experience or recommendations. I would like to go active and use decent dedicated midbass that would really thrash guitar and drums well, and I prefer the sound of titanium horn tweeters over silk, and would like to keep them in the same voice and brand, I'm stalking Dayton audio right now. Thanks again

Any frontstage will benefit from mids either located as far forward or as high as possible, the tweeter location can be tested easily and 10-20 degrees off axis in the direction that blends the best is a good starting point depending on the mids and especially tweeters. Brighter tweeters may need more placement displacement. I've encountered super bullets that needed aiming into the dash forward to calm down the response and stage the hi's. Install the mids as far forward properly (prep) as possible then play with imaging. Eq comes next but run everything flat during testing/setup.
I'll stop now, Tmi is a real thing but Op probably understands anyway.

Tune for bass you can't localize, if its pretty much coming from the dash with several music types it ought to be accurate. Midbass, localization and blending is where most Sq systems fail.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

Year, make and model of the S-10? Consider a set of the 2.5- hybrid 3 way units. Mount the small 2-way in the dash or in a pillar pod, the crystal woofer in the doors - great stage imaging for sure. A great buy at $249.00

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[Kybassbwoy]

Any frontstage will benefit from mids either located as far forward or as high as possible, the tweeter location can be tested easily and 10-20 degrees off axis in the direction that blends the best is a good starting point depending on the mids and especially tweeters. Brighter tweeters may need more placement displacement. I've encountered super bullets that needed aiming into the dash forward to calm down the response and stage the hi's. Install the mids as far forward properly (prep) as possible then play with imaging. Eq comes next but run everything flat during testing/setup.
I'll stop now, Tmi is a real thing but Op probably understands anyway.

Tune for bass you can't localize, if its pretty much coming from the dash with several music types it ought to be accurate. Midbass, localization and blending is where most Sq systems fail.

Thanks, this is exactly what I was wanting to know, and Iv also been surprised turning a bullet tweeter setup into a corner or surface seems to help it and spread the imaging! IV got shallow 4x6 speaker in the dash factory, and had considered a custom soundbar up high somewhere too.

 

[Kybassbwoy]

Year, make and model of the S-10? Consider a set of the 2.5- hybrid 3 way units. Mount the small 2-way in the dash or in a pillar pod, the crustal woofer in the doors. great stage imaging for sure. A great buy at $249.00

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2000 Chevy s10 2.2 extended cab, I bet pillars and dash holes would image really well!!!!

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

2000 Chevy s10 2.2 extended cab, I bet pillars and dash holes would image really well!!!!

It's also important to remember the best sound, the best imaging and staging comes from the fewest speakers from a given source/area. IMHO, there really isn't a decent sounding bullet tweeter under $1500, JBL comes to mind. A wideband in the dash, like a unity 8 or 7.5 with 7.5 to 8 octave ranges, in the dash firing straight up off the glass and a good midbass in the doors, cross the set at around 350-400 hz, fantastic combination and staging.

In the doors:

CDT Audio HD-M6

In the dash:

CDT Audio Unity 8.0 WB Driver

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these 6.5's or 8's , tru SQL pro style pprostayle driver killers at $88 and $98 a piece:

Available in 2 or 4 ohm variants 300/350 watt RMS midbass (not midrange) drivers with exceptional sound quality that nothing at 3times the cost can compare:

MB6 Midbass Driver (ea)

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MB8 Midbass Driver (ea)

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