Dual Mids?

[thasnake 10+ year member]

btw just wondering how does that sub keep up with the rest of your soundstage?

The sub is real loud and clean. I think it has a real nice musical sound to it. It is in a 4 cube ported box tuned to 30 Hz. Sounds great IMO.

 

[blue93corsica 10+ year member]

i am currently running a alpine 6.5" component set with the mid bass in a glassed sealed kick panel and i have another co-axle alpine 6.5" mid range which is going free air in my door panel

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

i am currently running a alpine 6.5" component set with the mid bass in a glassed sealed kick panel and i have another co-axle alpine 6.5" mid range which is going free air in my door panel

mmmmmmmmm maximum butthole!

Now all kidding aside. a 6.5" comp midrange sealed, an IB 6.5 coaxial, and a tweeter. You know that's going to sound horrible right?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

The sub is real loud and clean. I think it has a real nice musical sound to it. It is in a 4 cube ported box tuned to 30 Hz. Sounds great IMO.

just some advice. if you have everything installed tone down the horns and the sub just a bit and listen. from there tonally you can make up your mind. sound stage will be dependent on location. people can talk from experience (its the best thing) but also remember its only good advice if the application is the same. pecking order to importance Installation, Application THEN product in decending order

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

x2... Seen a car w/ 6 6.5 mids and 6 tweeters in each door...So...People do it.

And I've seen cars with eight 6x9's in the rear shelf.

Just because it's been done, doesn't mean it was done correctly or intelligently.

As audiolife mentioned....I'd look at the entire setup. Maybe the sub and horns need toned down some to bring out the midbass. Or, maybe you need to set them up differently (sealed enclosure, etc).

Or, maybe you need to look into switching mids completely to something that will fit your tastes better.

But...all in all, I'd rather have one larger driver than two smaller drivers. More pointsources typically aren't a good thing. And, since they'd be playing the same frequency range, it will be harder to align them properly to maintain a good soundstage and imaging. All of this is much easier to accomplish with a single, larger driver.

 

[blue93corsica 10+ year member]

mmmmmmmmm maximum butthole!

whats that suppose to mean?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

mmmmmmmmm maximum butthole!

whats that suppose to mean?

I believe he meant that's what it would sound like.

 

[blue93corsica 10+ year member]

I believe he meant that's what it would sound like.

why would it sound like butthole?

 

[Crown_amps]

i have seen custom install pics for some yuppie kid's suv and in the front doors he had 3 tweeters and and pair of 6.5 mids it was nuts man so i guess you can do it but that would be way to loud for my taste.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

why would it sound like butthole?

Different tonalities, more point sources for increased constructive and destructive interference which will cause frequency response problems, more than one point source for the same frequencies which will diffuse the coherency of the sound, etc.

Overall not a very good plan at all. But go for it if you wish, I guess.

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

Anyone in here actaully done dual mids in each door?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Anyone in here actaully done dual mids in each door?

15-10 years ago lol unless the laws of physics changed since then ill go with squeak9798's answer lol

 

[blue93corsica 10+ year member]

Different tonalities, more point sources for increased constructive and destructive interference which will cause frequency response problems, more than one point source for the same frequencies which will diffuse the coherency of the sound, etc.

Overall not a very good plan at all. But go for it if you wish, I guess.

is that only true if the same type of speakers are being used?

for example, wont a mid bass be playing differend notes or frequecies then what the mid range will be playing, the mid range will almost act as another tweeter and might be switched over to HPF on the amp depending on how it sounds, then along with the actual tweeter, then the mid bass, all these speakers will all be playing different frequences, no?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

the more source points you have the worse imaging you will have. people will argue back and forth about it but the more you add the more you take away from another aspect of the system. be it imaging and staging to clarity and tonality. the most perfect sound you could have is from 1 speaker (say a 2" to take away any physical short comings of speakers) and this 2" speaker could play 20-20k at high volumes...but since we do not live in a perfect world that speaker does not exist.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

is that only true if the same type of speakers are being used?
for example, wont a mid bass be playing differend notes or frequecies then what the mid range will be playing, the mid range will almost act as another tweeter and might be switched over to HPF on the amp depending on how it sounds, then along with the actual tweeter, then the mid bass, all these speakers will all be playing different frequences, no?

From your explaination (comp set + co-axial), they will all be playing the same frequency range.