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<blockquote data-quote="req" data-source="post: 547193" data-attributes="member: 555713"><p>ok, so as im doing this.</p><p></p><p>what the hell am i looking for? i still dont understand how i judge what sounds better than what?</p><p></p><p>ive never actually heard a "good" system in a car that wasnt anything more than aftermarket speakers amped (if that) and a sub.</p><p></p><p>how do you know what sounds the best. i assume flipping phases allows for the difference in speaker distance(wavelength distance\out of phase) to the listner and the timing of the waves comming on to a single point right?</p><p></p><p>but i dont know what 'a good range of sounds' is. hell. i hardly know what good SQ is compared to my old equipment- this stuff just sounds so much better. i admit, that the stuff i had was terrible and i dont understand how i ever listned to it.. and right now i can hear one of my 6.5's surrounds barely touching the MDF ring its mounted on a high volumes, and when i pointed it out to a friend, he said "what noise you freak, it sounds amazing"</p><p></p><p>i do know however, that my kick panels are way off alignment. i suppose ill have to make some more. when i stretched the fleece, the hot-glue'd chopsticks i used to hold the baffle all did one of these " \ \ " and the baffle's went all stupid on me and are aiming the wrong ways. so i have them sitting on the floor aiming at my head.</p><p></p><p>but basically all that in a nutshell = i should flip the phases until it sounds nice and has a "wide range of sounds"?</p><p></p><p>i also have 6.5 mids in the rear, i guess that means its a 3 way system... and i have not hooked up the tweeters from the CL-62's at all. should i mount those in the front on the 5.25's xovers and use them as imaging tweeters? the factory location of my 3.5" speakers is right at the base\left of the windshield and i can aim them upward\forward at the windshield.</p><p></p><p>heres the low down i guess-</p><p></p><p>using a well recorded song</p><p></p><p>1- unhook subs and set all bands to flat</p><p></p><p>2- Using music with a good bass line, run the highpass crossover up and down until the midbasses can play as low as possible without any distortion</p><p></p><p>3- Unhook the mids and tweeters</p><p></p><p>4- Listen to a well-recorded song with a centered vocalist on the midbass</p><p></p><p>5- Listen to where the centered sounds are coming from. Then reverse the polarity of one midbass- and re-listen to the test CD. If the sounds are more centered then keep it as is. If the centered sounds are more diffuse and un-locatable, then flip the polarity back to where it was originally.</p><p></p><p>6- Do the same procedure for the mid\tweeters</p><p></p><p>7- hook all of them back up with respect to each set of speaker’s best polarity.</p><p></p><p>8- Listen to some very familiar music with a good range of sounds. Then flip both midbass’ polarity and listen again. If the midbass is more powerful and full then leave the wiring as is. If the midbass sounds weaker and wrong then restore the wiring as before.</p><p></p><p>9- Perform the same listening tests while flipping the mids and tweeters, and use the wiring configuration that sounds the best.</p><p></p><p>then eq?</p><p></p><p>let me know =\ im still kinda confused on all this EQ stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="req, post: 547193, member: 555713"] ok, so as im doing this. what the hell am i looking for? i still dont understand how i judge what sounds better than what? ive never actually heard a "good" system in a car that wasnt anything more than aftermarket speakers amped (if that) and a sub. how do you know what sounds the best. i assume flipping phases allows for the difference in speaker distance(wavelength distance\out of phase) to the listner and the timing of the waves comming on to a single point right? but i dont know what 'a good range of sounds' is. hell. i hardly know what good SQ is compared to my old equipment- this stuff just sounds so much better. i admit, that the stuff i had was terrible and i dont understand how i ever listned to it.. and right now i can hear one of my 6.5's surrounds barely touching the MDF ring its mounted on a high volumes, and when i pointed it out to a friend, he said "what noise you freak, it sounds amazing" i do know however, that my kick panels are way off alignment. i suppose ill have to make some more. when i stretched the fleece, the hot-glue'd chopsticks i used to hold the baffle all did one of these " \ \ " and the baffle's went all stupid on me and are aiming the wrong ways. so i have them sitting on the floor aiming at my head. but basically all that in a nutshell = i should flip the phases until it sounds nice and has a "wide range of sounds"? i also have 6.5 mids in the rear, i guess that means its a 3 way system... and i have not hooked up the tweeters from the CL-62's at all. should i mount those in the front on the 5.25's xovers and use them as imaging tweeters? the factory location of my 3.5" speakers is right at the base\left of the windshield and i can aim them upward\forward at the windshield. heres the low down i guess- using a well recorded song 1- unhook subs and set all bands to flat 2- Using music with a good bass line, run the highpass crossover up and down until the midbasses can play as low as possible without any distortion 3- Unhook the mids and tweeters 4- Listen to a well-recorded song with a centered vocalist on the midbass 5- Listen to where the centered sounds are coming from. Then reverse the polarity of one midbass- and re-listen to the test CD. If the sounds are more centered then keep it as is. If the centered sounds are more diffuse and un-locatable, then flip the polarity back to where it was originally. 6- Do the same procedure for the mid\tweeters 7- hook all of them back up with respect to each set of speaker’s best polarity. 8- Listen to some very familiar music with a good range of sounds. Then flip both midbass’ polarity and listen again. If the midbass is more powerful and full then leave the wiring as is. If the midbass sounds weaker and wrong then restore the wiring as before. 9- Perform the same listening tests while flipping the mids and tweeters, and use the wiring configuration that sounds the best. then eq? let me know =\ im still kinda confused on all this EQ stuff. [/QUOTE]
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