Imaging tutorial?

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

I'm going to start building some doorpods.. Is there an imaging tutorial anyone knows of for components?

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[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

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i try to aim the speaker toward the middle of the opposite window area. ideally, imagine you sitting in your car, and project your shadow onto the window with a light, and put your finger on your chin, and move it out about 5" and down about 2"

where the tip of your fingers shadow is, is where i usually first test my image.

you can test your image by making the rear mould for the doorpod, and mount the baffle with hot-glue and dowels (i use chopsticks because they are teh free and easy to break lol) and then put the speakers in and actually listen to them like that. get some polyfill stuff and stuff the edges behind the speaker to absorb some of the rear wave. test several different aims.

honestly - every car is different. so you gotta actually hear it and listen to it for a long time in each way. and listen to alot of mucis, and try to pinpoint what you can realize changed.

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

you can try aiming at the opposite headreast

 

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the headrest is usually too far back and pullsh the image down\toward the listener from my expierences.

if you aim further forward it pulls the stage further forward and higher on the dash. but you can test what sounds the best in your car.