Importance of having Components in the front and rear???

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

as long as you are happy with your setup, that is all that matters, I personally only run a front stage.

100% Correct. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif I am well aware that my preference is atypical to the thoughts of "the right way to do things" held by most. I don't care to tell anyone that they are wrong for doing it the way they want to anymore than I care to hear someone else tell me my way is dumb. Until someone else starts buying the gear I use/install/enjoy I'll keep doing it how I want and allow everyone else to enjoy the right to do likewise. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

i dont use rears either, who cares about rear passengers, if they are special they ride up front
i cant hear the back ones, so im not wasting my money

I very rarely have passengers at all front or rear. My use of rear fill has nothing to do with a better sonic environment for anyone other than myself. I like the way having amped speakers behind me sounds. As 99.8% of the time I am the only person in my car I'm the only one that has to. If it is so distasteful to anyone who may on the odd occasion catch a ride from me that they cannot stand to be inside the car with it they are more than welcome to get out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
I don't have a monstrous substage so it isn't a huge fight for the rear fill to be heard over it in my case.

 

[2LouDFoRThiS 10+ year member]

rear fill is a luxury .. lol

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

100% Correct. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif I am well aware that my preference is atypical to the thoughts of "the right way to do things" held by most. I don't care to tell anyone that they are wrong for doing it the way they want to anymore than I care to hear someone else tell me my way is dumb. Until someone else starts buying the gear I use/install/enjoy I'll keep doing it how I want and allow everyone else to enjoy the right to do likewise. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

I very rarely have passengers at all front or rear. My use of rear fill has nothing to do with a better sonic environment for anyone other than myself. I like the way having amped speakers behind me sounds. As 99.8% of the time I am the only person in my car I'm the only one that has to. If it is so distasteful to anyone who may on the odd occasion catch a ride from me that they cannot stand to be inside the car with it they are more than welcome to get out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I don't have a monstrous substage so it isn't a huge fight for the rear fill to be heard over it in my case.

true true true and true. i feel the same way, but about a front stage only //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

i love having only a front stage and everything time aligned to the driver seat. whatever floats your boat.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

using rainbow comps for rearfill is a waste of money IMO

 

[brypink 10+ year member]

I wonder if all the anti rear fill or rear speakers fanatics would have changed their mind if SACD's picked up in popularity and crossed over to car audio. Unfortunately, the SACD format is beginning to be a dead breed and doubt the popularity will ever catch on.

Just a thought. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

BTW, there's a lot of car audio that I think is a waste of money...but, I'll keep my comments to myself! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 

[myvanpounds 10+ year member]

yo bry. I can't decide on my front stage. I'm gonna have to go three way too since the 18 rolls off at 50-60. so I dunno what exactly to get. there is a I'D three way with IDQ8's and 6.5's with the pizo mini horns but I'm not sure how well those wil work being a capcitive load. all I know is I have to be able to have a front stage that can get 50-20k flat at 110-120 dbs. oh ya you also talked me into the H701 only because it has time alighnment and the dqxs doesn't. can the H701 take a full range and split it 3-4 ways

 

[Bolognablake 10+ year member]

I wonder if all the anti rear fill or rear speakers fanatics would have changed their mind if SACD's picked up in popularity and crossed over to car audio. Unfortunately, the SACD format is beginning to be a dead breed and doubt the popularity will ever catch on.
Just a thought. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

BTW, there's a lot of car audio that I think is a waste of money...but, I'll keep my comments to myself! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

I would be willing to bet most of us don't have head units capable of playing SACDs. If my head unit had the ability, I'd be rocking a 5.1 system.

 

[theothermike 10+ year member]

LOL 6spd, i can see u training ur kids at 6 to do sub recones and amp installations. LOL. What car audio pimps they will be. Back on topic. Right now i have rear fills for one reason bass. I have stock 6.5 comps and stock 6x9's off my alpine, i tuned the 6x9's to hit the bass frequencys because no sub. And i have my comps to hit the mids and highs. i will probably loose my 6x9's when my next setup comes around. Ill use the 6x9 holes as a vent for the sub into cabin. if i dont like all the massive bass, ill probably but another set of mid bass driver matching the comps in back with no tweeters. and ill have them running of hu power or a small 25-40 wat amp rms.

IMO as long as u have a sub, no need for rears. u need rears without a sub though to hit the lows

Mike

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

My rear passengers arent picky at all, so no need for fill...
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/12/web/252000-252999/252930_142_full.jpg

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Just wait till they get old enough to enjoy "music"......you'll have rear fill in and an "I'm a Little Tea Pot" CD in the deck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif You'll forget what real music sounds like.......

PS: "The Wheels on the Bus" has some decent bass to it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

LOL 6spd, i can see u training ur kids at 6 to do sub recones and amp installations. LOL. What car audio pimps they will be.

Mike

Absolutely !! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

Just wait till they get old enough to enjoy "music"......you'll have rear fill in and an "I'm a Little Tea Pot" CD in the deck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif You'll forget what real music sounds like.......
PS: "The Wheels on the Bus" has some decent bass to it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Hey now I still have time..lemme enjoy it now. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[RumbleNTheTrunk 10+ year member]

rears are pretty useless for my reg. cab ford f-150

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

i love my rear speakers, actually i love my time delay even more.

 

[jklfd 10+ year member]

word for the help guys, So i decided to go with components in the front and just coaxile or just stock in the rear. Ive never heard of Rainbows before and please dont bash, Id admit, Im a noob when it comes to car audio. What good set of components will be mine for around 200$? Also, is wiring the components to be run off my HU fine? Or will i need an entire new amp just to run the components?

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

word for the help guys, So i decided to go with components in the front and just coaxile or just stock in the rear. Ive never heard of Rainbows before and please dont bash, Id admit, Im a noob when it comes to car audio. What good set of components will be mine for around 200$? Also, is wiring the components to be run off my HU fine? Or will i need an entire new amp just to run the components?

Running components off of head unit power while technically possible it really shouldn't be done. You will never realize even half of the potential of a decent set of components off of the 20 watts or so of actual, usable power coming out of a head unit's internal amp. You really do need an outboard amp for component use //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif